The "Rural Health Care System Stabilization Act" mandates that any person or entity intending to establish a health care facility, such as an ambulatory surgical center, emergency medical care center, or hospital, within a 15-mile radius of a certified critical access hospital in New Hampshire must provide certified, written notice to the hospital. This notice must include a description of the proposed facility and the health care services it plans to offer, and it must be sent to the chief executive of the critical access hospital via certified mail.

The bill repeals and reenacts RSA 151:4-a, II(a), which previously outlined licensing requirements for health care facilities. The new language specifies the requirement for written notice and clarifies the types of facilities that fall under this regulation. The act is set to take effect immediately upon its passage.