HB 1727 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2965
05/06
HOUSE BILL 1727
SPONSORS: Rep. Bordes, Belk. 5
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of education and department of health and human services to enter into a memorandum of understanding to enable the department of education to share student addresses with the department of health and human services for the purpose of administering the federal Summer EBT program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2965
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the inter-agency data sharing for the purpose of distributing summer electronic benefit transfer (EBT) benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Student Privacy; Limited Data Sharing for the Purpose of Administering Summer EBT. Amend RSA 189:68 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Notwithstanding RSA 189:68, I(b), the department of education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the department of health and human services regarding the collection and maintenance of student addresses for the purpose of administering the Summer EBT program pursuant to RSA 161:2, XIII-c. Data collected and transmitted under this paragraph shall be confidential; shall be used exclusively for the administration and distribution of Summer EBT benefits; and shall not be used for any other purpose. The departments shall delete any data received under the MOU upon the completion of the distribution of benefits for the corresponding summer period, unless otherwise required by federal law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
26-2965
1/15/26
HB 1727- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will have no fiscal impact, as it already has a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education relative to implementation of the Summer EBT program.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 14, 2026 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 8, 2026: Public Hearing: 01/14/2026 03:05 pm GP 231
Dec. 17, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1