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HB570 • 2026

(New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

(New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jess Edwards (R), Cindy Rosenwald (D)
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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(New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

(New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

What This Bill Does

  • (New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2025-0190h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 74

Plain English: Amendment #2025-0190h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 74 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 72

  2. 2025-11-05 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/30/2025 (Vote 23-2; CC) HC 51 P. 11

  3. 2025-10-14 H

    Executive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  4. 2025-09-09 H

    Division III Work Session: 09/29/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  5. 2025-04-02 H

    Retained in Committee

  6. 2025-03-26 H

    Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211

  7. 2025-03-19 H

    Division III Work Session: 03/21/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211

  8. 2025-03-13 H

    Lay HB 570 on Table (Rep. Grote): MF RC 167-207 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 74

  9. 2025-03-13 H

    Amendment #2025-0190h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 74

  10. 2025-03-13 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0190h: MA DV 205-168 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 76

  11. 2025-03-13 H

    Referred to Finance 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 76

  12. 2025-03-05 H

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0190h (NT) 02/19/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC)

  13. 2025-03-05 H

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  14. 2025-02-12 H

    Executive Session: 02/19/2025 02:00 pm LOB 306-308

  15. 2025-01-22 H

    Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 02:00 pm LOB 306-308

  16. 2025-01-16 H

    Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 17

Official Summary Text

(New Title) repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

Current Bill Text

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HB 570-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

13Mar2025... 0190h
2025 SESSION
25-0079
05/02

HOUSE BILL
570-FN

AN ACT
repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the prescription drug affordability board.

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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.
13Mar2025... 0190h 25-0079
05/02

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

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

1 Salaries Established. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by deleting in GG:
GG Department of heath and human services executive director, prescription
drug affordability board

2 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(384), relative to the New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board administration fund.
II. RSA 126-BB, relative to the prescription drug affordability board.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

LBA
25-0079
Amended 8/20/25

HB 570-FN-
FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0190h)

AN ACT
repealing the prescription drug affordability board.

FISCAL IMPACT:
This bill does not provide funding.

Estimated State Impact

FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028

Revenue
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$0
$0

Revenue Fund(s)
None

Expenditures*
$0
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$0
$0

Funding Source(s)
None

Appropriations*
$0
$0
$0
$0

Funding Source(s)
None

*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

METHODOLOGY:
This bill repeals the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. The bill will have no fiscal impact, as the Board has already been repealed by HB 2 from the 2025 session, codified as Chapter 141:312-313, Laws of 2025.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
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