Overview
STATE BUDGET
New Hampshire enacts budgets on a two-year cycle. The fiscal year begins July 1 of each odd-numbered year and ends on June 30 of the next odd-numbered year. The Governor is required to proposed a balanced budget, and the legislature is required to pass one.
STATE LEGISLATURE
The General Court of New Hampshire consists of 24 Senators, serving two-year terms, and 400 members of the House of Representatives who also serve two-year terms. The General Court is the fourth-largest English-speaking legislative body in the world, behind the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the United States Congress, and the Parliament of India. The legislature meets in session from approximately January to June every year. Bills carry over from odd to even numbered years.
KEY RESOURCES
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire Department of Justice
- New Hampshire Governor
- New Hampshire Insurance Department
- NH HealthCost
- New Hampshire State Law on Commercial Claims Data Collection
- NH HealthCost
2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
New Hampshire passed SB 172, which prohibits noncompete agreements for advanced practice nurses.
New Hampshire Laws
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 326-B:14. Scope of Practice; Licensed Nursing Assistant: Nurse Practice Act – New Hampshire
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Describes the scope of practice for licensed nursing assistants.
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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 326-B:2. Definitions: Nurse Practice Act – New Hampshire
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Defines terms related to the Nurse Practice Act.
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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 326-B:28. Delegation of Nursing Activities and Tasks: Nurse Practice Act – New Hampshire
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Specifies that a licensed RN or LPN can delegate specific nursing activities and tasks.
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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 326-B:36. Emergency Treatment; Assisting the Board; Immunity From Civil Liability: Nurse Practice Act – New Hampshire
Introduced: Status: Enacted
States that no person licensed to practice under this chapter or under the laws of any other state who, in good faith, renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency, which occurs outside both […]
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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 326-B:44. Certified Midwifery Not the Practice of Nursing: Nurse Practice Act – New Hampshire
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Midwives certified under RSA 326-D, and practicing midwifery as defined by RSA 326-D:2, V, shall not be construed as practicing nursing.
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