The New Hampshire Legislature is considering passage of a bill held over from last year that will award claimants their attorneys fees and costs if a workers’ compensation carrier refuses to pay a medical bill and then, after a hearing is scheduled, agrees to pay the bill fewer than 7 days before the hearing.  Although the original bill has been weakened by the Legislature and still puts deserving claimants through the frustrating, worrisome and sometimes costly process of preparing for a hearing on medical bills that clearly should be paid, HB 216 is a vast improvement over the current situation.

Please take the time to contact your NH State Representatives, http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx, and ask for their "yes" vote on HB 216.