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SB319: relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives.

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2022 SB319
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House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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SB 319-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

02/03/2022 0318s

2022 SESSION

22-2860

11/05

SENATE BILL 319-FN

AN ACT relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives.

SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Rep. Weber, Ches. 1; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Allard, Merr. 21

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that health coverage offered by health carriers to employers may provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insured is currently fully vaccinated for Covid-19 at the time of enrollment. The bill repeals this requirement in 2023.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/03/2022 0318s 22-2860

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives.

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

1 New Section; Health Coverage; Covid-19 Financial Incentive. Amend RSA 420-G by inserting after section 16 the following new section:

420-G:17 Vaccination Incentives. All health coverage offered by health carriers to employers may provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insured is currently fully vaccinated for Covid-19 at the time of enrollment.

2 Repeal. RSA 420-G:17, relative to financial incentives for Covid-19 vaccinations, is repealed.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect December 31, 2023.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

LBA

22-2860

Amended 2/7/22

SB 319-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2022-0318s)

AN ACT relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None

METHODOLOGY:

This bill provides that health coverage offered by health carriers to employers may provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insured is currently fully vaccinated for Covid-19 at the time of enrollment. The bill repeals this requirement in 2023. The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant has determined this bill, as amended by the Senate, will have no fiscal impact on State, county or local revenues and expenditures.

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