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SB 616 · 2026 · Senate · Health and Human Services Committee

Right to try act reporting

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relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act.

Establishes reporting requirements for providers and facilities under the right to try act and directs the department of health and human services to report to the general court and adopt related rules.AI-generated

Status

Died on the table in the Senate · March 12, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill establishes a reporting requirement for providers and facilities providing services under the right to try act. The bill also directs the department of health and human services to provide a report to the general court and to adopt rules regarding the collection and reporting of such information.

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

“Any health care provider providing any type of care under this chapter shall report the following information, in writing, to the facility in which the care is rendered:”
RSA 126-Z:9
“A report containing the information and data required by this section shall be transmitted by any facility with providers providing treatment of any kind under RSA 126-Z to the department of health and human services.? These reports shall not identify the patient or health care provider by name or include other personally identifiable information.”
RSA 126-Z:9
“The reports shall be submitted to the commissioner of the department of health and human services in accordance with the schedule established by the commissioner in rules under paragraph IV.”
RSA 126-Z:9
“The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall make an annual aggregated report of the data reported to the department by providers under this chapter to the general court.”
RSA 126-Z:9

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Suzanne PrentissDPrimeAssistant Democratic Leader

Public testimony

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

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 4, 2026Public hearingSenate Health and Human Services2:27:53–2:29:231m 30slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Feb 19, 2026Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0544s; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0544s — adopted, voice vote; Committee Amendment # 2026-0544s — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 12, 2026Floor debateSenate floor1:24:54–1:26:021m 8slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote; Sen. Birdsell Moved Laid on Table — adopted, voice vote

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Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1
  2. Feb 4, 2026SenHearing: 02/04/2026, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 4
  3. Feb 19, 2026Sen: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0544s, 02/19/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 6
  4. Feb 19, 2026SenCommittee Amendment # 2026-0544s, AA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
  5. Feb 19, 2026SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2026-0544s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
  6. Mar 12, 2026Sen: Ought to Pass, 03/12/2026, Vote 7-0; SC 9
  7. Mar 12, 2026SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
  8. Mar 12, 2026SenSen. Birdsell Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
  9. Mar 12, 2026SenPending Motion OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

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