HB 262 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 262
AN ACT establishing a commission to study the status of the relationship between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations.
This bill establishes a commission to study the status of the relationship between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations.
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01-0732
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a commission to study the status of the relationship between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commission Established. There is established a commission to study the status of the relationship between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) One member of the house of representatives, who shall be a member of the health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) One member of the senate, who shall be a member of the public institutions, health and human services committee, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(d) The commissioner of the insurance department, or designee.
(e) Three members from the allied health provider industry as established in RSA 328-F, including a physical therapist and an occupational therapist, appointed by the governor.
(f) One member from the New Hampshire pharmacy board, appointed by the governor.
(g) Two members representing physician hospital organizations, appointed by the governor.
II. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that legislative members shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
3 Duties. The commission's study shall include, but not be limited to:
I. The effects of limited free trade with regard to cost effectiveness in the health industry.
II. The ability of independent providers to effectively compete with physician hospital organizations in a mixed-market economy that has been shaped, in part, through governmental intervention into the marketplace.
III. The value, if any, of maintaining effective competition between physician hospital organizations and independent provider associations.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The commission 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 November 1, 2001.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.