CHAPTER 104
HB 112 - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 112
AN ACT establishing a study committee on issues relating to hospital business practices and managed care organizations' networks.
SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 20
This bill establishes a study committee on issues relating to hospital business practices and managed care organizations' networks.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a study committee on issues relating to hospital business practices and managed care organizations' networks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
104:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study issues relating to hospital business practices and managed care organizations' networks.
104:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Five members of the house of representatives at least 2 of whom shall be members of the commerce committee and at least one of whom shall be a member of the health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Five members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
104:3 Duties. The committee shall study issues relating to hospital business practices and managed care organizations' networks. Such study shall include, but shall not be limited to, a study of antitrust laws as they apply to hospital business practices, the relationship between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations, and the criteria by which managed care organizations exclude certain entities from their networks.
104:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
104:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before February 1, 2002.
104:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 26, 2001)
(Effective Date: June 26, 2001)