Section 415-A:5-a Access to Enhanced 911 System.
I. No accident or health insurance policy issued or renewed after July 7, 2000 shall contain any provision which establishes or promotes an emergency medical response or transportation system that encourages or directs access by an insured or enrollee in competition with or in substitution of the state enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, an insurer may use transportation outside the enhanced 911 or other government emergency medical services system for services that are not in response to an emergency medical condition, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XV.
III. No accident or health insurance policy issued or renewed after July 7, 2000 shall contain any provision requiring an insured or enrollee to obtain prior authorization before accessing the enhanced 911 system or other state, county, or local government emergency medical services system for response and/or transportation for emergency services, as defined in RSA 420-J:3, XVI.
IV. No person who issues an accident or health insurance policy subject to this chapter shall use false or misleading language in its enrollment sales materials or in any other materials provided to insureds or enrollees to discourage or prohibit insureds or enrollees from accessing the enhanced 911 system for response and/or transportation for emergency services.
Source. 2000, 104:1, eff. July 7, 2000.