A New Hampshire bill on beds and licensure, signed into law. Takes effect January 1, 2027.
Official title Relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
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 7,326 licensed beds in New Hampshire.
- The dollars, or the rule
- Applies to licensed nursing facilities in New Hampshire receiving Medicaid per diem payments. The bill appropriates $2,500,000, nonlapsing, for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 to stabilize nursing home Medicaid per diem rates, funded first from excess Medicaid enhancement tax revenue and then general funds if needed…
- Effective
- January 1, 2027.
- 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