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Committee hears bill to make birth mother’s policy primary for newborn care
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on Senate Bill 47, which would codify the New Hampshire Insurance Department’s long-standing interpretation that a newborn’s health care should be covered first by the birth mother’s policy when available; department officials said the measure clarifies existing practice and provided staff to answer questions.
Senators opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 47 Tuesday, a bill carried by Senator Regina Birdsall that would codify the New Hampshire Insurance Department’s interpretation that a birth mother’s health insurance policy be treated as the primary policy for a newborn’s care when that policy is available.
The bill “is a request from the Department of Insurance,” Senator Regina Birdsall said, telling the committee the legislation “makes a birth mother’s health insurance policy the primary policy for a newborn child’s…
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