SB 308-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
05/09
SENATE BILL 308-FN
AN ACT relative to anesthesia for child dental care.
SPONSORS: Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21
This bill requires insurers to cover anesthesia provided in conjunction with certain dental procedures for children under 6 years of age. Current law mandates such coverage for children under 4 years of age.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-3011
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to anesthesia for child dental care.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Accident and Health Insurance; Coverage for Dental Procedures; Medical or Hospital; Group; Age for Covered Service Increased. Amend RSA 415:18-g, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Is a child under the age of [4] 6 who is determined by a licensed dentist in conjunction with a licensed physician to have a dental condition of significant dental complexity which requires certain dental procedures to be performed in a surgical day care facility or hospital setting; or
2 Accident and Health Insurance; Coverage for Dental Procedures; Dental Offices; Age for Covered Service Increased. Amend RSA 415:18-h, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Is a child under the age of [4] 6 who is determined by a licensed dentist in conjunction with a licensed physician to have a dental condition of significant complexity which requires the child to receive general anesthesia for the treatment of such condition; or
3 Health Service Corporations; Coverage for Dental Procedures; Age for Covered Service Increased. Amend RSA 420-A:17-b, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Is a child under the age of [4] 6 who is determined by a licensed dentist in conjunction with a licensed primary care physician to have a dental condition of significant dental complexity which requires certain dental procedures to be performed in a surgical day care facility or hospital setting; or
4 Health Maintenance Organizations; Coverage for Dental Procedures; Age for Covered Service Increased. Amend RSA 420-B:8-ee, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Is a child under the age of [4] 6 who is determined by a licensed dentist in conjunction with a licensed primary care physician to have a dental condition of significant dental complexity which requires certain dental procedures to be performed in a surgical day care facility or hospital setting; or
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.
LBAO
02-3011
8/9/01
SB 308-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to anesthesia for child dental care.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Insurance Department states this bill will increase state revenue and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2003 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department assumes to the extent the State's policy for its employees does not provide these benefits for children between the ages of 4 and 6, there would be increased expenditures. Likewise, policies that do not provide these benefits would see increased premium costs for the extension of these benefits. Increased premium costs would also result in an increase in premium tax revenues. The Department is unable to determine how many children would require such a benefit, and therefor are unable to determine the exact fiscal impact of this bill at this time.