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NH Rev Stat § 400-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:6 - Deputy Commissioner; Other Department Positions.

    400-A:6 Deputy Commissioner;  Other Department Positions. –||I. The commissioner, subject to the approval of the governor, shall appoint a deputy commissioner of insurance who shall hold office for 5 years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified.||II. The deputy commissioner of insurance shall perform such duties and exercise such powers of the commissioner pursuant to RSA Title XXXVII as the commissioner from time to time may authorize.||III. When the office of the commissioner is vacant, or when the commissioner is unable to perform his duties because of mental or physical disability, the deputy commissioner of insurance shall be acting commissioner.||III-a. There shall be an assistant commissioner who shall be appointed by the commissioner of insurance. He or she shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. When the offices of the commissioner and deputy commissioner are vacant, or when the commissioner or deputy commissioner is unable to perform his or her duties because of mental or physical disability, the assistant commissioner shall be acting commissioner. The assistant commissioner shall perform such duties and exercise such powers of the commissioner pursuant to RSA Title XXXVII as the commissioner from time to time may authorize.||III-b. [Repealed.]||III-c. [Repealed.]||III-d. [Repealed.]||IV, V. [Repealed.]||VI. [Repealed.]||VII. The commissioner shall appoint, as the commissioner's assistants, a director of financial regulation, a director of life and health, a director of health economics, a director of health care analytics, a general counsel, an insurance fraud director, a senior insurance fraud investigator, a director of property and casualty, a property and casualty actuary, a chief property and casualty actuary, a workers' compensation analyst, a chief life, accident and health actuary, a compliance and enforcement counsel, a chief financial examiner, a communications director, and a health reform coordinator, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The director of financial regulation, director of life and health, director of health economics, director of health care analytics, general counsel, insurance fraud director, senior insurance fraud investigator, director of property and casualty, property and casualty actuary, chief property and casualty actuary, workers' compensation analyst, chief life, accident and health actuary, compliance and enforcement counsel, chief financial examiner, communications director, and health reform coordinator, shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the commissioner may authorize.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 1977, 499:2. 1987, 411:11. 1990, 246:5, 6; 254:37. 1992, 221:3. 1997, 351:21. 2003, 150:3. 2004, 187:6. 2005, 177:102. 2008, 387:4. 2010, 212:1; 243:14. 2015, 276:174, 176. 2017, 154:1, 2, 9, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2018, 140:2, eff. May 30, 2018. 2021, 91:374, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:7 - Repealed by 1977, 499:6, eff. Sept. 12, 1977.

    400-A:7 Repealed by 1977, 499:6, eff. Sept. 12, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:8 - Compensation; Expenses; Bonds.

    400-A:8 Compensation;  Expenses;  Bonds. –||I. Compensation. The salary of the commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, and all assistants to the commissioner shall be as prescribed in RSA 94:1-a.||II. Expenses. The commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, and all assistants to the commissioner shall be allowed their traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties.||III. Bonds. The commissioner shall procure an official blanket bond conforming to New Hampshire law and covering the commissioner and each employee of his office in the penal sum of $100,000. The bond shall be underwritten by an insurer authorized to transact business in the state and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Premium for the bond shall be a charge upon available funds and the appropriation for the insurance department.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 1977, 499:3. 1990, 246:7. 1992, 221:4. 2004, 187:7. 2015, 276:175. 2017, 154:3, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:9 - Departmental Organization.

    400-A:9 Departmental Organization. –||Within the department there shall be such divisions, not expressly provided for or prohibited by law, as the commissioner deems advisable for the discharge of his duties.|||Source. 1971, 244:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:10 - Staff.

    400-A:10 Staff. –||I. The commissioner may, within the limits of available funds, appoint or employ and prescribe the duties of such assistants, actuaries, examiners, clerks, and other employees as may be necessary to discharge the duties placed upon the insurance department by RSA title XXXVII.||II. The commissioner may from time to time contract for and procure on a fee or independently contracting basis, such additional actuarial, examination, rating, and other technical and professional services as he may deem necessary for the discharge of his duties. None of the individuals rendering such services pursuant to this paragraph shall be in the classified service of the state; provided, however, the commissioner may authorize, in his discretion, the payment of group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits, social security benefits, annual and sick leave benefits and such other benefits as are afforded to classified state employees, except participation in the New Hampshire retirement system, to such individuals who have been employed for 6 months or more as he shall determine.||III. If necessary to ensure the timely review of rates and forms submitted for approval under title XXXVII, the commissioner may retain, without appropriation under RSA 9 and without qualifying as a department expenditure under RSA 4:15, independent actuaries or other professionals or specialists as reviewers, the cost of which shall be borne by the regulated entity whose rates or forms are the subject of the review. The entity shall pay the retained professional or specialists directly for their costs. The commissioner shall conduct oversight of such independent reviewers in a manner that is consistent with standards for the use of independent reviewers established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in its Financial Condition Examiners Handbook and Market Regulation Handbook and shall ensure that costs are reasonable for the work performed. The amount paid by the company under this paragraph in any fiscal year shall be applied as a nontransferable credit against the company's administrative fee under RSA 400-A:39 in the subsequent fiscal year and shall carry forward in future fiscal years as applicable.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 1977, 499:4. 1987, 411:6. 1988, 62:4. 2017, 218:3, eff. July 10, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:11 - Advisory Councils and Committees.

    400-A:11 Advisory Councils and Committees. –||I. The commissioner may create advisory councils and committees to assist him in dealing with regulatory problems, may appoint members and may provide by rule for the regular creation, governance, duties and termination of any council or committee he establishes.||II. Members of advisory councils or committees shall be reimbursed for their necessary expense of travel and subsistence. Said expenses shall be a charge upon available funds and the appropriation of the insurance department.|||Source. 1971, 244:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:12 - Prohibited Interests.

    400-A:12 Prohibited Interests. –||I. The commissioner, deputies, assistants, actuaries, examiners, or employees of the department shall not be connected with the management or be holder of material number of shares of any insurer, insurance holding company, insurance agency or broker, or be pecuniarily interested in any insurance transaction except as authorized under Title XXXVII in their official capacity, or as a policyholder or claimant under a policy; except, that as to matters wherein a conflict of interests does not exist on the part of any such individual, the commissioner may employ and retain from time to time insurance actuaries, examiners, accountants, and other technicians who are independently practicing their professions even though from time to time similarly employed or retained by insurers or others.||II. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit:||(a) Receipt by any such individual of fully vested commissions or fully vested retirement benefits to which entitled by reason of services performed prior to becoming commissioner or prior to employment in the department.||(b) Investment in shares of regulated diversified investment companies.||III. No person who has formerly served as a commissioner, deputy, assistant, actuary, examiner, or otherwise as an employee of the department nor any person that has been retained by the commissioner under Title XXXVII, shall disclose any third party confidential information gained by reason of such public position, nor shall any person otherwise use such information for personal gain or benefit. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit any protections that an employee or a former employee has under RSA 275-E.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 2017, 6:1, eff. Mar. 31, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:13 - Delegation of Powers.

    400-A:13 Delegation of Powers. –||I. The commissioner may delegate to his deputies, assistants, actuaries, examiners, or employees of the department the exercise or discharge in the commissioner's name of any power, duty, or function, whether ministerial, discretionary or of whatever character, vested in or imposed upon the commissioner. However, he shall not delegate his rulemaking powers upon RSA 400-A:15.||II. The official act of any such person acting in the commissioner's name and by his authority shall be deemed an official act of the commissioner.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 1986, 210:2, eff. June 6, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:14 - Orders, Notices.

    400-A:14 Orders, Notices. –||I. The commissioner shall issue upon hearing such prohibitionary and mandatory orders as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with insurance laws, rules, and regulations. Orders and notices of the commissioner shall be effective only when in writing signed by him or by his authority. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law as to particular orders, every order of the commissioner shall state its effective date and shall concisely state:||(a) its intent or purpose;||(b) the grounds on which it is based; and||(c) the provisions of this title pursuant to which action is taken or proposed to be taken; but failure to so designate a particular provision shall not deprive the commissioner the right to rely thereon. Except as provided as to particular procedures, an order or notice may be given by delivery to the person to be ordered or notified, or by mailing it, prepaid, addressed to such person at his principal place of business or residence as last of record in the department. The order or notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a depository of the United States Postal Service, and of which the affidavit of the individual who so mailed the order or notice shall be prima facie evidence.||II. If any person is entitled to a hearing by any provision of this title before any proposed action is taken, the notice of the proposed action may be in the form of a notice to show cause stating that the proposed action may be taken unless such person shows cause at a hearing to be held as specified in the notice, why the proposed action should not be taken, and stating the basis of the proposed action.|||Source. 1971, 244:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:14-a - Health Insurance Coverage.

    400-A:14-a Health Insurance Coverage. –||No resident of this state, regardless of whether he or she has or is eligible for health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by or through his or her employer, or a plan sponsored by the state or the federal government, shall be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage except as required by a court or the department of health and human services where an individual is named a party in a judicial or administrative proceeding. No provision of this title shall render a resident of this state liable for any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result of his or her failure to procure or obtain health insurance coverage. This section shall not apply to individuals voluntarily applying for coverage under a state-administered program pursuant to Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This section shall not apply to students being required by an institution of higher education to obtain and maintain health insurance as a condition of enrollment. Nothing in this section shall impair the rights of persons to privately contract for health insurance for family members or former family members.|||Source. 2011, 266:1, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15 - Statutes, Rules, and Regulations; Violation.

    400-A:15 Statutes, Rules, and Regulations;  Violation. –||I. The commissioner shall have full power and authority to make, promulgate, amend and rescind reasonable rules and regulations for, or as an aid to, the administration or effectuation of any provision or provisions of this title or of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-102) which relate to insurance and such other rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to implement such provisions.||II. Prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation, or the amendment or repeal thereof, the commissioner shall publish or otherwise circulate notice of his intended action and afford interested persons opportunity to submit data or views either orally or in writing.||III. Any person who knowingly violates any statute, rule, regulation, or order of the commissioner may, upon hearing, except where other penalty is expressly provided, be subject to such suspension or revocation of certificate of authority or license, or administrative fine not to exceed $2,500 per violation, as may be applicable under this title for violation of the statute or the provision to which the rule, regulation, or order relates.|||Source. 1971, 244:1. 2000, 313:12. 2008, 153:1, 2, eff. June 6, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-a - Standardized Claim Forms for Health Insurance.

    400-A:15-a Standardized Claim Forms for Health Insurance. –||All health insurers, health maintenance organizations, health service corporations, hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, preferred provider programs and third party administrators shall use "HCFA-1500" and "UB-92" forms for all paper and electronic submissions and shall not routinely require additional forms or information. When CMS officially replaces the "HCFA-1500" or the "UB-92" form, the replacements shall be considered the official form under this section.|||Source. 1993, 127:1. 1996, 188:1. 2003, 145:5, eff. Aug. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-b - Confidentiality of Provider's Personal Information.

    400-A:15-b Confidentiality of Provider's Personal Information. –||I. Health insurers and other third party payors shall not display a medical provider's home address, date of birth, or social security number on documents provided to subscribers for the purpose of claim payment unless the provider has provided that information for the purposes of claim payment.||II. The provisions of this section shall apply to group hospital and medical expense policies subject to RSA 415, group health service plan contracts issued pursuant to RSA 420-A, and to health maintenance organization policies and plans issued pursuant to RSA 420-B.|||Source. 2003, 284:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-c - Identification of Health Coverage Under the Jurisdiction of the Commissioner.

    400-A:15-c Identification of Health Coverage Under the Jurisdiction of the Commissioner. –||All health coverage as defined in RSA 420-G:2, IX and prescription drug and dental benefits offered separately as described in RSA 420-G:2, IX(j) shall be identified as being under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Such identification shall be clearly printed on a member's identification card and the policy issued to an insured after January 1, 2010. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, designating the form and manner of the identification required under this section.|||Source. 2009, 305:1, eff. Sept. 29, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-d - Exemption From Rulemaking Requirement; Forms.

    400-A:15-d Exemption From Rulemaking Requirement;  Forms. –||In adopting forms under RSA 541-A, the commissioner shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 541-A:7 and RSA 541-A:8.|||Source. 2012, 93:1, eff. July 28, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-f - Confidentiality; Forms and Rates.

    400-A:15-f Confidentiality;  Forms and Rates. –||I. Forms and rates that are filed for review in accordance with Title XXXVII shall be confidential pending approval. Forms and rates filed for informational purposes shall be confidential until effective.||II. An approved filing and any supporting information that is not otherwise exempt from disclosure by law or rule, shall be open to public inspection on or after the date the filing is approved or its effective date, whichever is later, provided however, that for health filings for markets in which there is a specific, mandatory open enrollment period established by law, forms and rates shall be available for public review no later than the first day of the mandated open enrollment period.||III. In accordance with RSA 91-A:5, IV, any information submitted as part of the form and rate review process that is required to be held confidential by law, including commercial and proprietary trend assumptions, proprietary predictive models, and any other commercial or proprietary information and supporting documentation, shall not be disclosed.|||Source. 2018, 37:1, eff. Aug. 13, 2018. 2021, 50:5, eff. July 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 400-A:15-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 400-A - Insurance Department|Section 400-A:15-g - General Provisions Regarding Review of Rate and Form Filings.

    400-A:15-g General Provisions Regarding Review of Rate and Form Filings. –||Unless otherwise provided in specific provisions of title XXXVII or in rules promulgated thereunder, when reviewing a rate or form filing submitted by an insurer, the commissioner shall:||I. Within 30 days of receipt, examine the rate or form filing and notify the insurer of any apparent errors or omissions that render the filing incomplete or request any additional information that the insurance department is permitted by law to require and that is deemed by the commissioner to be relevant to the review process.||II. Within 60 days after receipt of the filing or after receipt of the additional information or corrections timely requested by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph I, the commissioner shall:||(a) Approve or deny the filing, in whole or in part; or||(b) Commence an adjudicative proceeding in accordance with RSA 541-A.||III. In the event that the commissioner returns one or more preliminary objections to the insurer regarding a rate or form filing, the period in paragraph II shall not include the period during which the insurer is preparing its response.||IV. Upon written agreement of the insurer, the commissioner may extend any of the time periods for review provided for in this section.||V. Wherever the general time limits prescribed by this section differ from specific time limits provided for by other provisions of title XXXVII or in rules promulgated thereunder, the specific time limits provided for by such other provisions shall control.||VI. If the commissioner fails to take action on a rate or form filing governed by this section within the time limits prescribed in this section, the filing shall be deemed approved. If at any time after a rate or form has been deemed approved under this paragraph, the commissioner finds that the rate or form does not meet any of the requirements under title XXXVII, the commissioner may, after notice and hearing, order the discontinuance of the rate or form. The order shall provide a reasonable time after which the filing shall be deemed no longer effective. The order shall not affect any contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order. However, a policyholder shall have the privilege to cancel the policy containing the nonconforming rate or policy provision without penalty.||VII. RSA 541-A:29 and RSA 541-A:29-a shall not apply to insurer rate and form filings under title XXXVII.|||Source. 2018, 279:22, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|