---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to special health care services licenses and establishing a committee to study providing certain health care services while ensuring increased access to affordable health care in rural areas of the state."
description: "relative to special health care services licenses and establishing a committee to study providing certain health care services while ensuring increased access to affordable health care in rural areas of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 97 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ad274d8-f509-46b0-8210-e884a64a2812"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0850&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e2be41f18caad2d7d7baca58e6cfb2e89a524382393b7cb7231fde99e2d8f7af"
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 97 (2019) — relative to special health care services licenses and establishing a committee to study providing certain health care services while ensuring increased access to affordable health care in rural areas of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1372s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1372s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing: 03/13/2019, Room 101, LOB, 10:10 am; SC 12
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1190s, 03/28/2019; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Amendment # 2019-1190s, AF, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2019-1372s, AA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1372s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/28/2019; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 11 P. 73 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/24/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-17** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 04/25/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-30** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/23/2019 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 25 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 14 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-03** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2019; Chapter 0155; Effective 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ad274d8-f509-46b0-8210-e884a64a2812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).