SB 572 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2073
09/05
SENATE BILL 572
AN ACT relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reardon, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts the sale of the Anna Philbrook Center for Children from the requirements of a statute regarding the real estate of New Hampshire hospital.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2073
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Anna Philbrook Center for Children; Sale of Property. Amend 2025, 141:317 to read as follows:
141:317 Anna Philbrook Center for Children; Sale of Property. The department of health and human services shall develop a transition plan to vacate the Anna Philbrook Center for Children that ensures services to current clients residing there are not interrupted. Prior to finalizing the transition plan, the department of health and human services shall work with the current provider and consider reasonable alternatives that are consistent with the department’s “mission zero” initiative. Upon completion of the transition plan, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall send formal notice to the department of administrative services that the transition plan is finalized. Notwithstanding RSA 10, RSA 4:39-a, and RSA 4:40, the commissioner of the department of administrative services, following the completion of the transition plan, shall offer for sale at fair market value the Anna Philbrook Center for Children property located at 105 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire. The property shall be offered first to the city of Concord and then to Merrimack County. If neither the city nor county accept the offer by January 1, 2026, the commissioner of the department of administrative services shall issue a request for proposals for the sale of the Concord property at no less than the fair market value, such sale to be completed no later than June 30, 2027. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall submit quarterly reports on the progress of the sale to the fiscal committee of the general court. All proceeds from the sale shall be deposited into the general fund.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 21, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| Jan. 21, 2026 | Senate | Hearing |
| Jan. 29, 2026 | Senate | Floor Vote |
Jan. 22, 2026: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3
Jan. 15, 2026: Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 2
Jan. 13, 2026: Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 2
Nov. 24, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1