NH HB1562

Exempts rehabilitation facilities operating on membership-based or direct-pay models from the existing moratorium on new health facility licenses and bed capacity increases under RSA 151:2, VI(a)

Removes the requirement that membership-based and direct-pay facilities must provide services to all persons regardless of payment source, allowing them to limit services to paying members

Establishes a separate Patients' Bill of Rights for direct-pay and membership-based facilities, covering 19 specific protections including dignity in treatment, informed consent, confidentiality, freedom from abuse, and non-discrimination

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to study the impact of direct-pay healthcare models on New Hampshire's health care system, with a report due by June 30, 2027

Takes effect 60 days after passage, with fiscal impact on state revenues and expenditures deemed indeterminable due to unknown number of facilities that would seek licensing under the new provisions