HB1671 Relative to prohibiting state Medicaid payments to facilities that discriminate against employees, students, or trainees for exercising lawful medical or religious vaccine exemptions.
Relative to prohibiting state Medicaid payments to facilities that discriminate against employees, students, or trainees for exercising lawful medical or religious vaccine exemptions.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Threatening Medicaid funding to healthcare facilities could reduce access to care and increase costs as facilities close or cut services.
Your Community
Penalizing healthcare facilities for vaccination policies could compromise patient safety and reduce access to care for Medicaid recipients.
Your Freedom
Protects the right of healthcare workers to claim religious and medical vaccine exemptions without employment consequences.
Status
Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/19/2026 House Journal 5 P. 27
Sponsor
Linda McGrath (R)
The Short Version
Would cut state Medicaid payments to healthcare facilities that require employee vaccinations without honoring medical or religious exemptions. This could threaten Medicaid funding for hospitals and nursing homes, potentially reducing care for vulnerable patients.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Healthcare workers who oppose vaccination requirements
- ▲ Religious and medical exemption advocates
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Medicaid patients who rely on these facilities
- ▼ Healthcare facilities that could lose funding
- ▼ Immunocompromised patients in facilities with unvaccinated staff
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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