HB 1219 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1219
AN ACT establishing a committee to study ways to implement the principles of state health care reform.
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill establishes a committee to study ways to implement the principles of state health care reform.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2272
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a committee to study ways to implement the principles of state health care reform.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study ways to implement the principles of state health care reform drafted by the department of health and human services in 1994.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. The committee shall solicit information from the following:
(a) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.
(b) The commissioner of insurance, or designee.
(c) Any other person or entity the committee deems relevant to its study.
III. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study and make recommendations relative to implementing the principles of state health care reform drafted by the department of health and human services in 1994.
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.
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 November 1, 2002.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.