SB 613 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2215
09/06
SENATE BILL 613
SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a health care facility to provide certified, written notice to a critical access hospital if the facility will be located within a 15 mile radius of the critical access 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2215
09/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Title. This act shall be known as the "Rural Health Care System Stabilization Act".
2 Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; License or Registration Required. RSA 151:4-a, II(a) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II.(a) Any person or entity proposing to establish an ambulatory surgical center, emergency medical care center, hospital, birthing center, drop-in or walk-in care center, dialysis center, or special health care service within a radius of 15 miles of the primary physical location of a New Hampshire hospital certified as a critical access hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R 485.610(b) and (c), shall give written notice of the intent to establish the health care facility within a 15 mile radius of the critical access hospital. The notice shall include a description of the facility and any health care services to be established and shall be sent by certified mail to the chief executive of the critical access hospital.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Nov. 25, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1