SB541: establishing a commission to study provider rates.

SB 541 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/24/2016 1068s

2016 SESSION

16-2984

01/09

SENATE BILL 541

AN ACT establishing a commission to study provider rates.

SPONSORS: Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Almy, Graf. 13

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a commission to study provider rates.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/24/2016 1068s 16-2984

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT establishing a commission to study provider rates.

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

1 New Subdivision; Commission to Study Provider Rates. Amend RSA 400-A by inserting after section 67 the following new subdivision:

Commission to Study Provider Rates

400-A:68 Commission to Study Provider Rates.

I. There is established a commission to study provider rates.

II. The members of the commission 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.

(c) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.

(d) The insurance commissioner, or designee.

(e) A representative of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, appointed by the association.

(f) A representative of the New Hampshire Medical Society, appointed by the society.

(g) One member representing the private health insurance industry, appointed by the New Hampshire chapter of America's Health Insurance Plans.

(h) A public member, appointed by the governor.

III. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

IV. The commission shall study provider rates. The commission's study shall include, but not be limited to, a determination of whether the public interest is violated when nonprofit hospitals offer the same services at different costs to different patients based on which insurance company is acting as third party payer.

V. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

VI. The commission 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.

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