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2006 SESSION

06-3039

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1763

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the committee to study Medicaid reimbursement rates for pharmacy providers, established in 2005, 73, and adds new duties to the committee’s study.

This bill was requested by the committee established in 2005, 73.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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06-3039

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

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

253:1 New Paragraphs; Duties Added. Amend 2005, 73:3 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraphs:

III. Examining rate changes in the price of drugs which are usually changed on a daily basis.

IV. Examining the electronic payment of pharmacy reimbursements for quicker turnaround on payments to pharmacies.

V. Examining the most favored nation issue.

VI. Examining a method to reimburse pharmacies for the copayments that Medicaid clients do not pay.

253:2 Committee Extended. Amend 2005, 73:5 to read as follows:

73:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, [2005] 2006.

253:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 5, 2006

Effective: June 5, 2006