2010 Bills

2010 Bills To view testimony for bills, click testimony links where applicable under each bill. To search Bill Text on the State of New Hampshire web site, click here.
Bill #	Title	Sponsor	Status	Our Position
CACR29

CACR30	Relating to: health care. Providing that: people may enter into private contracts with health care providers for health care services and to purchase health care coverage.	Andrew Renzullo	HOUSE KILLED

HB0271	relative to relevant information in a workers' compensation claim.	Tara G Reardon	BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMM

HB1133	relative to the duration of involuntary emergency admissions.	Stephen J Shurtleff	HOUSE PASSED

HB1136	requiring a report to be sent to the treatment facility on behalf of a person receiving treatment in the state mental health or developmental services system.	Stephen J Shurtleff	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1137	relative to withholding of wages.	Gary L Daniels	BILL PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1145	relative to the practice of dental hygienists.	John M Reagan	HOUSE KILLED	SUPPORT

HB1158	changing the name of the institutional review board to the vital records privacy board for health-related research.	Maurice L Pilotte	HOUSE PASSED	SUPPORT

HB1164	relative to newborn screening tests.	Alida I Millham	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1168	clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation.	Thomas E Donovan	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1169	deleting the repeal of the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission.	James W Craig	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT	SUPPORT

HB1184	relative to the administration of the unused prescription drug program.	Judith E Day	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1228-FN	relative to criminal record checks by health facilities.	Alida I Millham	HOUSE KILLED	SUPPORT

HB1233	relative to the amount of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.	David L Nixon	HOUSE KILLED

HB1252	relative to the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies.	David L Nixon	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10

HB1255	relative to requirements for apportionment of damages.	David L Nixon	HOUSE KILLED	OPPOSE

HB1256	restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000.	David L Nixon	COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/10	OPPOSE

HB1257	changing requirements for extensions of time for hearings by pretrial screening panels for medical injury claims.	David L Nixon	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT	OPPOSE

HB1258	relative to the award of costs and attorneys' fees incurred in the medical injury screening panel process.	David L Nixon	HOUSE KILLED	OPPOSE

HB1282-FN	requiring insurance companies to send a copy of any claim which is denied to the insured and to the provider.	Frank R Holden	HOUSE KILLED	OPPOSE

HB1283-FN	relative to participation in the state children's health insurance program.	Andrew Renzullo	HOUSE KILLED	OPPOSE

HB1296	prohibiting a state agency from establishing a fee without legislative approval.	Jordan G Ulery	HOUSE KILLED

HB1310	allowing towns to hire health care workers.	Priscilla P Lockwood	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1336	relative to healthcare liability claims.	William B Smith	COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/10

HB1339	relative to the state services system and establishing a commission to study uncompensated care at community mental health centers.	John DeJoie	HOUSE KILLED

HB1342	relative to the right of election to submit a claim for medical expenses under a medical payments motor vehicle liability policy or a health insurance policy.	David L Nixon	HOUSE KILLED	OPPOSE

HB1349	relative to requirements for pharmacists in charge.	Sandra B Keans	HOUSE KILLED

HB1355-FN	relative to certain Medicaid appropriations.	Laurie Harding	COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10

HB1356	relative to certain nonprofit corporations subject to the right-to-know law.	Rick H Watrous	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS W/ AMENDMENT FOR 3/17

HB1368	relative to the definition of "employee" for workers' compensation purposes.	Jeffrey P Goley	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1376	relative to the regulation of pharmacies and pharmacists.	Frank G Case	HOUSE PASSED

HB1392-FN	requiring insurance companies to report to the insurance department the number of claims denied.	Frank R Holden	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/10

HB1398	allowing a surviving spouse to have access to the deceased spouse's medical records when there is no estate administration.	Susan Emerson	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1403	relative to wrongful termination.	William Butynski	HOUSE KILLED

HB1426	permitting patients to bring their medications to the hospital or health care facility.	Gary L Daniels	HOUSE KILLED

HB1430	relative to the uniform anatomical gift act.	Robert A Foose	HOUSE PASSED

HB1431-FN	relative to health care choice.	Andrew Renzullo	HOUSE KILLED

HB1435-FN	relative to the practitioner-patient relationship in the dispensing of prescriptions.	Frank G Case	COMM REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS W/ AMENDMENT

HB1438	relative to a patient's right to know regarding charges for health care.	Andrew Renzullo	HOUSE KILLED

HB1454-FN	requiring parental consent for medical procedures and medications provided to minors.	Robert F Willette	HOUSE KILLED

HB1479-FN	requiring that body mass index be assessed in all pupils in grades one, 4, 7, and 10.	Joan H Schulze	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/17	SUPPORT

HB1488-FN	relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst.	Edward A Butler	COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10

HB1493	establishing a committee to study comprehensive mental health parity.	Liz H Merry	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1531	prohibiting New Hampshire physicians and medical staff from sharing patient records in a health information exchange without the patient's written consent.	Neal M Kurk	HOUSE KILLED

HB1537	allowing primary care providers to provide preventive oral health services to children under the state Medicaid program.	Rich T DiPentima	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS

HB1545-FN	relative to group size for premiums charged by health insurance carriers when issuing small employer health coverage.	Susi Nord	COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/17

HB1548-FN	relative to ambulatory surgical facilities under the law requiring reporting of hospital infections.	Cindy Rosenwald	HOUSE PASSED

HB1550-FN-L	requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in emergency medical vehicles.	Joy K Tilton	HOUSE KILLED

HB1553	establishing a maternal mortality review panel to conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of maternal deaths in New Hampshire.	Charlotte Houde-Quimby	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1583	relative to the property tax exemption for organizations with charitable activities.	Gary L Daniels	MAJORITY COMMITTEE REPORT: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE FOR 3/10

HB1585-FN	allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates.	William L O'Brien	HOUSE KILLED

HB1586-FN	relative to mandated benefits review.	Andrew Renzullo	COMM REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10

HB1597-FN	relative to employer-provided health insurance coverage and prohibiting denial of coverage for certain pre-existing conditions.	David W Hess	HOUSE KILLED

HB1599-FN	establishing an emergency mental health and developmental disabilities database within the division of state police.	Don Petterson	HOUSE KILLED

HB1636-FN	establishing the real-time electronic controlled drug prescription monitoring program.	Chip L Rice	HOUSE KILLED

HB1643-FN	relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process.	John Cebrowski	HOUSE KILLED

HB1645-FN	relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union.	William B Smith	HOUSE KILLED

HB1648-FN	prohibiting interference with access to medical services and health insurance of New Hampshire citizens.	Daniel C Itse	HOUSE KILLED

HB1649-FN	(New Title) relative to health information and patient rights.	Robert G Bridgham	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT	OPPOSE

HB1664-FN	making appropriations reductions in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011 and relative to state revenues and expenditures.	Sherman A Packard	BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE FINANCE COMM	OPPOSE
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 10:00 AM - FINANCE (H), Room 210-211, LOB

HB1672-FN	making appropriation additions and revenue reductions for fiscal year 2011.	Sherman A Packard	BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE FINANCE COMM
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 10:00 AM - FINANCE (H), Room 210-211, LOB

HB1689	exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011.	Laurie Harding	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1690	making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces.	Laurie Harding	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

HB1692	establishing a commission for primary care workforce issues.	Robert G Bridgham	COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10	SUPPORT

HCR30	urging the attorney general to fully investigate the proposed transaction between Catholic Medical Center Healthcare System and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health.	Joel F Winters	HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

SB320	relative to occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus.	Martha Fuller Clark	SENATE PASSED. BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMM	SUPPORT
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 10:00 AM - HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES & ELDERLY AFFAIRS (H), Room 205, LOB

SB331	establishing a governor's commission task force on substance use disorder treatment for Medicaid eligible individuals.	Harold W Janeway	SENATE PASSD W/ AMENDMENT. BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMM	SUPPORT
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 11:00 AM - HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES & ELDERLY AFFAIRS (H), Room 205, LOB

SB343-FN	relative to Medicaid managed care	Jeb Bradley	SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT

SB374	relative to the compensation of physician practices or other entities for providing medical information for workers' compensation purposes.	Jacalyn Cilley	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE COMMERCE COMM

SB392-FN	requiring public hearings when insurance companies set base rate increases.	Matthew Houde	COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS W/ AMENDMENT FOR 3/10	OPPOSE

SB408	relative to purchasing alliances.	Kathleen G Sgambati	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE COMMERCE COMM
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 08:30 AM - COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (S), Room 102, LOB

SB410	establishing a committee to study New Hampshire's rate of infant mortality and develop proposals for remediation.	Kathleen G Sgambati	SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. BILL REFERRED TO HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMM.	SUPPORT
Hearing/Meeting: 3/18/2010 - 11:00 AM - HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES & ELDERLY AFFAIRS (H), Room 205, LOB

SB417	relative to national healthcare reform and Medicaid.	Jeb Bradley	SENATE KILLED

SB436	relative to health insurance open enrollment periods and establishing a commission relative to children's health insurance.	Peggy Gilmour	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE COMMERCE COMM
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 09:00 AM - COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (S), Room 102, LOB

SB450-FN	relative to costs and expenditures at the department of health and human services.	Kathleen G Sgambati	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE FINANCE COMM
Hearing/Meeting: 3/11/2010 - 10:30 AM - FINANCE (S), Room 100, SH

SB455-FN	relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst.	Kathleen G Sgambati	SENATE PASSED

SB459	relative to medical payments coverage.	Jacalyn Cilley	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE COMMERCE COMM	SUPPORT

SB460-FN-A	relative to the lapse of certain legislative and judicial branch appropriations, budget reductions for the department of health and human services, and voluntary furloughs for judges.	Margaret Hassan	SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. HOUSE COMM REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS W/ AMENDMENT FOR 3/10

SB468	relative to tort reform.	Jeb Bradley	BILL REFERRED TO SENATE COMMERCE COMM
Hearing/Meeting: 3/16/2010 - 09:15 AM - COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (S), Room 102, LOB

SB505-FN-A	establishing the New Hampshire health services cost review commission and continually appropriating a special fund.	Margaret W Hassan	COMMITTEE REPORT: OUGHT TO PASS FOR 3/10