# New Hampshire SB47: requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth.

New Hampshire SB47, requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Regina Birdsell (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-22 (Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0218; Effective 01/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB47-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire SB47
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-07-22, Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0218; Effective 01/01/2026
- Sponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Newborn coverage from birth, with enrollment limits: mixed, high. The law requires individual and group health policies covering services or expenses to cover newborns from the moment of birth. This includes babies born to the insured person, subscriber, or their dependent child. Newborns get the same coverage as other covered people, including necessary treatmen…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate

## Actions (14)

- 2025-07-22: Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0218; Effective 01/01/2026 (Senate)
- 2025-07-07: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59 (House)
- 2025-07-03: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate)
- 2025-06-05: Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 3 (House)
- 2025-05-28: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/27/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 27 P. 6 (House)
- 2025-05-21: Executive Session: 05/27/2025 01:15 pm LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Subcommittee Work Session: 05/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-04-16: Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304 (House)
- 2025-03-28: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 11 P. 110 (House)
- 2025-01-30: Committee Amendment # 2025-0056s, AA, VV; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0056s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0056s, 01/30/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 01/22/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6 (Senate)
- 2025-01-09: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 3 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-07-03: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=945&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5825)
- CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16948)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15883)

## Related bills

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- HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed)
- HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed)
- SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed)
- CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed)
- HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=945&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=5825)
- [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16948)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=15883)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB47-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).