CHAPTER 54
SB 104 - FINAL VERSION
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2003 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 104
AN ACT relative to state administration of medicaid benefits and services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
SPONSORS: Sen. O'Hearn, Dist 12; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill requires the department of health and human services to analyze rates for audiological and hearing aid services to determine whether they are sufficient to cover appropriate services. The bill requires the commissioner of health and human services to make a report to the chairs of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee and the senate public institutions, health and human services committee on or before November 1, 2003.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03-1071
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to state administration of medicaid benefits and services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
54:1 Statement of Purpose. The general court recognizes that further adjustments to the payment schedule for services for the deaf and hard of hearing may be necessary to fully implement the infant deafness program.
54:2 Infant Deafness Program; Payment Schedule; Approval Process; Report. The department of health and human services shall analyze rates for audiological and hearing aid services to determine whether they are sufficient to cover any appropriate services. The department shall also review the prior approval process to improve the timeliness in regards to requests. The commissioner of health and human services shall make a report to the chairs of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee and the senate public institutions, health and human services committee with any recommendations on or before November 1, 2003.
54:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II of N.H. Constitution, without signature of governor, May 15, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 14, 2003)