---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to balance billing under the managed care law and relative to coverage for emergency services."
description: "relative to balance billing under the managed care law and relative to coverage for emergency services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1809"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1809 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal M. Kurk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fba9d36-7ab9-4d62-abed-e883ee1c61aa"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2860&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "dac94d30e1ba8a82056cc26de60b5b4f0f9910159dc4f2c5f36ae12d5dde35e1"
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 1809 (2018) — relative to balance billing under the managed care law and relative to coverage for emergency services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2091e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2091e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1876&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **326–5** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neal M. Kurk — primary (person)
- David Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-14** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 10:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0135h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 9 P. 37 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0135h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 71
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0135h: MA RC 326-5 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 72 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:00 pm; SC 17
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1638s, 04/26/2018; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Special Order to 05/02/2018, Without Objection, MA; 04/26/2018 SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1638s, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1638s, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Committee Amendment # 2018-1638s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1638s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1638s (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2091e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2091e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-07-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 356; Eff. 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fba9d36-7ab9-4d62-abed-e883ee1c61aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).