Bill Text - HB1440 (2020)

(New TItle) relative to insurance credentialing of out-of-state applicants for licensure as alcohol and drug counselors.


Revision: March 11, 2020, 3:50 p.m.

HB 1440 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

11Mar2020... 0669h

2020 SESSION

20-2342

10/01

 

HOUSE BILL 1440

 

AN ACT relative to insurance credentialing of out-of-state applicants for licensure as alcohol and drug counselors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Meader, Ches. 6; Rep. Snow, Hills. 19

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds out-of-state applicants for licensure as licensed alcohol and drug counselors, licensed clinical supervisors, or master licensed alcohol and drug counselors to insurance credentialing verification requirements.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2020... 0669h 20-2342

10/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to insurance credentialing of out-of-state applicants for licensure as alcohol and drug counselors.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Reimbursement for Providers Waiting for Health Carrier Credentialing Verification.  Amend RSA 420-J:8-c II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c)  Alcohol and drug counselors licensed under RSA 330 and applicants for licensure as licensed alcohol and drug counselors, licensed clinical supervisors, or master licensed alcohol and drug counselors who are deemed able to practice in this state pursuant to RSA 330-C:21, I-a.

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