Title 17B, Title 17B: INSURANCE

17B:27D-3. Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission 3. There is established the Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study the social, financial and medical impact of proposed mandated health benefits. L.2003,c.193,s.3.

17B:27D-4 Membership; terms; vacancies. 4. The commission shall consist of 17 voting members as follows: the Commissioners of Health, Human Services and Banking and Insurance or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; three public members appointed by the President of the Se…

17B:27D-5 Election of chairman, vice chairman, appointment of secretary; meetings. 5. a. The commission shall organize and hold its first meeting within 90 days after the appointment of its members and shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. The commiss…

17B:27D-6 Duties of commission relative to review of bills. 6. It shall be the duty of the commission to review any bill introduced in either House of the Legislature that would require a carrier to provide a mandated health benefit, as provided in this section. a. Whenever a bil…

17B:27D-7 Contents of review of bill. 7. The review of a bill containing a proposed mandated health benefit by the commission shall include the following: a. The social impact of mandating the health benefit, which shall include: (1) the extent to which the proposed mandated heal…

17B:27D-8 Development of system of data collection; review, comment. 8. In the course of studying and evaluating proposed mandated health benefits, the commission shall: a. develop criteria for a system and program of data collection, for use by the Departments of Health and Bank…

17B:27D-9. Report to Governor, Legislature 9. The commission shall report to the Governor and Legislature three years from the effective date of this act on its activities. The report shall include a summary of the bills reviewed by the commission and the commission's findings, a…