New Hampshire HB 1179: relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards.

Bill Text

HB 1179 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2480

 05/09

HOUSE BILL 1179

AN ACT relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Haskins, Rock. 11; Rep. Manos, Rock. 12; Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes minimum nurse staffing standards for nursing homes.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2480

 05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; Rules; Nursing Home Staffing Standards. Amend RSA 151:9, I by inserting after subparagraph (p) the following new subparagraph: 

 (q) Staffing standards for nursing homes licensed under this chapter, which shall be not less than: one registered nurse (RN) 24 hours per day; a minimum of .75 RN hours per resident per day; .55 licensed practical nurse (LPN) hours per resident per day; and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident per day. 

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