New Hampshire HB 194: relative to the release of student assessment information and data.

Bill Text

HB 194-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

7Jan2026... 3019h

05/14/2026 1973s

2025 SESSION

 25-0172

 09/05

HOUSE BILL 194-FN

AN ACT relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists.

SPONSORS: Rep. Post, Hills. 42; Rep. Ball, Rock. 25; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. Love, Rock. 13; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 29; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill:

 I. Modifies the crime of interference with custody to add certain actions with an intent to interfere with lawful custody.

 II. Authorizes the dispensing of up to a 30-day supply of noncontrolled oral anti-cancer medication by a licensed health care professional legally authorized to prescribe and administer medications to a patient under a provider's care or supervision subject to certain conditions.

 III. Amends the display requirements for certain licenses and permits.

 IV. Authorizes licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to engage in remote processing.

 V. Removes the requirement that a pharmacist's name or initials be on a label affixed to any controlled drug or prescription issued.

 VI. Amends the definition of the "practice of pharmacy."

 VII. Removes certain authority of the board of pharmacy with respect to the regulation of collaborative pharmacy practice agreements.

 VIII. Eliminates any examination requirement for licensure as an advanced pharmacy technician.

 IX. Prohibits the pharmacy board from testing applicants on pharmacy jurisprudence or law.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

7Jan2026... 3019h

05/14/2026 1973s 25-0172

 09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists.

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

 1 New Paragraphs; Interference with Custody. Amend RSA 633:4 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraphs:

 V. A person commits an offense under this section if, with the intent to interfere with the lawful custody of a child under 18 years of age, the person knowingly entices or persuades the child to leave the custody of:

 (a) The other parent or guardian; or

 (b) A person lawfully acting in the capacity of parent or guardian.

 VI. (a) A first or second violation of paragraph V shall be a civil violation punishable by a fine of $500 per offense.

 (b) A third or subsequent violation of paragraph V shall be a class B felony.

 VII. Any person who violates paragraph V by taking or removing the child from the state of New Hampshire, without consent or contrary to a valid court order, shall be guilty of a class B felony.

 2 New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Act; Dealing In or Possessing Prescription Drugs. Amend RSA 318:42 by inserting after paragraph VII-b the following new paragraph: 

 VII-c. The dispensing of up to a 30-day supply of noncontrolled oral anti-cancer medication by a licensed health care professional legally authorized to prescribe and administer medications to a patient under a provider's care or supervision so long as the following criteria are met: 

 (a) The dispensing clinic maintains on staff a full-time licensed pharmacist who is available for consultation with the prescribing provider and the patient.

 (b) In-office dispensing is conducted in a way consistent with United States Pharmacopeia standards as well as all relevant state and federal laws or rules.

 3 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Display of Licenses. Amend RSA 318:28 to read as follows: 

 318:28 [Display] Availability of Licenses. All licenses as pharmacists shall [at all times be conspicuously displayed] be readily retrievable in the pharmacy where the licensee is engaged as such. 

 4 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Licensure of Pharmacies. Amend RSA 318:39 to read as follows: 

 318:39 Application; Display. Application for a permit shall be made in such manner and in such form as the board may determine. The permit shall at all times be [exposed in a conspicuous place] posted in the pharmacy for which it is issued.

 5 Pharmacists and Pharmacies; Licensed Pharmacists; Remote Processing. Amend RSA 318:15-d, I to read as follows: 

 I. New Hampshire licensed pharmacists, licensed advanced pharmacy techn