CHAPTER 35
HB 1434 - FINAL VERSION
2002 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1434
AN ACT lowering the minimum medical cost coverage for motor vehicle liability policies.
SPONSORS: Rep. Phinizy, Sull 7; Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 27; Rep. Hunt, Ches 10; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 2
This bill lowers from $5,000 to $1,000 the minimum coverage which must be provided in a motor vehicle liability policy for medical costs incurred by the driver and passengers injured in the insured motor vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-2441
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT lowering the minimum medical cost coverage for motor vehicle liability policies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
35:1 Motor Vehicles; Accidents and Financial Responsibility; Medical Payments; Minimum Amount Lowered. Amend RSA 264:16, I to read as follows:
I. Any motor vehicle liability policy, as defined in RSA 259:61, covering a private passenger automobile and issued with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state, shall provide coverage therein or supplemental thereto in an amount equal to or greater than [$5,000] $1,000 per person for medical costs incurred as a result of injuries sustained in an accident involving the insured vehicle by the driver and passengers in said vehicle. Such coverage shall apply only to medical costs incurred during one year following the date the injuries are sustained.
35:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 10, 2002)
(Effective Date: June 9, 2002)