2003 SESSION

03-0241

01/09

HOUSE BILL 382

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the state from providing health insurance to persons who do not qualify for such health insurance under the eligibility standards in effect as of the effective date of this bill.

The bill also prohibits the healthy kids corporation from providing health insurance to low-income adults unless specifically authorized by the general court.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0241

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; State-Funded Health Insurance Prohibited for Certain Persons. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 4-a the following new section:

126-A:4-b State-Funded Health Insurance Prohibited for Certain Persons.

I. The department shall not directly or indirectly provide, or assist others in providing, health insurance to persons who do not qualify under the department's eligibility standards in effect as of the effective date of this section.

II. This section shall not prohibit the department from participating in studies regarding state-funded health insurance and the department may apply for any appropriate grants to support such studies.

2 New Section; Health Insurance to Low-Income Adults. Amend RSA 126-H by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

126-H:9 Health Insurance to Low-Income Adults. The corporation shall not provide health insurance to low-income adults unless specifically authorized by the general court.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.