---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting health carriers from establishing payment or reimbursement provisions based solely on a participating advanced practice registered nurse's licensure."
description: "prohibiting health carriers from establishing payment or reimbursement provisions based solely on a participating advanced practice registered nurse's licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 556"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 556 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne M. Prentiss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d60b64-62c0-4846-9a43-7456ae187f9b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3088&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "88fb9d45d9774251bd5ab48d54a3e2412044c4bc5ebcd89b854b1199b74a2a11"
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 556 (2024) — prohibiting health carriers from establishing payment or reimbursement provisions based solely on a participating advanced practice registered nurse's licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1785h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1785h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2179&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Suzanne M. Prentiss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 5
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1264s, 04/05/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1264s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/05/2024; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-05** Committee Amendment # 2024-1264s, AA, VV; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
- **2024-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/11/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 14A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Sen. Prentiss Floor Amendment # 2024-1475s, AA, VV; 04/11/2024; SJ 9
- **2024-04-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1475s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/11/2024; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-12** Introduced 04/12/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 103 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Public Hearing: 05/01/2024 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-01** Subcommittee Work Session: 05/07/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1785h (NT) 05/15/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 20 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment # 2024-1785h (NT): AA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 7
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1785h: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/26/2024; Chapter 0306; Effective 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11d60b64-62c0-4846-9a43-7456ae187f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).