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SB 135 · 2025 · Senate · Health and Human Services Committee

Medicaid case management rate parity

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relative to rate setting parity for Medicaid state plan case management services.

Directs the department of health and human services to annually establish rates for Medicaid state plan case management services to achieve rate parity across the program.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 directs the department of health and human services to annually establish rates for Medicaid state plan case management services to create rate parity for such services within the program.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

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

“Annually, on or before October 1, the department of health and human services shall establish unit rates for all case management services paid under the state Medicaid plan which better reflect the average cost to deliver services.”
RSA 126-A:18-c
“The department shall consider the factors of economy, efficiency, quality of care, and access to care, in accordance with guidelines in federal regulations.”
RSA 126-A:18-c
“The department shall ensure equitable rate parity by giving comprehensive consideration to factors which cause disparity, including but not limited to administrative payments of overhead costs made to certain providers, in the calculations to achieve parity.”
RSA 126-A:18-c

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
  • Mar 13, 2025SenateCommittee report: Ought to Pass5–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 13, 2025SenateVoice voteOught to Passadopted
  • Mar 27, 2025SenateCommittee report: Ought to Pass6–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 27, 2025SenateVoice voteOught to Passadopted
  • Mar 27, 2025SenateVoice voteSen. Gray Moved Laid on Tableadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 6, 2025Public hearingSenate Health and Human Services1:25:20–1:27:332m 13slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 13, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 27, 2025Floor debateSenate floor3:43:19–3:44:571m 38slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote; Sen. Gray Moved Laid on Table — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3
  2. Feb 6, 2025SenHearing: 02/06/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 8
  3. Mar 13, 2025SenCommittee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
  4. Mar 13, 2025SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
  5. Mar 27, 2025Sen: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025, Vote 6-0; SC 14
  6. Mar 27, 2025SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  7. Mar 27, 2025SenSen. Gray Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  8. Mar 27, 2025SenPending Motion OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9
  9. Oct 31, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

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