CHAPTER 184
HB 1335 - FINAL VERSION
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HOUSE BILL 1335
AN ACT requiring hospitals to disclose certain information to the attorney general.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Herman, Hills 13; Rep. Francoeur, Rock 22; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36
This bill requires hospitals to disclose information regarding financial relationships with physician hospital organizations to the attorney general.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT requiring hospitals to disclose certain information to the attorney general.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
184:1 New Subdivision; Hospitals and Physician Hospital Organizations. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 30 the following new subdivision:
Hospitals and Physician Hospital Organizations
151:31 Disclosure of Information; Hospitals and Physician Hospital Organizations.
I. Hospitals, as defined in RSA 151-C:2, shall make an annual report, beginning on November 1, 2000, to the attorney general including the following information:
(a) The hospital's financial relationships with physician hospital organizations.
(b) Number and type of providers employed by the hospital and contracting with physician hospital organizations.
(c) Frequency of contract negotiations with providers and physician hospital organizations.
II. The attorney general may review contracts resulting from the relationships set forth under paragraph I.
III. The attorney general may disclose all information required under this subdivision to the commissioner of the department of insurance, the commissioner of the department of health and human services, and any state or federal law enforcement agency.
IV. The annual report shall be a public record pursuant to RSA 91-A:4. The attorney general may, at the request of a submitting party, deem information contained in the annual report or records submitted with the annual report, to be confidential, commercial or financial information which is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to RSA 91-A:5, IV.
184:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 26, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 25, 2000)