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2023 SESSION
23-0970.0
05/04
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the use of telemedicine to treat mental health conditions.
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits doctors and APRNs to use telemedicine to prescribe medication to treat mental health conditions.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0970.0
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the use of telemedicine to treat mental health conditions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Physicians and Surgeons; Telemedicine. Amend RSA 329:1-d, III to read as follows:
III. It shall be unlawful for any person to prescribe by means of telemedicine a controlled drug classified in schedule II through IV, except substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and/or mental health conditions. Methadone hydrochloride, as defined in RSA 318-B:10, VII(d)(2) shall not be included in the exemption.
2 Nurse Practice Act; Definition of Telemedicine. Amend RSA 326-B:2, XII(c) to read as follows:
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to prescribe by means of telemedicine a controlled drug classified in schedule II through IV except for use in substance use disorder treatment and/or mental health conditions.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.