HB 1280 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1280
AN ACT relative to medical emergencies under managed care organizations.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 27; Rep. Belanger, Rock 26
This bill clarifies the requirements of medical emergency services under managed care organizations.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2133
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to medical emergencies under managed care organizations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Emergency Medical Services. Amend RSA 420-J by inserting after section 7-b the following new section:
420-J:7-c Emergency Services for Covered Persons.
I. In the event of an emergency requiring emergency services, health care providers shall follow the direction of the provider in charge. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any health carrier issuing health benefit plans under this chapter disputing any action in an emergency shall be required to submit to binding arbitration with a third person to be chosen by both parties. In the event of a deadlock where no one can pick a third party, the matter shall be referred to the superior court for assignment of a third arbitrator.
II. Emergency services shall not be denied to any covered person and such care shall not be discriminatory based on a covered person's residence.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.