New Hampshire SB 520: relative to breast surgeries for minors.

Bill Text

SB 520 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/26/2026 1170s

2026 SESSION

 26-2076

 05/08

SENATE BILL 520

AN ACT relative to breast surgeries for minors.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill permits a physician to perform breast surgery on a minor in certain instances if the procedure is at the election of the minor in consultation with her primary care physician.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/26/2026 1170s 26-2076

 05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to breast surgeries for minors.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Limitations on Breast Surgeries for Minors; Exceptions to Prohibition. Amend RSA 329:53, II(d) and (e) to read as follows:

 (d) The procedure is needed to correct gynecomastia and symptomatic macromastia; [or]

 (e) Treatment of congenital deformities of the breast and/or chest wall[.]; or 

 (f) At the election of the minor in consultation with her primary care physician when the primary reason for the breast reduction surgery is, but not limited to, musculoskeletal pain, postural changes, or physical discomfort of the individual that restricts exercise and activity. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.