HB 1179 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2480
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1179
AN ACT relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Haskins, Rock. 11; Rep. Manos, Rock. 12; Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes minimum nurse staffing standards for nursing homes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2480
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; Rules; Nursing Home Staffing Standards. Amend RSA 151:9, I by inserting after subparagraph (p) the following new subparagraph:
(q) Staffing standards for nursing homes licensed under this chapter, which shall be not less than: one registered nurse (RN) 24 hours per day; a minimum of .75 RN hours per resident per day; .55 licensed practical nurse (LPN) hours per resident per day; and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident per day.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Dec. 1, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs