---
type: "Bill"
title: "directing the department of health and human services to make adjustments to the facility fee reimbursement schedule for freestanding birthing centers."
description: "directing the department of health and human services to make adjustments to the facility fee reimbursement schedule for freestanding birthing centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 408 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M Prentiss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ffb29c-52d7-47d8-9bbc-ca6ba5d822fd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3091&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "175bab4ea54d8fc71f068aaf7824f02b2527850f23e29c466890745f776bd8e7"
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 408 (2022) — directing the department of health and human services to make adjustments to the facility fee reimbursement schedule for freestanding birthing centers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1126s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1126s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Inexpedient to Legislate — **1–21** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M Prentiss — primary (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Heath — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon L. Nordgren — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing: 01/20/2022, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 3
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/24/2022; SC 8A
- **2022-02-24** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 02/24/2022; SJ 4
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/17/2022; SC 11
- **2022-03-17** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/24/2022; SC 12
- **2022-03-24** Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 1Y-21N, MF; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Prentiss Moved Ought to Pass; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Prentiss Floor Amendment # 2022-1126s, AA, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1126s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Public Hearing: 04/19/2022 10:15 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-25** Executive Session: 04/19/2022 10:15 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-08-16** Signed by the Governor on 08/15/2022; Chapter 0345; Effective 08/15/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ffb29c-52d7-47d8-9bbc-ca6ba5d822fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).