Bill Text: NH SB12 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 07/13/11; Chapter 0241 [SB12 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-SB12-Introduced.html

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SB 12-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 12-FN

AN ACT relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Houde, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the medical malpractice panel and insurance oversight committee.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.

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

1 Medical Malpractice Panel and Insurance Oversight. Amend RSA 519-B:11, VI(b) to read as follows:

(b) The committee shall make a final report of its findings about medical liability insurance rates and the mandatory panel process and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, [2010] 2015. The report shall include a recommendation to terminate, continue, or amend RSA 519-B.

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

LBAO

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SB 12 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Judicial Branch states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures and revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

The Judicial Branch states this bill amends RSA 519-B, VI(b) to require the final report on medical liability insurance rates and the mandatory screening panels to be due on or before December 2015. The Branch states extending the date for the final report will have no fiscal impact.