HB342 (2019) Detail

Relative to insurance examinations.


CHAPTER 102

HB 342 - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0657

01/04

 

HOUSE BILL 342

 

AN ACT relative to insurance examinations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the disclosure of reports and other information related to workers' compensation audits to the department of labor.

 

This bill is a request of the insurance department.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0657

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to insurance examinations.

 

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

 

102:1  Insurance Department; Examinations; Confidentiality of Reports and Ancillary Information.  Amend RSA 400-A:37, IV-a(e)(4) to read as follows:

(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] or matter relating thereto 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.]

102:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 21, 2019

Effective Date: August 20, 2019

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 10, 2019 House Hearing
Jan. 22, 2019 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
Jan. 31, 2019 House Floor Vote
March 26, 2019 Senate Hearing
April 11, 2019 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB342 Revision: 6397 Date: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:02 a.m.
HB342 Revision: 5732 Date: April 11, 2019, 10:20 a.m.
HB342 Revision: 4570 Date: Dec. 31, 2018, 12:46 p.m.

Docket


June 21, 2019: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 102; Eff: 08/20/2019


April 11, 2019: Enrolled 04/11/2019 HJ 13 P. 127


April 25, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 04/25/2019); SJ 15


April 11, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2019; SJ 12


April 11, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 17


March 26, 2019: Hearing: 03/26/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 15


March 7, 2019: Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8


Jan. 31, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/31/2019 HJ 4 P. 4


Jan. 31, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 01/31/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 3


: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC)


Jan. 22, 2019: Executive Session: 01/22/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302


Jan. 22, 2019: Subcommittee Work Session: 01/22/2019 11:00 am LOB 302


Jan. 10, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/10/2019 02:15 pm LOB302


Jan. 2, 2019: Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 46