New HampshireProposed bill would send scholarship updates to child care providers
The proposal, which died when the session ended, would have required the Department of Health and Human Services to notify named child care programs about scholarship applications.
What it does
The proposal would send electronic updates to licensed child care programs named on scholarship applications. It died when the session ended, so these rules are not in effect.
Argument forProviders could learn quickly when a family names them, helping them plan while the department decides whether the child qualifies for a scholarship.
Argument againstSharing a child’s name and application status could raise privacy concerns, even with rules for secure notices.
More detail
The Department of Health and Human Services would send electronic notices to licensed child care programs named on scholarship applications. The notice would go to the license holder for the program named as the intended provider on a child care scholarship application. The first notice would say the application is awaiting an eligibility decision. The commissioner would set rules for the notices’ form, content, and secure delivery. The first notice would be sent within 3 business days after the department receives the application. A follow-up would be sent within 3 business days after the application is approved, denied, or withdrawn. If enacted, the act would take effect 60 days after passage.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died on table
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 19Died on Table, Session ended 08/19/2026 HJ 16Died on table
- Mar 26Recommended But To Be Laid upon the table because of funding MA VV 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 3
- Mar 18Committee Report: Recommended But To Be Laid Upon The Table Because Of Funding 03/17/2026 (Vote 25-0; CC)
- Mar 13Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- Mar 9Division III Work Session: 03/13/2026 09:00 am GP 234
- Feb 12Referred to Finance 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 9Minor
- Feb 12Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 5
- Feb 3Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/28/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 6 P. 6Minor
- Jan 21Executive Session: 01/28/2026 02:30 pm GP 158
- Jan 14Public Hearing: 01/21/2026 09:30 am GP 158
- 2025
- Dec 12Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 33Introduced