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SB 484 · 2026 · Senate · Finance Committee

Ban Medicaid premiums, limit cost sharing

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prohibiting Medicaid premiums and limiting Medicaid expansion cost sharing.

Repeals premium requirements under the state's expanded Medicaid program and the children's health insurance program and authorizes the department of health and human services to establish cost sharing under expanded Medicaid not to exceed $5 per service.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 19, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill repeals premium requirements under the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and the children's health insurance program. The bill authorizes the department of health and human services to establish cost sharing under expanded Medicaid not to exceed $5 per service.

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

“Beginning October 1, 2028, subject to federal limitations, any cost sharing requirement established under the granite advantage health care program, with respect to care or an item or service furnished to a specified individual, shall not exceed $5.”
Section 2
“The sum necessary to compensate the department of health and human services for the reduction in funding for the state Medicaid program resulting from repeal of the premium requirements pursuant to section 4 of this act is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the biennium ending June 30, 2027.”
Section 3
“The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.”
Section 3

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDPrimeDeputy Democratic Leader
  • Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader
  • Sen. Suzanne PrentissDAssistant Democratic Leader
  • Rep. Mary Jane WallnerDRanking Member· Finance
  • Rep. Lucy WeberDDemocratic Floor Leader
  • Rep. Alexis SimpsonDDemocratic Leader
  • Rep. Laura TelerskiDRanking Member· Finance Division 3

Also: Sen. David WattersD, Sen. Donovan FentonD, Sen. Pat LongD, Sen. Debra AltschillerD, Rep. Mary Hakken-PhillipsD

Public testimony

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

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Feb 19, 2026SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate5–2
    Overall
    71% yea
  • Feb 19, 2026SenateRoll callInexpedient to LegislateAdopted16–8How they voted
    Overall
    67% yea
    Party-line vote
    Republicans
    16–0100% yea
    Democrats
    0–80% yea

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 13, 2026Public hearingSenate Finance1:33:50–1:43:489m 58slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Feb 19, 2026Floor debateSenate floor5:05:59–5:08:392m 40slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 16-8

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

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1
  2. Jan 13, 2026SenHearing: 01/13/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 46
  3. Feb 19, 2026Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/19/2026, Vote 5-2; SC 6
  4. Feb 19, 2026SenInexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-8N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 02/19/2026; SJ 4

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

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