HB223: relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.

HB 223 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0264

05/06

HOUSE BILL 223

AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.

SPONSORS: Rep. McLean, Hills. 15; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill exempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from the notice and consent requirements for establishment within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0264

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.

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

1 Short Title. This act shall be known as the "Rural Health Care Accessibility Act".

2 Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; License or Registration Required. Amend RSA 151:4-a, II(a) to read as follows:

II.(a) Any person or entity proposing to establish [an ambulatory surgical center, emergency medical care center,]a hospital[, birthing center, drop-in or walk-in care center, dialysis center, or special health care service] within a radius of 15 miles of the primary physical location of a New Hampshire hospital certified as a critical access hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R 485.610(b) and (c), shall give written notice of the intent to establish a health care facility within a 15 mile radius with a description of the facility [or special health care service] to the chief executive officer of the hospital by certified mail. 

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