New Hampshire § 420-N:7 Prohibition on State-Based Health Exchange;  Guidelines for Interaction With Federally-Facilitated Health Exchange

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 420-N:7 — Prohibition on State-Based Health Exchange; Guidelines for Interaction With Federally-Facilitated Health Exchange

New Hampshire § 420-N:7

Title XXXVIIINSURANCE

Ch. 420-NFEDERAL HEALTH CARE REFORM 2010

SubdivisionHealth Exchange

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 420-N:7 (2026).

Text

I. No New Hampshire state agency, department, or political subdivision shall plan, create, participate in or enable a state-based exchange for health insurance under the Act, or contract with any private entity to do so. II. State agencies or departments may interact with the federal government with respect to the creation of a federally-facilitated exchange for New Hampshire. III. Subject to the requirements of this chapter, state agencies or departments may operate specific functions of a federally-facilitated exchange consistent with this subdivision to enable the continuation of traditional areas of state regulation and authority. IV. State agency activities relating to any federally-facilitated exchange for New Hampshire shall be consistent with the following objectives:

(a)Promoting

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I. No New Hampshire state agency, department, or political subdivision shall plan, create, participate in or enable a state-based exchange for health insurance under the Act, or contract with any private entity to do so.
II. State agencies or departments may interact with the federal government with respect to the creation of a federally-facilitated exchange for New Hampshire.
III. Subject to the requirements of this chapter, state agencies or departments may operate specific functions of a federally-facilitated exchange consistent with this subdivision to enable the continuation of traditional areas of state regulation and authority.
IV. State agency activities relating to any federally-facilitated exchange for New Hampshire shall be consistent with the following objectives:
(a) Promoting preservation of the private, commercial delivery of health coverage through carriers and producers to the greatest degree possible under the Act and minimizing interference with the operation of commercial markets.
(b) Minimizing overhead and administrative expenses.
(c) Promoting competition and consumer choice, for example by advocating for allowing all health and dental plans that meet the minimum requirements necessary to be certified as qualified plans under the Act to be offered in the exchange.
(d) Preserving to the greatest extent possible the state's insurance regulatory authority and the state's flexibility in determining Medicaid eligibility standards and program design and operation.