New HampshireNew Hampshire’s maternal death panel includes a corrections representative
New Hampshire’s panel that reviews maternal deaths includes a corrections representative, and its meetings end with recommendations members share through programs that protect privacy.
What it does
A representative from the state corrections department sits on the panel that reviews maternal deaths. The corrections commissioner chooses that representative.
The health commissioner may assign a Dartmouth Health affiliated group to study maternal deaths and run panel meetings. Its workers must follow the panel’s privacy rules.
Each panel meeting must end with recommendations. Members share them with their workplaces or professional groups through programs that protect private information.
Rules for maternal death reviews cover careful contact with a woman’s family and close contacts after her death. Grieving family members may refuse an interview.
Argument forEnding each meeting with recommendations could give members’ workplaces and professional groups ideas for improving care.
Argument againstContacting a woman’s family and close contacts after her death could add to their distress, even when the panel approaches them carefully.
More detail
The panel includes a corrections department representative. This applies to New Hampshire’s maternal death review panel. The corrections commissioner appoints the representative. This provision took effect on April 22, 2026.
The health commissioner may assign maternal death review tasks to a Dartmouth Health affiliated group. The group may collect, study, and share maternal death information, run panel meetings, and handle related tasks. The group and its workers must follow the panel’s privacy rules. This provision took effect on April 22, 2026.
The panel must develop recommendations by the end of each meeting. Panel members share recommendations with their workplaces or professional groups. Members must share recommendations through programs that check care quality and protect patients’ and participants’ privacy. This provision took effect on April 22, 2026.
The health commissioner must set rules for carefully contacting people after a maternal death. The contact rules cover family members and close contacts of the woman who died. The commissioner makes these rules with advice and recommendations from a majority of panel members. Grieving family members may refuse an interview. This provision took effect on April 22, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 22Signed by the Governor Kelly Ayotte on 04/22/2026; Chapter 40; Effective 04/22/2026Became Law
- Apr 8Enrolled (in recess of) 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 56To Governor
- Apr 8Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8Minor
- Mar 17Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1180e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 03/12/2026); SJ 7Major
- Mar 16Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-1180e: AA VV (in recess of) 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 115
- Feb 5Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- Feb 5Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- Jan 7Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2328h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 69Passed House
- Jan 7Amendment # 2025-2328h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 69
- 2025
- Nov 5Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2328h (NT) 10/01/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 51 P. 9Minor
- Nov 5Executive Session: 10/01/2025 10:00 am GP 231
- Sep 22Full Committee Work Session: 10/01/2025 10:00 am GP 231
- May 27Retained in Committee
- May 6Executive Session: 05/21/2025 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- Apr 9Public Hearing: 04/17/2025 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- Mar 28Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 112Minor
- Mar 6Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6Passed Senate
- Feb 20Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 11Minor
- Feb 12Hearing: 02/19/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- Jan 23Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3Introduced
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