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Committee hears bill allowing VA health-care providers to write medical-equipment exceptions in NH
Summary
House Bill 6 32 would allow Department of Veterans Affairs health-care providers to write medical equipment exceptions (for example, for tinted windows after an eye injury or prosthetic accommodations) in New Hampshire when the clinician is serving in a VA facility but licensed in another state.
Representative Henry Giesen opened the hearing on House Bill 6 32, which would allow certain VA health-care providers to complete medical-equipment exception paperwork in New Hampshire. "What this bill does is it allows VA health care providers to write for medical equipment exceptions within the state of New Hampshire," Giesen said.
Why the bill was filed: Giesen said a rule drafted by the body that writes DMV rules unintentionally restricted who could sign medical-exception forms to providers licensed in New Hampshire. That rule, he said, effectively disqualified most VA clinicians who are licensed in other states…
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