Many lives have been lost in nursing homes that don't meet basic licensing requirements.
HB223
House · 2025 sessionRepublicanKilled in SenateHealth facility licensing near hospitals
AIExempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from notice and consent requirements for establishing within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
Status
Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · November 3, 2025- ✓Introduced
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92 submissionsIf a college student is going to college in this state that is not a resident of NH, they should utilize an absentee ballot from their home state. It is their personal responsibility to obtain an absentee ballot from their home state. I spent 24 years in the Army and requested an absentee ballot in order to vote in my hone state of NH. College students using their student ID to vote in NH is, just a lazy way to get around voting in their home state. It also upsets the balance of residents/nonresidents in districting also. Is a student ID a government issued ID? Is a noncitizen also issued a student ID, indicating they are not a US Citizen?
Dear Representatives, I urge you to OPPOSE this bill. Thank you for your time.
Vaccines are critical to supporting every NH resident's health and wellbeing. Repealing the NH vaccine aasociation would devastate the overall health of all NH residents.
Vaccines are critical to ensuring a healthy population. Please do not repeal anything that allows greater access to vaccines.
We should have confidence that any health care facility has proven to be safe and secure.
Don’t let the anti-public health pitchforks and torches crowd kill any more kids. Kill this bill instead. https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/the-facts-about-vaccinations
I oppose this Bill.
I oppose HB 223 because it undermines the coordination and sustainability of rural healthcare systems. By removing the requirement for new healthcare facilities—like ambulatory surgical centers, emergency care centers, birthing centers, and dialysis centers—to notify critical access hospitals within a 15-mile radius, this bill risks fragmenting care, straining resources, and threatening the financial stability of rural hospitals that many communities rely on. Critical access hospitals are the backbone of rural healthcare, often operating on tight margins while providing essential services. Without proper notice and coordination, new facilities could duplicate services, drain limited healthcare staff, and destabilize the fragile rural health infrastructure, ultimately reducing access to comprehensive care in the long run. Collaboration, not competition, is key to keeping rural healthcare strong. I urge lawmakers to reject HB 223 to protect the health of New Hampshire’s rural communities.
I am strongly opposed to this bill.
Children attending these alternative schools should have similar protective measures with regard to adults they are in contact with as those in our traditional public schools.
This is frightening as it lowers the standards for public education and is unfair for our community commitments to our children and youth. We need to provide a comprehensive definition of education than is no less than what it is now.
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