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Health and Human Services

The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, chaired by David Rochefort.

Members

Bills Referred, 2025-2026

  • HB 63: relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. (Died on the table)
  • HB 70-FN: relative to the use of electronic medical records. (Killed)
  • HB 72: extending the commission to study telehealth services. (Signed into law)
  • HB 73: relative to harm reduction, substance misuse, and the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. (Signed into law)
  • HB 94-FN: relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan. (Killed)
  • HB 117: relative to the substitution of biological products. (Signed into law)
  • HB 126: relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs. (Signed into law)
  • HB 223: relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital. (Died on the table)
  • HB 232-FN: relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 241-FN: relative to health insurance coverage of pain management services for the management of chronic pain. (Signed into law)
  • HB 316-FN: relative to reimbursement for ground ambulance services. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 349-FN: relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 357: relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. (Killed)
  • HB 358: relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 360: 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. (Died: conferees could not agree)
  • HB 370: 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 into law)
  • HB 377-FN: 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 into law)
  • HB 455: relative to reports by the department of health and human services regarding Medicaid enhancement for children and pregnant women. (Signed into law)
  • HB 524-FN: relative to disbursement of funds by the New Hampshire vaccine association. (Signed into law)
  • HB 548-FN: relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. (Killed)
  • HB 559: relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles. (Killed)
  • HB 597: establishing a designated behavioral health access point within the enhanced 911 system. (Signed into law)
  • HB 606: relative to a patient's right to appropriate reproductive care for medical conditions. (Signed into law)
  • HB 661-FN: 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. (Signed into law)
  • HB 679: relative to immunization requirements. (Killed)
  • HB 701-FN: relative to the terminal patients' right to try act. (Signed into law)
  • HB 705: relative to health care cost transparency. (Signed into law)
  • HB 712-FN: 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 into law)
  • HB 731-FN: relative to supportive housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities. (Signed into law)
  • HB 732-FN: to enhance informed consent and accountability in psychotropic drug prescriptions for children under Medicaid. (Killed)
  • HB 1022: relative to religious exemption from immunization requirements. (Killed)
  • HB 1071: repealing immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. (Killed)
  • HB 1117-FN: 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. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1215: relative to supporting the preferred method of communication of an individual with a communication disability and relative to transfers from freestanding hospital emergency facilities. (Died: conferees could not agree)
  • HB 1219: relative to immunization requirements in foster family homes and relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. (Became law unsigned)
  • HB 1249: authorizing pharmacists to provide certain medical devices associated with prescribed medication. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1318: renewing the committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1335: requiring health care providers to disclose to patients indirect financial incentives received by the provider. (Killed)
  • HB 1337: repealing the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 1378: relative to parental access to a minor child's electronic medical records. (Killed)
  • HB 1449: limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 1515-FN: repealing the requirement that the department of health and human services' biennial budget request include funding for certain child care workforce programs. (Became law unsigned)
  • HB 1566-FN-A: 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. (Died on the table)
  • HB 1584-FN: directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to notice of drug pricing options. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1685: establishing a committee to study aiding the growth of assistive technology businesses and adoption of assistive technologies in New Hampshire. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 1706-FN: repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. (Killed)
  • HB 1719-FN: removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1734-FN: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of establishing experimental treatment centers in New Hampshire and the oversight thereof. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 1735-FN: relative to the practice of pharmacy, the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1763-FN: establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder (ABD) community residences. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1771-FN: 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. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1772-FN-A: relative to prescribing ibogaine for investigational use only and adopting the physician associate licensure compact. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1797-FN: relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1809-FN: establishing a medical psilocybin advisory board to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of psilocybin for therapeutic purposes. (Killed)
  • SB 17-FN: relative to insurance cost-sharing calculations. (Died on the table)
  • SB 18: permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances. (Signed into law)
  • SB 36-FN: relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities. (Signed into law)
  • SB 37: relative to residential care and health facility licensing. (Killed)
  • SB 47: requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth. (Signed into law)
  • SB 75-FN: providing health insurance carriers access to the state immunization registry and making an appropriation therefor. (Killed)
  • SB 118-FN: 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 into law)
  • SB 119-FN: relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • SB 120-FN: relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (Died on the table)
  • SB 121-FN: requiring notice to the insurance department of the discontinuance of certain types of insurance, including Medicare Advantage Plans. (Signed into law)
  • SB 122-FN: relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. (Died on the table)
  • SB 123-FN: requiring coverage of ear acupuncture as a treatment for substance misuse under the state Medicaid plan. (Died on the table)
  • SB 124-FN: relative to continuing care retirement communities. (Signed into law)
  • SB 125-FN: relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. (Died on the table)
  • SB 126-FN: relative to notice of changes to provider contracts. (Killed)
  • SB 127-FN-A: relative to public guardianship and the office of the public guardian and making appropriations to the department of health and human services. (Died on the table)
  • SB 128-FN: relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. (Died on the table)
  • SB 129-FN: 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. (Killed)
  • SB 130-FN: establishing a commission to study delivery models for emergency medical services in the state of New Hampshire. (Killed)
  • SB 131-FN-A: relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor. (Died on the table)
  • SB 132-FN: relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. (Died on the table)
  • SB 133-FN: relative to the designation of emergency medical services performed by ambulance service providers as essential services. (Signed into law)
  • SB 134-FN: relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program. (Signed into law)
  • SB 135-FN: relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services. (Died on the table)
  • SB 136-FN: establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 137-FN: relative to hospital stays covered under the state Medicaid plan. (Died on the table)
  • SB 138: relative to record requests by health care providers. (Signed into law)
  • SB 243-FN: relative to the child care scholarship program. (Died on the table)
  • SB 244-FN-A: relative to expanding access to primary health care services, increasing the size of the health care workforce, and making appropriations therefor. (Died on the table)
  • SB 245-FN: prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement. (Signed into law)
  • SB 246-FN: 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. (Died on the table)
  • SB 247: prohibiting network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense a prescription of the PBM reimbursement that is below the pharmacy's acquisition cost. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 248: establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
  • SB 249-FN: relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund. (Signed into law)
  • SB 250: relative to pharmacist administration of long-acting injectable drugs. (Signed into law)
  • SB 251: 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.?. (Killed)
  • SB 252: relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine. (Signed into law)
  • SB 253-FN: relative to participation in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. (Killed)
  • SB 254: relative to controlled substance inventories and relative to surrogate parent criminal history records checks. (Signed into law)
  • SB 255-FN: establishing and developing crisis stabilization services. (Died on the table)
  • SB 256-FN: establishing safety and care requirements for clinician-administered drugs. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 257: establishing a committee to study state guidelines for Medicaid eligibility determinations. (Killed)
  • SB 288: establishing an advisory council on the system of care for healthy aging in New Hampshire. (Died on the table)
  • SB 408-FN: relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. (Signed into law)
  • SB 441-FN: relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 452: enabling health care providers to offer certain complementary and alternative health care services. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 453: authorizing advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates to make certain certifications. (Signed into law)
  • SB 454-FN: 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. (Signed into law)
  • SB 455-FN: relative to coverage for GLP-1 medication under the state Medicaid plan. (Killed)
  • SB 456: establishing the commission for children's futures. (Signed into law)
  • SB 457-FN: relative to the licensing of physicians who graduated from medical schools outside of the United States or Canada. (Killed)
  • SB 474: relative to the effective date of the law regarding collection and reporting of abortion statistics. (Died on the table)
  • SB 476: relative to consumer health care cost transparency. (Died on the table)
  • SB 477-FN: relative to increasing transparency in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 478-FN: relative to strengthening prescription drug affordability and pharmacy benefits manager accountability. (Died on the table)
  • SB 480-FN: limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services. (Killed)
  • SB 498-FN: relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 501: relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse. (Died on the table)
  • SB 504-FN: relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists, authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers, and permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • SB 506-FN: relative to community engagement and work requirements under the state Medicaid program. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 520: relative to breast surgeries for minors. (Died on the table)
  • SB 543-FN: relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor. (Killed)
  • SB 544-FN: relative to managed care laws. (Signed into law)
  • SB 545-FN: relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. (Killed)
  • SB 546-FN: relative to health carrier network access monitoring. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 547-FN: relative to regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 548-FN: relative to health carrier provider contract standards. (Signed into law)
  • SB 549-FN: requiring certain syringe service program entities to provide options for disposal of used syringes and needles and creating reporting requirements for such entities. (Signed into law)
  • SB 550-FN: relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers. (Signed into law)
  • SB 606-FN: relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 607: relative to short-term, limited duration health insurance policies (Signed into law)
  • SB 608-FN: relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers. (Signed into law)
  • SB 609: relative to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots, or venous thromboembolism, and establishing a statewide venous thromboembolism registry. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 610-FN: allowing the insurance commissioner to approve innovative short or long-term care policies. (Signed into law)
  • SB 611-FN: relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 612-FN: relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. (Died on the table)
  • SB 613: 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. (Died on the table)
  • SB 614-FN: establishing multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements for nonprofit and for-profit providers and servicers. (Signed into law)
  • SB 615-FN: establishing a commission to study the use and regulation of SNAP in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
  • SB 616-FN: relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act. (Died on the table)
  • SB 645-FN: relative to income eligibility for the New Hampshire child care scholarship program and reallocating certain revenue to fund the program. (Died on the table)
  • SB 646-FN: relative to mental health standards of care. (Killed)
  • SB 647: authorizing the department of insurance to participate in a cooperative procurement group via an intergovernmental agreement for a prescription drug discount program. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 664-FN: limiting hospital executive compensation in communities designated as distressed place-based economies under certain circumstances. (Died on the table)
  • SB 665-FN: relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices. (Killed)
  • SB 666-FN: 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. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 670-FN-A: 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. (Signed into law)

And 920 bills in 9 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 16, 2026 for hearings on HB 1022, HB 1071 and HB 1219.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 15, 2026 for hearings on HB 1337, HB 1378, HB 360 and HB 1335.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 9, 2026 for a hearing on HB 1249.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 8, 2026 for hearings on HB 1215, HB 1797-FN, HB 241-FN and HB 1809-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 2, 2026 for hearings on HB 1719-FN, HB 1584-FN, HB 524-FN, HB 1449, HB 1735-FN and HB 1706-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 1, 2026 for hearings on HB 1117-FN, HB 1734-FN, HB 1735-FN and HB 1706-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 25, 2026 for hearings on HB 661-FN, HB 1566-FN-A, HB 1771-FN, HB 1772-FN-A and HB 1515-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 18, 2026 for hearings on HB 232-FN, HB 1763-FN, HB 1318 and HB 1685.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 11, 2026 for hearings on SB 504-FN, SB 647, SB 607, SB 456 and SB 520.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 4, 2026 for hearings on SB 453 and SB 613.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 18, 2026 for hearings on SB 666-FN, SB 664-FN, SB 670-FN-A and SB 665-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 11, 2026 for hearings on SB 609, SB 452, SB 498-FN, SB 474, SB 455-FN and SB 501.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 4, 2026 for hearings on SB 544-FN, SB 549-FN, SB 616-FN and HB 349-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on January 28, 2026 for hearings on SB 606-FN, SB 480-FN, SB 550-FN and SB 646-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on January 21, 2026 for hearings on SB 408-FN, SB 454-FN, SB 441-FN, SB 506-FN, SB 476, SB 477-FN and SB 478-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on January 14, 2026 for hearings on SB 545-FN, SB 546-FN, SB 547-FN, SB 548-FN, SB 457-FN, SB 645-FN, SB 608-FN and SB 615-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on January 8, 2026 for hearings on SB 543-FN, SB 610-FN, SB 614-FN, SB 611-FN and SB 612-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 23, 2025 for hearings on HB 606, HB 701-FN, HB 712-FN and HB 377-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 16, 2025 for hearings on HB 316-FN, HB 559, HB 548-FN and HB 705.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 9, 2025 for hearings on HB 70-FN, HB 679, HB 357, HB 358, HB 597, HB 731-FN, HB 455 and HB 94-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 2, 2025 for hearings on HB 117, HB 223 and HB 732-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 26, 2025 for hearings on HB 63, HB 72, HB 73, HB 126 and HB 370.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 19, 2025 for hearings on SB 288, SB 257 and SB 138.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 12, 2025 for hearings on SB 252, SB 250, SB 254 and SB 247.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on March 5, 2025 for hearings on SB 251 and SB 248.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 19, 2025 for hearings on SB 246-FN, SB 124-FN, SB 243-FN, SB 253-FN, SB 118-FN and SB 249-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 12, 2025 for hearings on SB 133-FN, SB 256-FN, SB 125-FN, SB 131-FN-A, SB 130-FN and SB 245-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 10, 2025 for hearings on SB 129-FN, SB 136-FN and SB 128-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 6, 2025 for hearings on SB 119-FN, SB 127-FN-A, SB 135-FN, SB 126-FN and SB 255-FN.
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services met on February 5, 2025 for hearings on SB 132-FN, SB 122-FN, SB 244-FN-A, SB 137-FN and SB 134-FN.

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