A New Hampshire bill on beds and licensure, signed into law. Last moved July 16, 2026.
What this means for a building owner
The nursing home money is aimed at licensed nursing homes paid daily Medicaid rates, not at every home for every resident. The amount is $2,500,000 in total for daily rate stabilization; the text does not say how much any one home would get, or how it would be split. The money comes first from extra money collected through the state tax on health care providers, and from general state funds if that is not enough. The nursing home money part took effect when the bill passed; the business tax filing change starts January 1, 2027.
What the bill does
This law sets aside $2,500,000 for the state's Medicaid program to help steady the daily Medicaid payment rates paid to nursing homes. The money is for the budget year ending June 30, 2026, and it does not expire at year end. The law also raises the income level at which a business has to file a state business tax return, from $250,000 to $375,000, starting January 1, 2027.
Written by AI from the bill's own Amended text of May 7, 2026, on September 23, 2026. Not legal advice. Read the official text ›
Signed into law · last moved July 16, 2026 · no effective date stated yet
New Hampshire has 73 certified nursing homes.
Official title Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
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What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Whoever holds or wants a licence in New Hampshire. Certificate-of-need and bed rules set what an existing licence is worth.
- Which buildings
- 73 facilities holding 7,342 licensed beds in New Hampshire.
- The dollars, or the rule
- This law appropriates $2,500,000, nonlapsing, to the NH Department of Health and Human Services to support nursing home Medicaid per diem rate stabilization for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Funds come first from excess Medicaid enhancement tax revenue above budget estimates, then from general funds if needed…
- Effective
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No effective date is stated yet.
- Status
- Signed into law, as of July 16, 2026.
Certificate-of-need and moratorium rules decide whether supply can grow, and that sets what an existing licence is worth.
Latest action, July 16, 2026: Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 280; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 6/30/2026 II. Rem eff 1/1/2027
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Bill text and status: gc.nh.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026