Bill Text: NH SB112 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring the Medicaid program to cover telehealth services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-07 - Signed by the Governor on 07/06/2015; Chapter 0206; Effective 07/06/2015 [SB112 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-SB112-Introduced.html

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SB 112 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0488

01/09

SENATE BILL 112

AN ACT requiring health insurance policies to cover telemedicine services.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pierce, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill requires Medicaid coverage under RSA 420-J to cover telemedicine services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0488

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT requiring health insurance policies to cover telemedicine services.

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

1 Telemedicine Act; Medicaid Coverage. Amend RSA 415-J:2, I to read as follows:

I. “Health benefit policy” means any individual or group plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, executed, or renewed in this state, including, but not limited to, those contracts executed by the state of New Hampshire on behalf of state employees under RSA 21-I, by an insurer. “Health benefit policy” shall also include policies issued for coverage under RSA 420-J.

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