Revision: May 20, 2025, 2:40 p.m.
CHAPTER 32
HB 507-FN - FINAL VERSION
26Mar2025... 0993h
2025 SESSION
25-0575
05/02
HOUSE BILL 507-FN
AN ACT relative to the timeline for credentialing of mental health care providers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gregg, Hills. 7; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires health carriers to process credentialing applications by mental health providers within 30 days of submission of a complete application.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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... 0993h 25-0575
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the timeline for credentialing of mental health care providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
32:1 Managed Care Law; Credentialing Verification Procedures; Mental Health Care Providers. Amend RSA 420-J:4, I(h) to read as follows:
(h) Act upon and finalize the credentialing process within 30 calendar days of receipt of a clean and complete application for primary care physicians and mental health providers and within 45 days [for specialists] of receipt of a clean and complete application for specialists. In this section, "clean and complete" means an application signed and appropriately dated by the health care provider, that includes all of the applicable information required in paragraph II and any affirmative responses on questions related to quality and clinical competence shall contain explanations satisfactory to the carrier.
32:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
Approved: May 14, 2025
Effective Date: January 01, 2026