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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. |
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| Bill # | Title | Sponsor | Status | Our Position |
| 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 | ||
| relative to proceedings of medical injury claims screening panels. | Robert Rowe | HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT, SENATE LAID BILL ON TABLE. | ||
| relative to relevant information in a workers' compensation claim. | Tara G Reardon | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/1/2010. | ||
| relative to the distribution of meals and rooms tax revenues to cities and towns. | Gene Chandler | COMM OF CONFERENCE REPORT NOT SIGNED OFF BY SENATE. | ||
| relative to the duration of involuntary emergency admissions and relative to persons with mental illness and the corrections system. | Stephen J Shurtleff | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 9/11/2010 | ||
| 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 | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 5/18/2010 | ||
| relative to withholding of wages. | Gary L Daniels | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 8/13/2010 | ||
| relative to the practice of dental hygienists. | John M Reagan | HOUSE KILLED | SUPPORT | |
| changing the name of the institutional review board to the vital records privacy board for health-related research. | Maurice L Pilotte | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/24/2010 | SUPPORT | |
| relative to newborn screening tests. | Alida I Millham | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/1/201O | ||
| clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation. | Thomas E Donovan | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 9/6/2010 | ||
| relative to the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission. | James W Craig | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 5/26/2010 | SUPPORT | |
| relative to the administration of the unused prescription drug program. | Judith E Day | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/24/2010 | ||
| relative to criminal record checks by health facilities. | Alida I Millham | HOUSE KILLED | SUPPORT | |
| relative to the amount of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies. | David L Nixon | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies. | David L Nixon | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 1/1/2011 | ||
| relative to requirements for apportionment of damages. | David L Nixon | HOUSE KILLED | OPPOSE | |
| restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000. | David L Nixon | HOUSE KILLED | OPPOSE | |
| changing requirements for extensions of time for hearings by pretrial screening panels for medical injury claims. | David L Nixon | HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. SENATE KILLED. | OPPOSE | |
| relative to the award of costs and attorneys' fees incurred in the medical injury screening panel process. | David L Nixon | HOUSE KILLED | OPPOSE | |
| 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 | |
| relative to participation in the state children's health insurance program. | Andrew Renzullo | HOUSE KILLED | OPPOSE | |
| prohibiting a state agency from establishing a fee without legislative approval. | Jordan G Ulery | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| allowing towns to hire health care workers. | Priscilla P Lockwood | HOUSE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. SENATE KILLED. | ||
| relative to healthcare liability claims. | William B Smith | HOUSE LAID BILL ON TABLE | ||
| relative to the state services system and establishing a commission to study uncompensated care at community mental health centers. | John DeJoie | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| 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 | |
| relative to requirements for pharmacists in charge. | Sandra B Keans | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to certain Medicaid appropriations. | Laurie Harding | HOUSE PASSED. SENATE LAID BILL ON TABLE. | ||
| relative to certain nonprofit corporations subject to the right-to-know law. | Rick H Watrous | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to the definition of ?employee? for workers? compensation purposes and relative to the New Hampshire return to work program. | Jeffrey P Goley | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 6/14/2010 | ||
| relative to the regulation of pharmacies and pharmacists. | Frank G Case | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SEC 12 EFF AS PROVIDED IN SEC 13 - REMAINDER EFF: 7/6/2010 | ||
| requiring insurance companies to report to the insurance department the number of claims denied. | Frank R Holden | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| allowing a surviving spouse to have access to the deceased spouse's medical records when there is no estate administration. | Susan Emerson | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 1/1/2011 | ||
| relative to wrongful termination. | William Butynski | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| permitting patients to bring their medications to the hospital or health care facility. | Gary L Daniels | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to the uniform anatomical gift act. | Robert A Foose | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/31/2010 | ||
| relative to health care choice. | Andrew Renzullo | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to the practitioner-patient relationship in the dispensing of prescriptions. | Frank G Case | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 1/1/2011 | ||
| relative to a patient's right to know regarding charges for health care. | Andrew Renzullo | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| requiring parental consent for medical procedures and medications provided to minors. | Robert F Willette | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to the board of trust company incorporation | Edward Butler | SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE COMM REPORT, C OF C REPORT FAILED IN HOUSE, | ||
| requiring that body mass index be assessed in all pupils in grades one, 4, 7, and 10. | Joan H Schulze | HOUSE KILLED | SUPPORT | |
| relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst. | Edward A Butler | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 07/17/2010 | ||
| establishing a committee to study comprehensive mental health and substance use disorders parity. | Liz H Merry | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/20/2010 | ||
| Hearing/Meeting: 9/2/2010 - 10:00 AM - STUDY COMM ON COMPREHEN MENTAL HEALTH & SUB USE DISORDERS PARITY, Room 303, LOB | ||||
| 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 | ||
| allowing primary care providers to provide preventive oral health services to children between 0 and 3 years of age under the state Medicaid program. | Rich T DiPentima | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/18/2010 | ||
| relative to group size for premiums charged by health insurance carriers when issuing small employer health coverage. | Susi Nord | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to ambulatory surgical facilities under the law requiring reporting of hospital infections. | Cindy Rosenwald | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/1/2010 | ||
| 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 | ||
| establishing a maternal mortality review panel to conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of maternal deaths in New Hampshire. | Charlotte Houde-Quimby | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 8/8/2010 | ||
| relative to the property tax exemption for organizations with charitable activities. | Gary L Daniels | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates. | William L O'Brien | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to mandated benefits review. | Andrew Renzullo | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 5/18/2010 | ||
| relative to employer-provided health insurance coverage and prohibiting denial of coverage for certain pre-existing conditions. | David W Hess | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| establishing an emergency mental health and developmental disabilities database within the division of state police. | Don Petterson | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| establishing the real-time electronic controlled drug prescription monitoring program. | Chip L Rice | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. | John Cebrowski | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. | William B Smith | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| prohibiting interference with access to medical services and health insurance of New Hampshire citizens. | Daniel C Itse | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| relative to health information and patient rights. | Robert G Bridgham | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 1/1/2011 | OPPOSE | |
| making appropriations reductions in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011 and relative to state revenues and expenditures. | Sherman A Packard | HOUSE LAID BILL ON TABLE | OPPOSE | |
| making appropriation additions and revenue reductions for fiscal year 2011. | Sherman A Packard | HOUSE KILLED | ||
| exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011, etc. | Laurie Harding | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 7/1/2010 | ||
| making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces. | Laurie Harding | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 12/31/2010 | ||
| establishing a commission for primary care workforce issues. | Robert G Bridgham | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SEC 3 EFF: 11/1/2015, REMAINDER EFF: 6/1/2010 | SUPPORT | |
| 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. SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. HOUSE CONCURS W/ SENATE. | ||
| relative to occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus. | Martha Fuller Clark | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 9/18/2010 | SUPPORT | |
| establishing a governor's commission task force on substance use disorder treatment for Medicaid eligible individuals. | Harold W Janeway | SENATE PASSD W/ AMENDMENT. HOUSE KILLED. | SUPPORT | |
| relative to Medicaid managed care | Jeb Bradley | SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. HOUSE KILLED. | ||
| relative to the compensation of physician practices or other entities for providing medical information for workers' compensation purposes. | Jacalyn Cilley | SENATE KILLED | ||
| requiring public hearings concerning health insurance cost increases in health care services. | Matthew Houde | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SEC 1 EFF: 8/30/10, SEC 3 EFF: 7/1/14, REMAINDER EFF: 7/1/10. | OPPOSE | |
| Testimony Attached: [SB392SATestimony040710.pdf] | ||||
| relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. | Kathleen G Sgambati | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SEC 2 & 10 EFF: AS PROV. IN SEC 11, REMAINDER EFF: 7/20/2010 | ||
| establishing a committee to study New Hampshire's rate of infant mortality and develop proposals for remediation. | Kathleen G Sgambati | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 5/18/2010 | SUPPORT | |
| Hearing/Meeting: 9/29/2010 - 11:00 AM - STUDY COMM ON NH'S INFANT MORTALITY RATE & REMEDIATION PROPASALS, Room 103, SH | ||||
| relative to national healthcare reform and Medicaid. | Jeb Bradley | SENATE KILLED | ||
| relative to health insurance open enrollment periods and establishing a temporary commission relative to children?s health insurance. | Peggy Gilmour | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SEC 3 EFF: 12/31/11, REMAINDER EFF: 7/20/2010 | ||
| relative to costs and expenditures at the department of health and human services, establishing a special fund for certain civil fines collected by the department, and relative to the due date for the Medicaid enhancement tax. | Kathleen G Sgambati | NONCONCURRED COMM OF CONFERENCE REQUEST BY SENATE | ||
| relative to federal health care reform. | Kathleen G Sgambati | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SECS 1-7 & 14 EFF: 7/1/10, OTHER SECS EFF 7/1/11, 7/1/12 & 9/23/10. | ||
| relative to medical payments coverage. | Jacalyn Cilley | SENATE PASSED. HOUSE KILLED. | SUPPORT | |
| relative to the lapse of certain legislative and judicial branch appropriations, budget reductions for the department of health and human services, voluntary furloughs for judges, and transfers of federal funds. | Margaret Hassan | GOVERNOR SIGNED, SECTION 1 & 2 EFF: 5/28/10, REMAINDER EFF: 3/29/2010 | ||
| relative to tort reform. | Jeb Bradley | SENATE LAID BILL ON TABLE | ||
| relative to table gaming and video lottery at certain locations throughout the state and relative to the recovery of horse racing. | Lou D'Allesandro | SENATE PASSED W/ AMENDMENT. HOUSE KILLED. | ||
| Testimony Attached: [SB489testimony030410.pdf] [SB489testimonyLKM033010.pdf] | ||||
| establishing the commission on health care cost containment and appropriating a special fund. | Margaret W Hassan | GOVERNOR SIGNED, EFF: 6/28/2010, SEC 3 EFF: 7/1/2012, REMAINDER EFF: 6/28/2010 | ||
| Hearing/Meeting: 8/31/2010 - 01:00 PM - COMMISSION ON HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT, Room 100, SH | ||||
| Testimony Attached: [SB505SAHouseCommercetestimony040710.pdf] | ||||
| relative to spending reductions for the department of health and human services. | Lou D'Allesandro | SENATE KILLED | OPPOSE | |
| Testimony Attached: [SB519testimonyLKM031810.pdf] | ||||


