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SB248: establishing a committee to study health care provider payment rates.

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2015 SB248
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Hearing
04/08/2015 at 10:00 AM
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Health care

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SB 248 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-1008

01/09

SENATE BILL 248

AN ACT establishing a committee to study health care provider payment rates.

SPONSORS: Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study health care provider payment rates.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-1008

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT establishing a committee to study health care provider payment rates.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study provider payment rates.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties.

I. The committee shall study health care provider payment rates set by health care providers and insurance carriers and report its findings and any recommendations.

II. The committee may solicit information from any person or entity the committee deems relevant to its study.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2016.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.