RSA 420-B:23 Systems Failing to Meet Requirements of This Chapter; Operation, Licensing and Regulation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a person proposing to operate a system of health care delivery and financing which is to be offered to individuals, whether or not as members of groups, in exchange for a fixed payment and organized so that providers and the organization are in some part at risk for the cost of services in a manner similar to a health maintenance organization, but who fails to meet the requirements set forth in this chapter, may operate such a system if the commissioner finds that the proposed operation will benefit persons who will be served by it. The operation shall be licensed and regulated in the same manner as a health maintenance organization under this chapter, except to the extent that the commissioner determines that the regulation is inappropriate