SB 225 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0938

06/09

SENATE BILL 225

AN ACT relative to annual reporting by medical care providers under the law governing early offers for medical injury.

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill requires medical care providers to file with the department of justice an annual report of the number of early offers for medical injury that were made and accepted.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0938

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to annual reporting by medical care providers under the law governing early offers for medical injury.

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

1 New Section; Early Offers for Medical Injury Claims; Annual Report Required. Amend RSA 519-C by inserting after section 2 the following new section:

519-C:2-a Annual Report Required. Medical care providers shall file with the consumer protection and antitrust bureau of the department of justice a report of the number of early offers for medical injury claims that they made, and the number of such claims that were accepted, during the previous calendar year by January 30 of every year.

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