New Hampshire HB 570: repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

Bill Text

HB 570-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

13Mar2025... 0190h

2025 SESSION

 25-0079

 05/02

HOUSE BILL 570-FN

AN ACT repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill repeals the prescription drug affordability board.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Mar2025... 0190h 25-0079

 05/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

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

 1 Salaries Established. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by deleting in GG:

 GG Department of heath and human services executive director, prescription 

 drug affordability board 

 2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

 I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(384), relative to the New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board administration fund. 

 II. RSA 126-BB, relative to the prescription drug affordability board.

 3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

 LBA

 25-0079

 Amended 8/20/25

HB 570-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0190h)

AN ACT repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding.

 Estimated State Impact

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 Expenditures*

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

METHODOLOGY:

This bill repeals the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. The bill will have no fiscal impact, as the Board has already been repealed by HB 2 from the 2025 session, codified as Chapter 141:312-313, Laws of 2025. 

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