HB72: extending the commission to study telehealth services.

CHAPTER 5

HB 72 - FINAL VERSION

2025 SESSION

25-0076

05/06

HOUSE BILL 72

AN ACT extending the commission to study telehealth services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. Palmer, Sull. 2; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill directs the commission to study telehealth services to submit a supplemental report by June 30, 2026, and provides for repeal of the commission on that date.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0076

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT extending the commission to study telehealth services.

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

5:1 Commission to Study Telehealth Services; Duties. Amend RSA 329:1-f, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) The commission may solicit input from any person or entity the commission deems relevant to its study, including data collected by an independent research contractor. This data may include review of telehealth parity in all commercial payers, NH Medicaid fee for service, and managed care plans; patient and provider access to telehealth; provider use of telehealth services; patient utilization, including chronic disease management and prevention services; quality of care delivered by telehealth; synchronization with federal policy; recommended legislation; and the impact of telehealth on the cost of health care delivery.

5:2 Commission to Study Telehealth Services; Reporting Date. Amend RSA 329:1-f, IV to read as follows:

IV. The commission shall make an interim report by December 1, 2022, [and] a final report with its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation on or before December 1, 2024, and a supplemental report on or before June 30, 2026, to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library.

5:3 Repeal. RSA 329:1-f, relative to the commission to study telehealth services, is repealed.

5:4 Effective Date.

I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect June 30, 2026.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 08, 2025

Effective Date: 

I. Section 3 effective June 30, 2026

II. Remainder effective May 8, 2025