CHAPTER 215
SB 351 - FINAL VERSION
03/08/2018 0975s
19Apr2018... 1285h
2018 SESSION
18-2759
01/04
SENATE BILL 351
AN ACT relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the qualifications of an injury management facilitator affiliated with managed care programs under workers' compensation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/08/2018 0975s
19Apr2018... 1285h 18-2759
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
215:1 Workers' Compensation; Managed Care Programs. Amend RSA 281-A:23-a, V to read as follows:
V. Every managed care program shall include a sufficient number of injury management facilitators, including resident injury management facilitators, who shall be qualified by reason of education, training, and experience to manage the injured employee's medical, hospital and remedial care, vocational rehabilitation, modified duty, and return to work plans. An injury management facilitator shall work with the injured employee, employer, and medical, hospital and other providers to ensure that the injured employee receives effective, timely, and appropriate services in order to achieve maximum medical improvement and an expeditious return to work. Any person employed as an injury management facilitator by a managed care program or operating as an injury management facilitator [by] in conjunction with a managed care program under this section shall be approved by the commissioner with ratification by the workers' compensation advisory council. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the advisory council, by rule determine the number of facilitators which shall be sufficient.
215:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
Approved: June 08, 2018
Effective Date: January 01, 2019
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 13, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 8, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 8, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 28, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| April 4, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| April 4, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| April 19, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
June 8, 2018: Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0215; Effective 01/01/2019
May 10, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
May 10, 2018: Enrolled 05/10/2018
May 2, 2018: Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
May 2, 2018: Reconsideration will be taken up at the appropriate time; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
May 2, 2018: Sen. Soucy Moved to Reconsider the vote to Concur, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
April 26, 2018: Sen. French Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
April 19, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 1285h: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 8
April 19, 2018: Amendment # 2018-1285h: AA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 8
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1285h (Vote 21-0; CC)
April 19, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1285h for 04/19/2018 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7
April 4, 2018: ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:30 AM LOB 307
April 4, 2018: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/04/2018 10:00 AM LOB 307
March 28, 2018: Public Hearing: 03/28/2018 10:20 AM LOB 307
March 7, 2018: Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 7 P. 53
March 8, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0975s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
March 8, 2018: Committee Amendment # 2018-0975s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
March 8, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0975s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A
March 8, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0975s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A
Feb. 13, 2018: Hearing: 02/13/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 6
Jan. 3, 2018: To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1