CHAPTER 206
SB 316 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
01/10
SENATE BILL 316
AN ACT relative to "most favored nation" or "equally favored nation" provisions in insurance provider contracts.
This bill prohibits an insurer from using or enforcing "most favored nation" or "equally favored nation" provisions in provider contracts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to "most favored nation" or "equally favored nation" provisions in insurance provider contracts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
206:1 New Paragraph; Unfair Insurance Practice; "Most Favored Nation" Provisions. Amend RSA 417:4 by inserting after paragraph XX the following new paragraph:
XXI. "MOST FAVORED NATION" OR "EQUALLY FAVORED NATION" PROVISIONS. Using or enforcing any "most favored nation" or "equally favored nation" provision in any contract for medical care provider services. For the purposes of this paragraph "most favored nation" or "equally favored nation" provisions mean a requirement that a provider give the insurer the benefit of any lower fee schedules or charges for services which the provider may subsequently agree to with other persons or entities.
206:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
(Approved: May 30, 2000)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2001)