SB383: relative to certain claims available under the medical payments portion of a motor vehicle liability policy.

SB 383 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2631

03/04

SENATE BILL 383

AN ACT relative to certain claims available under the medical payments portion of a motor vehicle liability policy.

SPONSORS: Sen. D’Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill allows an insured to seek payment for health insurance copayments and deductibles or a lien or subrogation interest under a motor vehicle liability policy.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2631

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to certain claims available under the medical payments portion of a motor vehicle liability policy.

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

1 Medical Payments. Amend RSA 264:16, IV to read as follows:

IV. The insured shall have the exclusive right to submit a claim for medical expenses under either medical payments coverage or a health insurance policy or both, as the insured elects; provided, however, an insured shall not be entitled to duplicate payment from medical payments coverage and a health insurance policy for the same medical expense. The insured may seek payment under medical payments coverage for health insurance copayments and deductibles, as well as for any lien or subrogation interest claimed by any health insurance provider.

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