---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prior authorizations for health care."
description: "relative to prior authorizations for health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 561 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13b436a8-71c3-4b1d-9a6a-94971531b413"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3135&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "19ad28843f8bdfd63db8ec000828ad70dcaa28071e9ffbb9904ddca69184753a"
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 561 (2024) — relative to prior authorizations for health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0560s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0560s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2226&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (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`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: 02/07/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 6
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0560s, 02/15/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0560s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0560s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-02** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 6 P. 140 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 02:45 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-01** Work Session: 05/07/2024 01:15 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 20 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0172; 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/13b436a8-71c3-4b1d-9a6a-94971531b413`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).