CHAPTER 195
HB 1654 - FINAL VERSION
2018 SESSION
18-2648
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1654
AN ACT relative to automobile medical payments.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Sen. French, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits holding an injured driver or passenger responsible for medical costs determined to not be reasonable.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2648
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to automobile medical payments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
195:1 Motor Vehicle Liability Policy; Medical Payments; Reasonableness. Amend RSA 264:16, I to read as follows:
I. Any motor vehicle liability policy, as defined in RSA 259:61, covering a private passenger automobile and issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, shall provide medical payments coverage therein or supplemental thereto in an amount equal to or greater than $1,000 per person for reasonable medical costs incurred as a result of injuries sustained in an accident involving the insured vehicle by the driver and passengers in said vehicle. Such coverage shall apply only to medical costs incurred during 3 years following the date the injuries are sustained and the injured driver or passenger shall not be responsible for medical costs that have been determined by the motor vehicle liability insurer to not be reasonable.
195:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 08, 2018
Effective Date: August 07, 2018
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 20, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 6, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 20, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 2, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 8, 2018: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 195; Eff. 8/7/2018
May 10, 2018: Enrolled 05/10/2018
May 10, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
May 2, 2018: Ought to Pass: DIV 12Y-11N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
May 2, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19
March 20, 2018: Hearing: 03/20/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 13
March 8, 2018: Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7
March 6, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 13
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC)
March 6, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 8
Feb. 20, 2018: Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 302
Feb. 21, 2018: Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
Feb. 20, 2018: Subcommittee Work Session: 02/20/2018 09:30 AM LOB 302
Jan. 18, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 11:15 AM LOB 302
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 18