STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SENATE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
THE COMMITTEE ON Executive Departments and Administration
to which was referred HB 1312
AN ACT relative to the authority of various boards.
Having considered the same, the committee recommends that the Bill
OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT
BY A VOTE OF: 5-0
AMENDMENT # 2026-1637s
Senator Howard Pearl
For the Committee
HB 1312 concerns the authority of boards under the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification. It authorizes these boards to establish subcommittees, subject to OPLC rules. It also removes the authority of boards of registration in optometry to modify the list of approved pharmaceuticals used by optometrists and removes the board of accountancy’s authority to establish fines by rule. As amended, the bill allows optometry boards to update the approved pharmaceuticals list when updating formularies, moves approval of medical imaging and radiation therapy programs to the OPLC executive director (with advisory input from the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy), and adjusts duties and authority of the family mediator certification board.
Ben Mickens 271-1403
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR
Executive Departments and Administration
HB 1312, relative to the authority of various boards.
Ought to Pass with Amendment, Vote 5-0.
Senator Howard Pearl for the committee.
HB 1312 concerns the authority of boards under the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification. It authorizes these boards to establish subcommittees, subject to OPLC rules. It also removes the authority of boards of registration in optometry to modify the list of approved pharmaceuticals used by optometrists and removes the board of accountancy’s authority to establish fines by rule. As amended, the bill allows optometry boards to update the approved pharmaceuticals list when updating formularies, moves approval of medical imaging and radiation therapy programs to the OPLC executive director (with advisory input from the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy), and adjusts duties and authority of the family mediator certification board.