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New Hampshire Legislative Advocacy
New Hampshire's ASD insurance reform bill, HB 569 or Connor's Law, faces its first challenge on MONDAY, MARCH 9 at 11:30 a.m. when it comes before the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
We suspect that lobbyists for the Insurance industry will seek to kill the bill now, before it even has a chance for necessary revisions and a review regarding the impact on insurance premiums. It is crucial that we convince the Committee to retain the bill for review (it needs complex amendments to insure that it does what it is intended to do) by a sympathetic sub-committee.
Because this is a complex issue, I urge you to go to www.Connorslaw.info to learn more about this bill, which is designed to end insurance discrimination against individuals with ASD by companies operating under NH law and bring insurance coverage up-to-date with medical opinion by requiring coverage for medically necessary treatment.
What else can I do?
The website contains a roster of the Committee members. EVERYONE OF THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE GETTING CALLS AND LETTERS. If you are a constituent, please call your legislator. Even if you are not, all NH families that support an individual with ASD stand to benefit from this urgently needed reform. PLEASE CALL OR WRITE to express your concern. If you can only make one call, please seek out Chair Tara Reardon (D-Concord).
This is an important opportunity to let our public officials remember just how powerful the voice of the disabilities community is in New Hampshire.