Bill Text: NH HB528 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relative to insurance reimbursement for emergency medical services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-13 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/10/2019; Chapter 16; Eff: 07/09/2019 [HB528 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB528-Enrolled.html

HB 528-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

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HOUSE BILL 528-FN

 

AN ACT relative to insurance reimbursement for emergency medical services.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. MacDonald, Carr. 6; Rep. Camarota, Hills. 7; Rep. DesMarais, Carr. 6; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that an insurer retrospective review of a claim for reimbursement for emergency services shall include consideration of the presenting symptoms, final diagnosis, and statutory definitions of emergency medical condition and emergency services.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to insurance reimbursement for emergency medical services.

 

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

 

1  Coverage for Emergency Services.  RSA 417-F:2  is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

417-F:2  Claims Processing.  An insurer retrospective review of a claim for reimbursement for emergency services shall include consideration of presenting symptoms, along with final diagnosis, and shall give due consideration to the definitions of emergency medical condition and emergency services in RSA 420-J:3.

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

 

LBAO

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Amended 3/8/19

 

HB 528-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2019-0336h)

 

AN ACT relative to insurance reimbursement for emergency medical services.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [ X ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

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METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires that an insurer retrospective review of a claim for reimbursement for emergency services shall include consideration of the presenting symptoms, final diagnosis, and statutory definitions of emergency medical condition and emergency services.

 

The Insurance Department is uncertain what impact, if any, this bill would have on claims or insurance premiums. The Department's consideration of the fiscal impact includes only the possible impact on insurance premium tax and not the potential impact, if any, to State costs  for health benefits.

 

The Department of Administrative Services does not believe this bill would have significant impact on the processing or payment for claims for emergency room services related to the State Health Benefit Plan for employees and retirees.  The Department states the impact to the Plan is indeterminable as the volume of future emergency room medical care claims is unknown.

 

The Department of Health and Human Services indicates the bill would have no fiscal impact on the Medicaid program as the changes in the bill are not applicable to Medicaid managed care organizations.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Departments of Insurance, Administrative Services and Health and Human Services

 

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