CHAPTER 151
HB 297-FN - FINAL VERSION
7Jan2026... 2987h
2026 SESSION
25-0669
05/08
HOUSE BILL 297-FN
AN ACT relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spier, Hills. 6
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that, if an employer sponsoring a self-funded health benefit plan authorizes submission of its claims data to the state's comprehensive health care information system, the insurance commissioner shall provide that employer access to a utilization report based on de-identified claims data for the employer-sponsored plan.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Jan2026... 2987h 25-0669
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
151:1 Portability, Availability, and Renewability of Health Coverage; Disclosure of Claims Data from Self-Funded Employer-Sponsored Plans. Amend RSA 420-G:11, V to read as follows:
V. In addition to those lives listed in paragraph IV, the data submission requirements of paragraphs II and II-a shall also apply to all health carriers, licensed third party administrators, and any entity required to be registered with the commissioner pursuant to RSA 402-H with respect to claims data for all lives covered by any other self-funded employer-sponsored plan, when the employer has opted in writing to the submission of the data. The carrier or administrator shall notify the employer of the employer's option to authorize submission of the data. The carrier or administrator shall also notify the employer that, if such authorization is provided, the commissioner shall provide the employer access, on an annual basis, to a utilization report based on the de-identified and aggregated claims data associated with that employer-sponsored plan. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A specifying the form of such opt in, which shall include, but not be limited to, notice to the employer regarding why it is receiving the notification form, the privacy protections for the data submitted should the employer choose to opt in, the access to its own claims data that will be afforded to the employer, and the transparency benefits, including benefits to employers, of broad inclusion of as many lives as possible in the database created under RSA 420-G:11-a. Health carriers and third party administrators administering self-funded employer-sponsored plans shall provide this notice to such employers annually upon renewal. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to impose any reporting obligation on any self-funded employer or plan sponsor, or to impose any requirement with respect to the manner in which any such self-funded plan is administered. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a health carrier or third party administrator from communicating its views to an employer about the employer's decision whether to opt in to the submission of claims data.
151:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 19, 2026
Effective Date: August 18, 2026
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2025 | 2025-0176h |
| Nov. 10, 2025 | 2025-2987h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 5, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 5, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Oct. 28, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Oct. 28, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 7, 2026 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 24, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 151; eff.08/18/2026
June 10, 2026: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
June 10, 2026: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14
May 5, 2026: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
April 28, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17
Feb. 5, 2026: Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 5
Jan. 30, 2026: Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 3
Jan. 7, 2026: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2987h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 44
Jan. 7, 2026: Amendment # 2025-2987h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 44
Nov. 10, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2987h 10/28/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 4
Oct. 8, 2025: Executive Session: 10/28/2025 11:00 am GP 229
Sept. 22, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 10/08/2025 10:15 am GP 229
Aug. 27, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 09/10/2025 10:00 am GP 229
March 5, 2025: Retained in Committee
Feb. 27, 2025: Executive Session: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
Feb. 27, 2025: Subcommittee Work Session: 03/04/2025 10:00 am LOB 104
Jan. 30, 2025: Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0176h: 02/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 14