New Hampshire SB 616: relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act.

Bill Text

SB 616-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

02/19/2026 0544s

2026 SESSION

 26-2247

 05/08

SENATE BILL 616-FN

AN ACT relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act.

SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

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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.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/19/2026 0544s 26-2247

 05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act.

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

 1 New Section; Right to Try Act; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 126-Z by inserting after section 8 the following new section:

 126-Z:9 Reporting Requirement.

 I. 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:

 (a) The illness the patient suffers from.

 (b) Residence of patient as “in-state” or “out-of-state” when the initial consultation was made. 

 (c) Residence of patient as “in-state” or “out-of-state” when the treatments began.

 (d) What authorities the provider is licensed under.

 (e) Whether the treatment was covered by the patient’s insurance.

 II. 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. 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.

 III. 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. This report shall be due February 1 of each year, beginning February 1, 2028. 

 IV. The commissioner of health and human services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:

 (a) The form in which data shall be filed under paragraph I.

 (b) The cadence of reporting from facilities under paragraph II.

 (c) Confidentiality of data collected and disclosed under this section subject to the provisions of this section.

 (d) Procedures and written requirements for obtaining, using, and protecting data provided by the department of health and human services under this section.

 V. Any medical facility that willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of $100 for each business day of noncompliance. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2027.

 LBA

 26-2247

 3/3/26

SB 616-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2026-0544s)

AN ACT relative to reporting requirements under the right to try act.

FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

FY 2029

 Revenue

$0

$0

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

 Revenue Fund(s)

Administrative Fine Revenue

 Expenditures*

$0

$0

$202,000 - $1,003,000

$130,000 - $149,000

 Funding Source(s)

General Fund

 Appropriations*

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Funding Source(s)

None

 *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

METHODOLOGY:

This bill amends RSA 126-Z, the Right to Try Act, by requiring any health care provider providing any type of care under RSA 126-Z to report specific information, in writing, to the facility in which the care is rendered. Facilities would be responsible for reporting data to the Department of Health and Human Services, which would be required to make an annual aggregated report to the General Court. The Department would be required to adopt rules relative to (1) the form in which the data shall be filed; (2) the cadence of reporting from facilities; (3) the confidentiality of data collected and disclosed; and (4) procedures and written requirements for obtaining, using, and