---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials."
description: "requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1554"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1554 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Miles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db473480-d3e1-41db-89a0-ad98225dcbf1"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2027&inflect=2"
source_hash: "9b8e368835b36273dd8c9a18e296d61fdabb5eb7b9c33d4d054b46ec4b2e0fb1"
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 1554 (2026) — requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=23918&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28607&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32764&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Julie Miles — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- David J Nagel — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 02:15 pm GP 159
- **2026-02-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/18/2026 01:00 pm GP 229
- **2026-02-11** Full Committee Work Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 229
- **2026-02-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 229
- **2026-02-25** Full Committee Work Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 229
- **2026-03-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0805h 03/03/2026 (Vote 13-2; RC) HC 10 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2026-03-11** Amendment # 2026-0805h: AA DV 192-143 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 68
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0805h: MA DV 244-92 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 69 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:40 am; SC 13
- **2026-04-29** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Vote 5-0; CC; 05/07/2026; SC 17 `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-07** HB 1554 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
- **2026-05-07** Special Order to 05/14/2026, Without Objection, MA; 05/07/2026 SJ 11
- **2026-05-07** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/14/2026, Vote 5-0; SC 18 `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-14** Special Order to be the first bill after the lunch break, Without Objection, MA; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
- **2026-05-14** Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 `failure`
- **2026-05-14** Sen. McGough Moved Ought to Pass; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Sen. McGough Floor Amendment # 2026-1980s, AA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
- **2026-05-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1980s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-18** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1980s and Requests CofC (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-05-18** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Hunt, Miles, Herbert, Potucek 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-05-20** Sen. Innis Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-20** President Appoints: Senators Innis, Murphy, Prentiss; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-26** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/26/2026 12:00 pm GP 229
- **2026-06-02** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db473480-d3e1-41db-89a0-ad98225dcbf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).