CHAPTER 104
HB 1160 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1160
This bill requires health insurers to allow subscribers access to the enhanced 911 system.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to access to the enhanced 911 system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
104:1 New Section; Access to Enhanced 911 System. Amend RSA 415-A by inserting after section 5 the following new section:
415-A:5-a Access to Enhanced 911 System.
I. No accident or health insurance policy issued or renewed after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision which establishes or promotes an emergency medical response or transportation system that encourages or directs access by an insured or enrollee in competition with or in substitution of the state enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, an insurer may use transportation outside the enhanced 911 or other government emergency medical services system for services that are not in response to an emergency medical condition, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XV.
III. No accident or health insurance policy issued or renewed after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision requiring an insured or enrollee to obtain prior authorization before accessing the enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system for response and/or transportation for emergency services, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XVI.
IV. No person who issues an accident or health insurance policy subject to this chapter shall use false or misleading language in its enrollment sales materials or in any other materials provided to insureds or enrollees to discourage or prohibit insureds or enrollees from accessing the enhanced 911 system for response and/or transportation for emergency services.
104:2 New Section; Access to Enhanced 911 System. Amend RSA 420-J by inserting after section 3 the following new section:
420-J:3-a Access to Enhanced 911 System.
I. No health benefit plan issued or renewed after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision which establishes or promotes an emergency medical response or transportation system that encourages or directs access by a covered person in competition with or in substitution of the state enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, a health carrier subject to this chapter may use transportation outside the enhanced 911 or other government emergency medical services system for services that are not in response to an emergency medical condition, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XV.
III. No health benefit plan issued or renewed after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision requiring a covered person to obtain prior authorization before accessing the enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system for response and/or transportation for emergency services, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XVI.
IV. No person who issues a health benefit plan subject to this chapter shall use false or misleading language in its enrollment sales materials or in any other materials provided to covered persons to discourage or prohibit covered persons from accessing the enhanced 911 system for response and/or transportation for emergency services.
104:3 Reference Addition; Managed Care Plans. Amend RSA 417-F:1, II to read as follows:
II. "Insurer" means any entity providing managed care coverage or accident or health insurance or accident and health insurance policies, contracts, certificates, or other evidence of coverage to enrollees, insureds, or subscribers pursuant to RSA 415, 415-A, 419, 420, 420-A [or], 420-B, or 420-J.
104:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 7, 2000)