SB 121 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0960
10/08
SENATE BILL 121
AN ACT relative to a state-based health exchange.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Rep.
Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Weber, Ches. 1; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the insurance department to examine the implementation of a state health
exchange and implement such an exchange upon approval of the joint health care reform oversight
committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 SB 121 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0960
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to a state-based health exchange.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Federal Health Care Reform; Health Exchange. Amend RSA 420-N by inserting
2 after section 10 the following new section:
3 420-N:11 Implementation of State-Based Exchange. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA
4 420-N:7, the insurance department is authorized to examine the potential benefits of implementing a
5 state-based exchange, including potential strengthening of state control over health insurance
6 reform, potential health policy benefits, and potential economic benefits to the individual and group
7 health insurance markets. If, in the department’s opinion, implementation of a state-based
8 exchange would strengthen state control and provide significant health policy benefits and economic
9 benefits, the department may implement a state-based exchange upon approval of the joint health
10 care reform oversight committee established in RSA 420-N:3.
11 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.