06Jun2007… 1906h

2007 SESSION

07-0161

09/10

SENATE BILL 222-FN

COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

ANALYSIS

This bill requires certain health insurance for national guard members ordered to or retained on state active duty for more than 30 days.

This bill was requested by the committee to study state programs for national guard members established by 2006, 66 (SB 344).

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06Jun2007… 1906h

07-0161

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

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

369:1 New Section; Active State Service; Required Health Coverage. Amend RSA 110-B by inserting after section 6 the following new section:

110-B:6-a Active State Service; Required Health Coverage.

I. National Guard members ordered to or retained on state active duty for longer than 30 days who do not have other health care coverage shall elect TRICARE coverage. The state shall pay the TRICARE premiums, up to a maximum of 100 percent of the service member’s share of the premium for the period of state active duty to include the whole month in which the state active duty ends.

II. The governor is hereby authorized to draw a warrant for sums sufficient to pay for premiums paid under this section out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and said sums are hereby appropriated.

369:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 17, 2007

Effective: September 15, 2007