This bill, titled "The Lowering the Cost of Health Care Act of 2026," aims to repeal premium requirements for the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Specifically, it removes the legal language pertaining to premiums under RSA 126-AA:2-a and RSA 126-A:3, IX. In addition, the bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to establish cost-sharing requirements under expanded Medicaid, which will be capped at $5 per service starting October 1, 2028.

To support the implementation of these changes, the bill includes an appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services to compensate for the reduction in funding resulting from the repeal of the premium requirements. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2026. However, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant has not yet completed a fiscal note for the bill, pending further information from the Department of Health and Human Services.