Health Care Bills For The 2006 Legislative Session

The following are some of the health care proposals to be considered by state lawmakers during the 2006 legislative session. For more on these bills: NHPR News: Healthcare Legislation 2006

HB 1681

Purpose: To establish a drug recycling program
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Leo Pepino (R - Hillsborough District 11)
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HB 1714

Purpose: To establish a prescription drug monitoring program
Primary Sponsor: Rep. James Pilliod (R - Belknap District 5)
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HB 1177

Purpose: Set a statewide smoking ban in restaurants and bars
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Francoeur (R - Rockingham District 15)
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HB 1591

Purpose: Require some cigarette revenue to be used for smoking prevention
Primary Sponsor: William Knowles (D - Strafford District 6)
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HB 1558

Purpose: Allow towns to enforce smoking bans
Primary Sponsor: Rep. James Pilliod (R - Belknap District 5)
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HB 1742

Purpose: Require hospitals and nursing homes to report infection rates
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Paula Johnson (D - Hillsborough District 26)
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HB 1741

Purpose: Require hospitals to report infection rates
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Leo Pepino (R - Hillsborough District 11)
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HB 1723

Purpose: Require healthcare facilities to disclose prices
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Neal Kurk (R - Hillsborough District 7)
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HB 1469

Purpose: Require hospitals to disclose prices
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Lee Quandt (R - Rockingham District 13)
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HB 1703

Purpose: Requires reporting of health insurance costs
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Mary Beth Walz (D - Merrimack District 13)
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SB 369

Purpose: Requires insurance carriers to report cost data
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Maggie Hassan (D - District 23)
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HB 1702

Purpose: Establishes subsidized health insurance for adults
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Peter Schmidt (D - Strafford District 4)
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SB 378

Purpose: Sets rates for what health providers charge uninsured patients
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D - District 24)
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SB 229

Purpose: Subsidizes malpractice premiums
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Peter Burling (D - District 5)
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SB 367

Purpose: Establishes penalties for accepting Medicaid overpayments
Primary Sponsor: Sen Andre Martel (R - District 18)
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