---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to accreditation of health care providers by pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "relative to accreditation of health care providers by pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 591 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70aef787-f88c-4193-825d-ad3b785c4a48"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2906&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "b2fc82cd0ad3ee59a802de393ccf1860c86335117a3aad06ba426e38230020c8"
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 SB 591 (2018) — relative to accreditation of health care providers by pharmacy benefit managers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1862e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1862e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1922&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra B. Keans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Introduced 01/18/2018 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: 01/30/2018, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 5
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0653s, 02/22/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-0653s, AA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0653s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2018; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Public Hearing: 03/27/2018 02:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-03-28** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/04/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-04** Executive Session: 04/11/2018 01:15 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/26/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/26/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1862e: AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1862e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-11** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-14** Signed by the Governor on 06/08/2018; Chapter 0236 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in Section 3
- **2018-06-14** II. Remainder shall take effect 06/08/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70aef787-f88c-4193-825d-ad3b785c4a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).