CHAPTER 328

HB 1584-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

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2026 SESSION

26-3239

05/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1584-FN

 

AN ACT directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to notice of drug pricing options.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill:  

 

I.  Directs the department of health and human services to include in certain materials relative to childhood immunization requirements a statement indicating that medical and religious exemptions to such requirements are available under state law.

 

II.  Requires pharmacies to make efforts to notify consumers of their right to request the lowest available price for prescription drugs.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to notice of drug pricing options.

 

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

 

328:1  New Paragraph; Notice of Medical and Religious Exemptions.  Amend RSA 141-C by inserting after section 20-f the following new section:  

141-C:20-g  Notice of Medical and Religious Exemptions.

I.  Any printed or electronic materials relative to required childhood immunizations in RSA 141-C:20-a produced by the department of health and human services and distributed in connection with school and child care enrollment on or after the effective date of this section shall include the following statement:  "Medical and religious exemptions are available under New Hampshire law."  The department shall include a website link on an existing webpage detailing the current immunization exemptions under New Hampshire law.

II.  The department of health and human services may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to implement this section.

328:2  New Subdivision; Drug Pricing Options.  Amend RSA 318 by inserting after section 47-m the following new subdivision:  

Drug Pricing Options

318:47-n  Notice of Drug Pricing Options.  

I.  Every pharmacy licensed in this state shall make reasonable efforts to notify consumers of their right to request the lowest available price for a prescription drug.  Such notice may include, but is not limited to, verbal instruction from pharmacy staff, signage at check out, or printed material available for consumers to read.  

II.  A pharmacy shall, upon request of a consumer, inform the consumer of available pricing options for a prescription drug, including the consumer’s cost under the consumer’s insurance plan, the pharmacy’s usual and customary cash price, and any available coupons, discounts, or rebate programs.  

328:3  Effective Date.  

I.  Section 1 of this act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.

II.  The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

 

 

 

Approved: July 15, 2026

Effective Date:

I. Section 1 effective October 13, 2026

II. Remainder effective January 1, 2027