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SB 126 · 2025 · Senate · Health and Human Services Committee

Health provider contract change notices

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relative to notice of changes to provider contracts.

Regulates the notice requirements for changes made to contracts between health carriers and health care providers.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 6, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill regulates the notice requirements regarding changes to contracts between health carriers and health care providers.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“A health carrier shall provide a participating provider or facility with 60 days notice of a proposed change to a contract, including any attachment, exhibit, and provider manual, only 4 times per calendar year effective on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, except that at any time:”
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“The carrier and the participating provider or facility may mutually agree to waive the 60 day notice requirement;”
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“A carrier may file a notice of a proposed change in response to a requirement of the state or federal government; or (C) A carrier may file a notice of a proposed change due to a change in current procedural terminology codes used by the American Medical Association.”
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“The estimate and an explanation for all financial impacts as a result of the change under this subparagraph shall be submitted annually to the commissioner of insurance to be published annually on the insurance department's official website or be made publicly available upon request of the department.”
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Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Kevin AvardRPrimeVice Chair· Health and Human Services

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 6, 2025SenateCommittee reportCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate5–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 6, 2025SenateVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 6, 2025Public hearingSenate Health and Human Services2:45:37–2:49:233m 46slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 6, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3
  2. Feb 6, 2025SenHearing: 02/06/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:45 am; SC 8
  3. Mar 6, 2025Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; 03/06/2025; SC 11
  4. Mar 6, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 03/06/2025; SJ 6

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.