Bill Text: NH HB342 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to insurance examinations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-24 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 102; Eff: 08/20/2019 [HB342 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB342-Enrolled.html

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HB 342 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0657

01/04

 

HOUSE BILL 342

 

AN ACT relative to insurance examinations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies the disclosure of reports and other information related to workers' compensation audits to the department of labor.

 

This bill is a request of the insurance department.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0657

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to insurance examinations.

 

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

 

1  Insurance Department; Examinations; Confidentiality of Reports and Ancillary Information.  Amend RSA 400-A:37, IV-a(e)(4) to read as follows:

(4)  May disclose the content of an examination report, preliminary examination report or results, or any matter relating thereto relative to workers' compensation audits, to the department of labor, and all such information [disclosed and] or matter relating thereto in the possession or control of the department of labor shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action.  [The commissioner of the department of labor shall agree in writing to hold such information confidential and in a manner consistent with this subparagraph.]

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