Committee
Health and Human Services
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB63 | Relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. | Crossed Over | 03/12/2025 |
| HB70 | Relative to the use of electronic medical records. | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB72 | Extending the commission to study telehealth services. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| HB73 | Relative to harm reduction, substance misuse, and the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| HB94 | Relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan. | Dead | 03/11/2025 |
| HB117 | Relative to the substitution of biological products. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/24/2025 |
| HB126 | Relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs. | Passed | 03/11/2025 |
| HB223 | Relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital. | Crossed Over | 03/11/2025 |
| HB232 | Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. | Crossed Over | 01/15/2026 |
| HB241 | Relative to health insurance coverage of pain management services for the management of chronic pain. | Crossed Over | 03/30/2026 |
| HB316 | Relative to reimbursement for ground ambulance services. | Crossed Over | 03/28/2025 |
| HB349 | Relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures. | Vetoed | 01/15/2026 |
| HB357 | Relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB358 | Relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. | Vetoed | 03/28/2025 |
| HB360 | Prohibiting public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities established within a 15 mile radius of a critical access hospital, and relative to the administration of prescription medication to minors by youth camp staff. | Crossed Over | 01/30/2026 |
| HB370 | Reestablishing the commission to study the delivery of behavioral crisis services to individuals with mental illness with an impairment primarily due to intellectual disability. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/11/2025 |
| HB377 | Relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB455 | Relative to reports by the department of health and human services regarding Medicaid enhancement for children and pregnant women. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB524 | Relative to disbursement of funds by the New Hampshire vaccine association. | Crossed Over | 01/30/2026 |
| HB548 | Relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB559 | Relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles. | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB597 | Establishing a designated behavioral health access point within the enhanced 911 system. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB606 | Relative to a patient's right to appropriate reproductive care for medical conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB661 | Relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits for children in foster care. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB679 | Relative to immunization requirements. | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB701 | Relative to the terminal patients' right to try act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB705 | Relative to health care cost transparency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB712 | Limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB731 | Relative to supportive housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| HB732 | To enhance informed consent and accountability in psychotropic drug prescriptions for children under Medicaid. | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| HB1022 | Relative to religious exemption from immunization requirements. | Dead | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1071 | Repealing immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. | Dead | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1117 | Relative to the right of licensed health care providers to freely communicate with patients, colleagues, and the public about medical information, emerging therapies, and treatment options. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1215 | Relative to supporting the preferred method of communication of an individual with a communication disability. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1219 | Relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1249 | Authorizing pharmacists to provide certain medical devices associated with prescribed medication. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1318 | Renewing the committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain. | Crossed Over | 03/06/2026 |
| HB1335 | Requiring health care providers to disclose to patients indirect financial incentives received by the provider. | Dead | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1337 | Repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1378 | Relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records. | Dead | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1449 | Limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1515 | Repealing the requirement that the department of health and human services' biennial budget request include funding for certain child care workforce programs. | Passed | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1566 | Directing the department of health and human services to seek clarification from the Administration for Children and Families regarding the use of TANF reserve funds and repealing the requirement that the department of health and human services' biennial budget request include funding for certain child care workforce programs. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1584 | Directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to the form of such exemption. | Crossed Over | 02/13/2026 |
| HB1685 | Establishing a committee to study aiding the growth of assistive technology businesses and adoption of assistive technologies in New Hampshire. | Crossed Over | 03/06/2026 |
| HB1706 | Repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. | Dead | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1719 | Removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law. | Crossed Over | 02/13/2026 |
| HB1734 | Establishing a committee to study the feasibility of establishing experimental treatment centers in New Hampshire and the oversight thereof. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1735 | Permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1763 | Establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder (ABD) community residences. | Crossed Over | 02/13/2026 |
| HB1771 | Removing the prospective repeal of child care staffing ratios and the associated waiver system and requiring the department of health and human services to provide certain notice regarding availability of the waiver. | Passed | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1772 | Relative to prescribing ibogaine for investigational use only and adopting the physician associate licensure compact. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1797 | Relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP. | Crossed Over | 03/17/2026 |
| HB1809 | Establishing a medical psilocybin advisory board to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of psilocybin for therapeutic purposes. | Dead | 03/30/2026 |
| SB17 | Relative to insurance cost-sharing calculations. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| SB18 | Permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/30/2024 |
| SB36 | Relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB37 | Relative to residential care and health facility licensing. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB47 | Requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2025 |
| SB75 | Providing health insurance carriers access to the state immunization registry and making an appropriation therefor. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB118 | Relative to the personal needs allowance of residents of nursing homes; making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility staff; establishing the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund; and permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB119 | Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. | Crossed Over | 01/22/2025 |
| SB120 | Relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB121 | Requiring notice to the insurance department of the discontinuance of certain types of insurance, including Medicare Advantage Plans. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB122 | Relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB123 | Requiring coverage of ear acupuncture as a treatment for substance misuse under the state Medicaid plan. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB124 | Relative to continuing care retirement communities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB125 | Relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB126 | Relative to notice of changes to provider contracts. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB127 | Relative to public guardianship and the office of the public guardian and making appropriations to the department of health and human services. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB128 | Relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB129 | Relative to establishing an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB130 | Establishing a commission to study delivery models for emergency medical services in the state of New Hampshire. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| SB131 | Relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB132 | Relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB133 | Relative to the designation of emergency medical services performed by ambulance service providers as essential services. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB134 | Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB135 | Relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB136 | Establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB137 | Relative to hospital stays covered under the state Medicaid plan. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| SB138 | Relative to record requests by health care providers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| SB243 | Relative to the child care scholarship program. | Crossed Over | 01/23/2025 |
| SB244 | Relative to expanding access to primary health care services, increasing the size of the health care workforce, and making appropriations therefor. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| SB245 | Prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB246 | Providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| SB247 | Prohibiting network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense a prescription of the PBM reimbursement that is below the pharmacy's acquisition cost. | Crossed Over | 01/23/2025 |
| SB248 | Establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB249 | Relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB250 | Relative to pharmacist administration of long-acting injectable drugs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB251 | Establishing a commission to study the delivery of public health services through regional public health networks and the continued development of coordinated responses to public health incidents and emergencies in New Hampshire.? | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB252 | Relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB253 | Relative to participation in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB254 | Relative to controlled substance inventories and relative to surrogate parent criminal history records checks. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| SB255 | Establishing and developing crisis stabilization services. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| SB256 | Establishing safety and care requirements for clinician-administered drugs. | Crossed Over | 01/23/2025 |
| SB257 | Establishing a committee to study state guidelines for Medicaid eligibility determinations. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| SB288 | Establishing an advisory council on the system of care for healthy aging in New Hampshire. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| SB408 | Relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. | Crossed Over | 11/18/2025 |
| SB441 | Relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB452 | Enabling health care providers to offer certain complementary and alternative health care services. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB453 | Authorizing advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates to make certain certifications. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB454 | Requiring the department of health and human services to update existing relevant public health outreach programs by incorporating information to aid public understanding and awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB455 | Relative to health plan coverage of GLP-1 medications. | Dead | 11/21/2025 |
| SB456 | Establishing the commission for children's futures. | Passed | 11/21/2025 |
| SB457 | Relative to the licensing of physicians who graduated from medical schools outside of the United States or Canada. | Dead | 11/21/2025 |
| SB474 | Relative to the effective date of the law regarding collection and reporting of abortion statistics. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB476 | Relative to consumer health care cost transparency. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB477 | Relative to increasing transparency in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB478 | Relative to strengthening prescription drug affordability and pharmacy benefits manager accountability. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB480 | Limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services. | Dead | 11/21/2025 |
| SB498 | Relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB501 | Relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB504 | Relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB506 | Relative to community engagement and work requirements under the state Medicaid program. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| SB520 | Relative to breast surgeries for minors. | Crossed Over | 11/21/2025 |
| SB543 | Relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor. | Dead | 11/24/2025 |
| SB544 | Relative to managed care laws. | Crossed Over | 11/24/2025 |
| SB545 | Relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. | Dead | 11/24/2025 |
| SB546 | Relative to health carrier network access monitoring. | In Committee | 11/24/2025 |
| SB547 | Relative to regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices. | In Committee | 11/24/2025 |
| SB548 | Relative to health carrier provider contract standards. | Crossed Over | 11/24/2025 |
| SB549 | Requiring certain syringe service program entities to provide options for disposal of used syringes and needles and creating reporting requirements for such entities. | Passed | 11/24/2025 |
| SB550 | Relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers. | Crossed Over | 11/24/2025 |
| SB606 | Relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing. | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB607 | Relative to short-term, limited duration health insurance policies | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB608 | Relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers. | Passed | 11/25/2025 |
| SB609 | Relative to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots, or venous thromboembolism, and establishing a statewide venous thromboembolism registry. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB610 | Allowing the insurance commissioner to approve innovative short or long-term care policies. | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB611 | Relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB612 | Relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB613 | Relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities established within a 15 mile radius of a critical access hospital and relative to transfers from freestanding hospital emergency facilities. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB614 | Establishing multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements for nonprofit and for-profit providers and servicers. | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB615 | Establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire. | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB616 | Relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB645 | Relative to income eligibility for the New Hampshire child care scholarship program and reallocating certain revenue to fund the program. | In Committee | 11/25/2025 |
| SB646 | Relative to mental health standards of care. | Dead | 11/25/2025 |
| SB647 | Authorizing the department of insurance to participate in a cooperative procurement group via an intergovernmental agreement for a prescription drug discount program. | Crossed Over | 11/25/2025 |
| SB664 | Limiting hospital executive compensation in communities designated as distressed place-based economies under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 02/04/2026 |
| SB665 | Relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing optionsand pharmacy benefit manager business practices. | Dead | 02/04/2026 |
| SB666 | Relative to consumer protection, transparency, and oversight of certain health care transactions and establishing a study committee to analyze health insurance providers, their practices, policies, premiums, management, and the impact to consumers. | In Committee | 02/04/2026 |
| SB670 | Establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults. | Crossed Over | 02/05/2026 |