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HB1760 Repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.

Healthcare Dead Auto-scored

Repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Would protect Medicaid recipients from new copayments and premiums that add financial burden to those least able to afford it.

7
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Your Community

Preventing Medicaid copayments helps ensure low-income residents can access medications without financial barriers that lead to worse health outcomes.

6
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Your Freedom

Protects access to healthcare for vulnerable populations who may skip medications due to cost.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 184-153 03/12/2026 House Journal 8

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Laura Telerski (D)

The Short Version

Would repeal the mandate requiring DHHS to seek federal approval for Medicaid pharmacy copayments and premiums, protecting low-income residents from new out-of-pocket costs for medications. Killed ITL 184-153.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Medicaid recipients
  • ▲ Low-income NH residents needing prescriptions
  • ▲ Safety-net healthcare providers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State Medicaid budget
  • ▼ Those who believe cost-sharing promotes responsible use

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 1 for , 182 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 152 for , 2 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-03-12
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

182R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (184)
1R + 152D
Voted to Keep It Alive (153)
29
Absent
26
Not voting
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Voted Yea (184)

Republicans (182)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (153)

Republicans (1)
Democrats (152)
Absent (29)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Dale Swanson (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jess Edwards (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Thomas Buco (D)

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