---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to Medicaid managed care."
description: "relative to Medicaid managed care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1816"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1816 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal M. Kurk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d4ceab-f4e9-4c38-999a-d23db3a0ca6f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2646&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e666956fc46b3759bddec1a342c2a66c28e454d9e5939b8b998e4918c1efb7e3"
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 1816 (2018) — relative to Medicaid managed care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2089e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2089e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1659&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Neal M. Kurk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-14** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 02/01/2018 10:00 AM LOB 205-207
- **2018-02-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 09:00 AM LOB 205
- **2018-02-21** ==ROOM CHANGE== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/27/2018 10:00 AM LOB 305-307
- **2018-02-28** Executive Session: 02/28/2018 LOB 205
- **2018-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0864h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 13-9; RC) HC 9 P. 69 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0841h
- **2018-03-08** Suspend House Rule 65 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 125
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to 3/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 49
- **2018-03-16** Suspend House Rule 65; extending deadline for action to 3/22/2018 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/15/2018 HJ 8 P. 69
- **2018-03-21** Amendment # 2018-0864h: AA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 5
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0864h: MA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Hearing: 04/17/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 17
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1770s, 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 # 2018-1770s, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Committee Amendment # 2018-1770s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1770s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1770s (Rep. Kotowski): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2089e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2089e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 309; RSA 126-A:5 XIX(i) as inserted by sec. 1 eff. 6/25/2018; II. Rem. eff. 8/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00d4ceab-f4e9-4c38-999a-d23db3a0ca6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).