HB 1319 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2267

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1319

AN ACT relative to the percentage of ownership in physician hospital organizations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bruno, Hills 45

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill limits the percentage of ownership certain persons may have in physician hospital organizations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2267

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to the percentage of ownership in physician hospital organizations.

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

1 New Section; Limiting Percentage of Ownership in Physician Hospital Organizations. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 31 the following new section:

151:32 Percentage of Ownership Limited in Physician Hospital Organizations. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the percentage of ownership in a physician hospital organization by a physician, nurse, or any other person having the ability to refer patients shall not exceed 15 percent.

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