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House Gives Initial Approval To Expand Medicaid for Immigrants, Pregnant Women
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The House also decided to increase funding for charter schools and public schools with students on the free and reduced lunch programs.
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The House also decided to increase funding for charter schools and public schools with students on the free and reduced lunch programs.
By a nearly two-to-one majority, the House Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.
The state will have $51.5 million in additional federal funds to support Medicaid recipients who qualified under relaxed guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are currently 33 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 375,922 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is warning residents of an increase in the presence of the animal tranquilizer, xylazine, added to opioid street drugs like heroin and fentanyl.
Bills that would prohibit abortion once a heartbeat is detected at about six weeks and a bill that would make it a Class A felony for medical providers to withhold treatment or hasten the death of those “born alive” received strong pushback in the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Elimination of the state’s new fetal life protection act, removal of criminal and civil penalties for doctors who perform abortions after 24 weeks, and a bill that would guarantee the unrestricted right to abortion in the Granite State brought impassioned testimony, equally for and against the measures Wednesday.
For the previous week, DHHS announce 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
After a breakfast meeting at the Council on Housing Stability, the Executive Council approved a number of contracts focused on helping people with their housing needs.