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SB572 • 2026

relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Tara Reardon (D)
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12

  2. 2026-04-30 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/29/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 18 P. 8

  3. 2026-04-22 H

    Executive Session: 04/29/2026 10:00 am GP 231

  4. 2026-04-16 H

    Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment #2026-1518h : 04/22/2026 10:30 am GP 231

  5. 2026-03-18 H

    Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment #2026-1231h : 03/25/2026 11:00 am GP 231

  6. 2026-03-10 H

    Public Hearing: 03/18/2026 01:30 pm GP 231

  7. 2026-02-26 H

    Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 127

  8. 2026-01-29 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2

  9. 2026-01-22 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3

  10. 2026-01-15 S

    Hearing: 01/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:20 am; SC 2

  11. 2025-11-24 S

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1

Official Summary Text

relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

Current Bill Text

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SB 572 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2073
09/05

SENATE BILL
572

AN ACT
relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reardon, Dist 15

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill exempts the sale of the Anna Philbrook Center for Children from the requirements of a statute regarding the real estate of New Hampshire hospital.

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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.
26-2073
09/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate.

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

1 Anna Philbrook Center for Children; Sale of Property. Amend 2025, 141:317 to read as follows:
141:317 Anna Philbrook Center for Children; Sale of Property. The department of health and human services shall develop a transition plan to vacate the Anna Philbrook Center for Children that ensures services to current clients residing there are not interrupted. Prior to finalizing the transition plan, the department of health and human services shall work with the current provider and consider reasonable alternatives that are consistent with the department’s “mission zero” initiative. Upon completion of the transition plan, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall send formal notice to the department of administrative services that the transition plan is finalized. Notwithstanding RSA 10
, RSA 4:39-a,
and RSA 4:40, the commissioner of the department of administrative services, following the completion of the transition plan, shall offer for sale at fair market value the Anna Philbrook Center for Children property located at 105 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire. The property shall be offered first to the city of Concord and then to Merrimack County. If neither the city nor county accept the offer by January 1, 2026, the commissioner of the department of administrative services shall issue a request for proposals for the sale of the Concord property at no less than the fair market value, such sale to be completed no later than June 30, 2027. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall submit quarterly reports on the progress of the sale to the fiscal committee of the general court. All proceeds from the sale shall be deposited into the general fund.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.