CHAPTER 80

HB 126 - FINAL VERSION

20Feb2025... 0184h

01/07/2026   3030s

23Apr2026... 1674EBA

2026 SESSION

25-0146

05/06

HOUSE BILL 126

AN ACT relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Nagel, Belk. 6; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies exceptions to the 34-day limit on prescriptions for controlled drugs and permits a pharmacist to fill a prescription for a 92-day supply of injectable androgen prescribed for the treatment of chronic low testosterone.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Feb2025... 0184h

01/07/2026   3030s

23Apr2026... 1674EBA 25-0146

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs.

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

80:1  Controlled Drug Act; Sale by Pharmacist; Prescription Restrictions and Exceptions.  RSA 318-B:9, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

IV.  No prescription shall be filled for more than a 34-day supply upon any single filling for controlled drugs of schedules II or III, except as specified below:  

(a)  Schedule II or III controlled drugs that are commercially packaged for dispensing directly to the patient, such as metered sprays and inhalers, liquids packaged in bottles with calibrated droppers, and topical preparations packaged with metered dispensing pumps, may be filled for greater than a 34-day supply, but not more than 60 days, utilizing the smallest available product size, in order to maintain the dosing integrity of the commercially packaged containers.

(b)  A prescription for amphetamines and methylphenidate hydrochloride may be filled for up to a 90-day supply if the prescription specifies it is being used for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy.

(c)  Prescriptions for a topically applied androgen prescribed for the treatment of chronic low testosterone may be filled for up to a 92-day supply.

(d)  Prescriptions for an injectable androgen prescribed for the treatment of chronic low testosterone may be filled for up to a 92-day supply.

80:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 22, 2026

Effective Date: July 21, 2026