SB136 Establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance.
Establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Uncompensated care costs are currently shifted to insured patients through higher premiums. A dedicated fund could distribute these costs more fairly.
Your Community
Addresses the hidden cost-shifting that occurs when uninsured patients receive care and hospitals pass costs to insured patients. A more transparent approach.
Your Freedom
Creates a new assessment mechanism that could function like a tax, but addresses a real market failure in healthcare financing.
Status
Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 01/07/2026; Senate Journal 1
Sponsor
Debra Altschiller (D)
The Short Version
Would have created a fund and assessment system to address uncompensated healthcare costs -- care provided to uninsured patients that hospitals must absorb. Referred to interim study.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Hospitals absorbing uncompensated care costs
- ▲ Insured patients who currently subsidize uncompensated care
- ▲ Uninsured patients needing care
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Insurers and potentially policyholders paying the assessment
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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