Bill Text: NH SB554 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-10 - Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0170; Effective 07/01/2024 [SB554 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB554-Introduced.html
SB 554-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2865
09/08
SENATE BILL 554-FN
AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a data match process between the department of health and human services and the office of professional licensure and certification to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2865
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Department of Health and Human Services; Commissioner of Health and Human Services. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XXXIV the following new paragraph:
XXXV. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the department of health and human services may participate in a data match process with the office of professional licensure and certification to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure by matching the provider's first and last name and the provider's social security number or other taxpayer identification number.
2 New Paragraph; Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Duties of Executive Director. Amend RSA 310:4 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the office of professional licensure and certification may participate in a data match process with the department of health and human services to ensure that Medicaid providers have current valid licensure by matching the provider's first and last name and the provider's social security number or other taxpayer identification number.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
24-2865
12/4/23
SB 554-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
