# New Hampshire SB61: relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections.

New Hampshire SB61, relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Gray; status signed, last action 2025-07-22 (Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0221; Effective 09/13/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB61-2025-2026
- 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 SB61
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: relative to prescriptions for state prisoners paid for by the department of corrections.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-07-22, Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0221; Effective 09/13/2025
- Sponsor: Gray
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Lower-cost drug purchasing for state prisoners: benefit, low. The law takes effect 60 days after passage. Pharmacists must use generic equivalents for prescription and over-the-counter drugs paid for by New Hampshire corrections, but only when cheaper. Brand-name drugs remain available when the prescriber says they are medically necessary; that notice no long…
- Medicaid generic drugs lose approval protection: cost, low. Effective 60 days after passage, the law removes a protection for New Hampshire Medicaid fee-for-service recipients. The removed rule barred requiring prior approval for generic-equivalent drugs. The law does not itself require prior approval, but recipients can face that step if Medicaid applies i…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gray

## Actions (12)

- 2025-07-22: Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0221; Effective 09/13/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-06-30: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58 (House)
- 2025-06-30: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 6 (House)
- 2025-05-06: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/23/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) (House)
- 2025-05-06: Executive Session: 04/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308 (House)
- 2025-04-16: Public Hearing: 04/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308 (House)
- 2025-03-28: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 110 (House)
- 2025-01-30: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/30/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 7 (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Hearing: 01/22/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 7 (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-06-30: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=989&inflession=2025)
- Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=6538)
- CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16951)
- Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14976)

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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)
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## Sources
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=989&inflession=2025)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=6538)
- [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16951)
- [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14976)

## 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-SB61-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).