HB 641-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
01/05
HOUSE BILL HB 641-FN
AN ACT relative to automatic credentialing for health care providers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. McEachern, Rock 16; Rep. Serlin, Rock 16; Rep. Powers, Rock 16
This bill allows any physician licensed under RSA 329 to be automatically credentialed for the purpose of third party payments.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0936
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to automatic credentialing for health care providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Automatic Credentialing. Amend RSA 329 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:
329:14-a Automatic Credentialing. Notwithstanding RSA 420-J:4 or any other provision of law to the contrary, any person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be automatically credentialed for the purposes of third party payors.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
07-0936
Revised 03/12/07
HB 641 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to automatic credentialing for health care providers.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill would have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY
The Department states this bill provides that any physician licensed under RSA 329 would be automatically credentialed for the purpose of third party payments. The Department approves and pays Medicaid claims submitted by licensed and credentialed physicians. The automatic credentialing of licensed physicians would not result in a fiscal impact to the Department.