Revision: March 12, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
HB 1727 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2026... 0847h
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2026... 0847h 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 Paragraphs; Student Privacy; Limited Data Sharing for the Purpose of Administering Summer EBT. Amend RSA 189:68 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraphs:
VI. To facilitate data sharing between the department of education and the department of health and human services, the department of education shall include on all forms in all formats that collect information the following question with a check box or initial line affirming or denying data sharing:
"I would like the department of education to share my address with the department of health and human services only for the purpose of my child/children receiving Summer EBT. Yes ___ No ___
The department of education shall interpret a failure to mark or initial either "yes" or "no" as a family denying data sharing."
VII. 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 whose parents have opted in to data sharing pursuant to paragraph VI 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, be used exclusively for the administration and distribution of Summer EBT benefits, and 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