HB 455 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
26Mar2025... 0645h
2025 SESSION
25-0913
05/11
HOUSE BILL 455
SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of health and human services to provide quarterly reports regarding Medicaid enhancement for children and pregnant women for the biennium ending June 30, 2027 and to submit such reports annually thereafter.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26Mar2025... 0645h 25-0913
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Medicaid Enhancement for Children and Pregnant Women; Reporting Requirement. RSA 167:68, IV(d) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(d) Beginning October 1, 2025, and for the remainder of the biennium ending June 30, 2027, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit quarterly reports to the oversight committee on health and human services, the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services, and the governor regarding the department’s administration of the Medicaid enhancement for children and pregnant women for 12 months of continuous coverage for the entire postpartum period. Beginning July 1, 2027, the reports shall be submitted annually. The reports shall include status updates on the department's efforts in reducing administrative burdens for enrollees and the department’s progress to expand access and participation to voluntary, evidence-based maternal home visiting programs. Reports submitted under this section shall also be posted on the department's website.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 17, 2025 | 2025-0645h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 26, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 9, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 17, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 13, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14
May 12, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13
April 17, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
April 10, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 17
April 3, 2025: ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 10
March 26, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0645h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 32
March 26, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0645h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 32
March 17, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0645h 03/12/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 19
March 17, 2025: Executive Session: 02/26/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
Feb. 20, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/26/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 10, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 11