HB 544 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 544
This bill requires insurers offering coverage for durable medical equipment to allow the cap for such equipment to be shared by all the persons insured under the policy, plan, or contract.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0940
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the insurance cap on durable medical equipment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Individual Insurance; Durable Medical Equipment. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 6-i the following new section:
415:6-j Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, and which offers its certificate holders coverage for durable medical equipment shall allow the cap for such equipment to be shared by all the persons insured by such policy, plan, or contract.
2 New Section; Group Insurance; Durable Medical Equipment. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 18-m the following new section:
415:18-n Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment. Each insurer that issues or renews any policy, plan or contract of group or blanket accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, and which offers its certificate holders coverage for durable medical equipment shall allow the cap for such equipment to be shared by all the persons insured by such policy, plan or contract. The provisions of this section shall apply to group health service plan contracts issued pursuant to RSA 420-A, and to health maintenance organization policies and plans issued pursuant to RSA 420-B.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.