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SB158: relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2017 SB158
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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Hearing
05/10/2017 at 10:30 AM
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Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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CHAPTER 185

SB 158 - FINAL VERSION

03/29/2017 1043s

2017 SESSION

17-0969

01/04

SENATE BILL 158

AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill declares that if substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan, a health carrier that has authorized or approved medication-assisted treatment for such services shall not require a renewal of a prior authorization more frequently than once every 12 months.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/29/2017 1043s 17-0969

01/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

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

185:1 New Section; Managed Care Law; Authorization for Substance Use Disorders. Amend RSA 420-J by inserting after section 17 the following new section:

420-J:18 Authorization for Medication-Assisted Treatment. Whenever substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan subject to this chapter, a health carrier that has authorized or otherwise approved medication-assisted treatment for such services shall not require a renewal of such authorization more frequently than once every 12 months.

185:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 29, 2017

Effective Date: August 28, 2017