Bill Text: NH SB158 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-03 - Signed by the Governor on 06/29/2017; Chapter 0185; Effective 08/28/2017 [SB158 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB158-Introduced.html

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SB 158  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0969

01/04

 

SENATE BILL 158

 

AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill declares that if substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan, no prior authorization shall be required for prescribed medications for a substance use disorder.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0969

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to authorization for clinician-prescribed substance use disorder services.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Managed Care Law;  Authorization for Substance Use Disorders.  Amend RSA 420-J by inserting after section 17 the following new section:

420-J:18  Authorization for Medication-Assisted Treatment.  Whenever substance use disorder services are a covered benefit under a health benefit plan subject to this chapter, a health carrier that has authorized medication-assisted treatment for such services shall not require a renewal of such authorization more frequently than once every 24 months.

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