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Introduced Session

This bill: I. Defines parental alienation to mean a pattern of behavior, conduct, or speech which would damage the relationship of the child and a parent, resulting in the child's fear, negative perception, rejection, or hostility toward their other parent, and adds standards for considering claims of parental alienation in certain cases involving children and parental rights. II. Prohibits health carriers from requiring prior authorization for the first physical or occupational therapy visit in any new episode of care, and mandates approval of at least 8 medically necessary treatments after the initial evaluation before further review. This bill also preserves insurers' ability to deny claims deemed not medically necessary. III. Establishes the New Hampshire children's behavioral health association for the purpose of collecting assessments to fund payments to care management entities for the provision of childhood behavioral health services. The association is authorized to collect assessments from insurance carriers, stop loss carriers, and third-party administrators for fully insured and self-funded health plans. The assessment base would include covered lives in the state employee health plan, as well as pooled risk management programs under RSA 5-b. The funds provided for this purpose would be deposited in a dedicated fund administered by the insurance commissioner.

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Kimberly Rice (R)*,  Daryl Abbas (R),  Kevin Avard (R),  Scott Bryer (R),  Debra DeSimone (R),  Jim Kofalt (R),  Tim Lang (R),  Jay Markell (R),  Jodi Nelson (R),  Jason Osborne (R),  Sherm Packard (R),  Victoria Sullivan (R), 

Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; Senate Journal 14 (on 06/02/2026)

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