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Miscellaneous New Insurance Provisions

(Market Conduct)

SB 73

Establishes a procedure for record retention and production instruction for insurers and other related entities licensed by the insurance department. LAW. Effective 9/3/05. Chapter 221, Laws of 2005.

(Medical Injury Claims)

SB 214

Creates panels for medical injury claims. Establishes a committee to study medical malpractice insurance rates and the effectiveness of the mandatory panel process. Requires certain reports relative to medical malpractice insurance and the mandatory panels and repeals the current hearing panels for professional malpractice claims. LAW. Effective 8/29/05. Chapter 197, Laws of 2005.

(Medical Malpractice Premiums)

SB 57

Creates a commission to study ways to alleviate medical malpractice premiums for high risk specialties. LAW. Effective 6/7/05. Chapter 85, Laws of 2005.

(Study of Insurance Department)

HB 195

Establishes a committee to study the New Hampshire Department of Insurance to determine whether it should be combined with another state agency. Also calls for a study of the awarding of bids for health insurance for state employees. The committee required to report to the state legislature, the state library, and the Governor no later than 11/1/05. LAW. Effective 6/15/05. Chapter 103, Laws of 2005.

Motor Vehicle Insurance

(Salvage Title)

HB 261

Clarifies when a salvage certificate of title must be issued. LAW. Effective 8/29/05. Chapter 182, Laws of 2005.

Omnibus Insurance Law Changes

SB 74

Makes certain technical changes to the insurance laws, including but not limited to: clarifying the law regarding insurance premium refunds; changing the time frame for when a producer must report any administrative action taken against the producer in another jurisdiction; revising the laws relating to forms and rate regulation applicable to workers' compensation; repealing the prospective repeal of the law allowing voluntary small employer health insurance purchasing alliances; and clarifying the managed care law relative to grievance procedures. LAW. Effective 9/12/05. Chapter 248, Laws of 2005.

Tort Reform

(Mediation Fund)

Establishes a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. LAW. Effective 7/1/05. Chapter 193, Laws of 2005.

Workers' Compensation

(Confidentiality of Claims)

SB 28

Exempts records and proceedings of the state department of labor from the right-to-know law. LAW. Effective 9/20/05. Chapter 85, Laws of 2005.

(Cumulative Trauma)

SB 222

Establishes that for an injury caused by cumulative trauma, the date of injury is the date of first medical treatment; and for an injury or condition aggravated by cumulative trauma, the date of injury is the date of first medical treatment for the aggravation. LAW. Effective 8/14/05. Chapter 128, Laws of 2005.

(Omnibus Worker's Compensation Law Changes)

SB 58

Changes the amount insurance carriers and self-insurers pay to the special fund for second injuries; clarifies when a decision of the commissioner or the compensation appeals board becomes final; allows the commissioner to suspend a board member who fails to render a decision in a timely manner; and require first reports of injury to be filed electronically, unless it causes a carrier or self-insured employer undue hardship. LAW. Effective 6/7/05. Chapter 85, Laws of 2005.