HB621 Allowing the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies.
Allowing the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Harmful
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill risks loss of $12.5–$25 million in federal grant funding, which would likely require state budget cuts or reduced services to public health, child welfare, and Medicaid programs.
Your Community
Programs serving vulnerable populations—newborn screening, hearing screening, birth conditions monitoring, child protective services, and child support—could be severely degraded if federal funding is lost and personal identifiers become unavailable.
Your Freedom
Birth mothers gain explicit control over whether their personal information is shared with state agencies beyond vital records, expanding individual privacy rights and informed consent.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 73
Sponsor
Bill Bolton (D)
The Short Version
This bill allows birth mothers to opt out of sharing personal information from birth worksheets with state agencies beyond what vital records and public health require. However, the fiscal note indicates this could jeopardize $12.5–$25 million in federal funding and impair critical state programs including newborn screening, child support services, Medicaid eligibility verification, and maternal mortality review.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Birth mothers who wish to limit disclosure of personal information from birth worksheets to state agencies
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Infants and children who depend on newborn screening, hearing screening, and birth conditions monitoring programs
- ▼ Families relying on child support enforcement, Medicaid eligibility determination, and public health surveillance
- ▼ Taxpayers, if federal funding is lost and state programs must be cut or defunded
- ▼ Public health agencies tracking maternal mortality, communicable disease, and health disparities at sub-state levels
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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