HB 1010 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2020
05/08
HOUSE BILL 1010
AN ACT relative to expanding maternity options and midwifery access.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Monteil, Ches. 15; Rep. Phillips, Rock. 7; Rep. Santonastaso, Ches. 18; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Reid, Hills. 27; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the midwifery council shall not adopt rules limiting care by a midwife based on the patient being pregnant with multiple fetuses, malpresentation of the fetus, the number of prior cesarean sections, or distance from a hospital.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2020
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to expanding maternity options and midwifery access.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Midwifery; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 326-D:5 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. No rule shall be adopted that requires a denial or transfer of care by a midwife for reasons of the patient being pregnant with multiple fetuses, malpresentation of the fetus, or the patient having had fewer than 3 previous cesarean sections. Additionally, no rule shall be adopted which prohibits the acceptance of a client for midwifery care based on the patient’s distance from a hospital.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.