Bill Text: NH HB1782 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-31 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 94; Eff. 5/25/2018 [HB1782 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1782-Enrolled.html

HB 1782-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

6Mar2018... 0709h

2018 SESSION

18-2461.0

01/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1782-FN

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0709h 18-2461.0

01/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

 

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

 

1  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

2  Membership and Compensation.

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

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

(b)  One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

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

3  Duties.  The committee shall study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

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 house 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 speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2018.

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

 

LBAO

18-2461

Amended 3/12/18

 

HB 1782-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2018-0709h)

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.

 

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

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill establishes a study committee to study insurance payments to ambulance providers and balance billing by ambulance providers.  This will have no impact on state, county, or local revenue or expenditures.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

None

 

 

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