Bill Text - SB24 (2017)

Relative to examinations by the insurance commissioner.


Revision: June 29, 2017, 2:54 p.m.

CHAPTER 170

SB 24 - FINAL VERSION

 

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2017 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 24

 

AN ACT relative to examinations by the insurance commissioner.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 20; Rep. White, Graf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes the insurance commissioner to share examinations relative to workers' compensation audits with the department of labor.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to examinations by the insurance commissioner.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

170:1  New Subparagraph; Insurance; Examinations.  Amend RSA 400-A:37, IV-a(e) by inserting after subparagraph (e)(3) the following new subparagraph:

(4)  May disclose the content of an examination report, preliminary examination report or results, or any matter relating thereto relative to workers' compensation audits, to the department of labor, and all such information disclosed and in the possession or control of the department of labor shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action.  The commissioner of the department of labor shall agree in writing to hold such information confidential and in a manner consistent with this subparagraph.

170:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 28, 2017

Effective Date: August 27, 2017