---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to notice that a health care provider is no longer accepting new patients and relative to mental health parity."
description: "relative to notice that a health care provider is no longer accepting new patients and relative to mental health parity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1622 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David J. Luneau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-22"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e420bf9d-670e-421e-97cc-b514f4752452"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2725&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "50542c5b3ab2f63fe4665e21ba6c1c46ba30f55186f84f98732ecaa4996024cf"
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 1622 (2022) — relative to notice that a health care provider is no longer accepting new patients and relative to mental health parity.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0450h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0450h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David J. Luneau — primary (person)
- Christy D. Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry L. Knirk — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-22** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/19/2022 02:45 pm LOB 302-304
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/26/2022 09:45 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-02** Executive Session: 02/02/2022 1:15 p.m. LOB302-304
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/02/2022 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2022-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0450h (NT) (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0450h: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Finance 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-02-24** Amendment # 2022-0450h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-11** DivisionIII Work Session: 03/14/2022 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-18** ==CONTINUED== Division III Work Session: 03/21/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Hearing: 04/14/2022, Room Reps Hall, SH, 11:30 am; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 84; Eff. 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e420bf9d-670e-421e-97cc-b514f4752452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).