Text of NH SB 520 (2026)
Relative to breast surgeries for minors.
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SB 520 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2076
05/08
SENATE BILL 520
AN ACT relative to breast surgeries for minors.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits a physician to perform breast surgery on a minor if the procedure is at the election of the minor in consultation with her primary care physician.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2076
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to breast surgeries for minors.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limitations on Breast Surgeries for Minors; Exceptions to Prohibition. Amend RSA 329:53, II(d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The procedure is needed to correct gynecomastia and symptomatic macromastia; [or]
(e) Treatment of congenital deformities of the breast and/or chest wall[.]; or
(f) At the election of the minor in consultation with her primary care physician.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.