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SB 125 · 2025 · Senate · Health and Human Services Committee

Nursing facility eligibility criteria

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relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care.

Updates clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care, adds mobility to activities of daily living, and authorizes staff to obtain medical information for eligibility decisions.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · November 3, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill updates clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care; adds mobility to the activities of daily living; corrects the federal reference for the definition of “skilled professional medical personnel”; requires information from the applicant’s primary care physician be considered; clarifies the medical eligibility determination is the responsibility of “skilled professional medical personnel”; and gives the department staff authority to obtain medical information for the eligibility decision making process.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as amended by the Senate. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“Skilled professional medical personnel employed by or designated to act on behalf of the department shall determine clinical eligibility in accordance with the criteria in subparagraph I(a).”
RSA 151-E:3
“The clinical eligibility determination shall be based upon an assessment tool, approved by the department, performed by skilled professional medical personnel employed by the department, or by an individual with equivalent training designated by the department.”
RSA 151-E:3
“The department shall train all persons performing the assessment to use the assessment tool.”
RSA 151-E:3
“For the purposes of this section, "skilled professional medical personnel" shall have the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. section [432.50(d)(1)(ii)] 432.2.”
RSA 151-E:3

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Kevin AvardRPrimeVice Chair· Health and Human Services

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 12, 2025Public hearingSenate Health and Human Services1:02:06–1:05:233m 17slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 13, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0784s; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0784s — adopted, voice vote; Committee Amendment # 2025-0784s — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 27, 2025Floor debateSenate floor3:36:52–3:40:373m 45slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1317s — adopted, voice vote; Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-1317s — adopted, voice vote

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Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3
  2. Feb 12, 2025SenHearing: 02/12/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 9
  3. Mar 13, 2025SenCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0784s, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
  4. Mar 13, 2025SenCommittee Amendment # 2025-0784s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
  5. Mar 13, 2025SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2025-0784s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
  6. Mar 27, 2025Sen: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025, Vote 6-0; SC 14
  7. Mar 27, 2025SenSen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-1317s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  8. Mar 27, 2025SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2025-1317s, MA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  9. Mar 27, 2025SenSen. Gray Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  10. Mar 27, 2025SenPending Motion OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  11. Oct 31, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.