HB 250 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 250
AN ACT prohibiting managed care organizations from disqualifying certain entities from their networks.
SPONSORS: Rep. Martel, Hills 45; Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 13; Rep. Ruffner, Rock 25
This bill prohibits managed care organizations from disqualifying from their provider networks equipment management organizations and home health care providers solely on the basis that such entities are not accredited by the Joint Commission of the Association of Health 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0019
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT prohibiting managed care organizations from disqualifying certain entities from their networks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Disqualification of Certain Entities Prohibited. Amend RSA 420-J:7-c to read as follows:
420-J:7-c Disqualification of Certain Physicians and Certain Other Entities Prohibited.
I. A physician who is part of a health carrier's provider network on December 31, 2000, shall not be disqualified from participating in that network solely because such physician is not certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
II. Duly licensed equipment management organizations and home health care providers shall not be disqualified from participating in a health carrier's provider network solely because such equipment management organizations or home health care providers are not accredited by the Joint Commission of the Association of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.