---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescriptions for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy."
description: "relative to prescriptions for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 582"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 582 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Beth Walz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de1d180-6005-426d-b2ff-1928fa613140"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0772&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "8c421a8b4f3245e4f20fa8783935c372abce2af7cb38a1a7ff48b50dda7874ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 582 (2021) — relative to prescriptions for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2021-0408h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0408h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Mary Beth Walz — primary (person)
- Gary L. Woods — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 54 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Public Hearing: 02/16/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94563888809 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0408h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0408h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 36
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0408h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 36 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Remote Hearing: 04/14/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/29/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/29/2021; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/13/2021); SJ 16
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2021; Chapter 58; Eff: 07/24/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de1d180-6005-426d-b2ff-1928fa613140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).