Revision: June 4, 2025, 10 a.m.
Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10
Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3
Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13
Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3
Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7
Rep. Morton, Hills. 39
June 4, 2025
2025-2687h
08/09
Floor Amendment to SB 297-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to pooled risk management programs and relative to immunization requirements.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 10 with the following:
11 New Paragraph; Childhood Immunization Requirements. Amend RSA 141-C:20-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Nothing in this section shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease.
I. RSA 5-B:5, I(i) as amended by section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
II. Section 5 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
2025-2687h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Transfers authority over pooled risk management programs from the secretary of state to the insurance department.
II. Requires pooled risk management programs to be licensed by the insurance department.
III. Allows pooled risk management programs to establish a guaranty fund to protect from financial impairment.
IV. Requires pooled risk management programs to seek to maintain certain amounts in excess or stop loss coverage, unless the insurance commissioner determines that a lesser amount is appropriate.
V. Allows pooled risk management programs to issue assessable policies.
VI. Allows the insurance commissioner to examine the financials of pooled risk management programs under certain conditions.
VII. Provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease.