HB227: relative to licensure for psychotherapy activities or services.

CHAPTER 59

HB 227-FN - FINAL VERSION

2025 SESSION

25-0220

09/02

HOUSE BILL 227-FN

AN ACT relative to licensure for psychotherapy activities or services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the licensing exemption for psychotherapy activities or services of certain persons in the employ of a state, county, or municipal agency, other political subdivision, or duly chartered educational institution.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0220

09/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to licensure for psychotherapy activities or services.

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

59:1 Repeal. RSA 329-B:28, I(b), relative to licensing exemption for psychotherapy activities or services of certain persons in the employ of a state, county, or municipal agency, other political subdivision, or duly chartered educational institution, is repealed.

59:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 02, 2025

Effective Date: August 01, 2025