Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

The department shall establish the New Hampshire Rx advantage program. The department may coordinate this program with other programs and may take actions to enhance efficiency, reduce the cost of prescription drugs, and maximize the benefits to the programs and enrollees, includ…

In this chapter: I. "Certification" means written notification from the department to any appropriate licensing board that an obligor is not in compliance with a legal order of support for the purpose of suspending, revoking, or denying the issuance or renewal of any appropriate …

I. The commissioner is authorized to establish a New Hampshire pharmaceutical assistance program which shall be administered by the department. The program shall coordinate prescription drug coverage with the prescription drug benefit under the federal Medicare Modernization Act.…

In this chapter: I. "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older. II. "Assisted living residence" means any entity that provides housing and holds itself out, through marketing, advertising, or use of the term "assisted living" or a similar designation, as providing or arrangi…

Except as otherwise provided by law, the duties of the department of health and human services with respect to the public assistance and welfare activities of the state shall be as hereinafter prescribed, for which funds appropriated for the general purposes of this chapter or RS…

Any town, city, or county official, so designated in a written agreement between the commissioner of the department of health and human services and the selectmen of a town, the city council of a city or the county commissioners of a county, may receive, store, issue and sell foo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount collected pursuant to RSA 161:2, XVI which is unclaimed or undeliverable to a recipient and which is in the opinion of the commissioner of health and human services unreturnable to the payor for a period of one year shall be …

No employer may discharge an employee because any support lien or order to withhold and deliver has been served against the employee's earnings.

I. Any person employing a person owing a support debt shall honor a duly executed assignment of earnings presented by the commissioner. This requirement to honor the assignment of earnings itself shall be applicable whether the earnings are to be paid presently or in the future a…

I. The receipt of public assistance for a child shall constitute an assignment by the recipient to the department of any and all rights, title, and interest in and to support obligation owed to or for the recipient or, the child or children, or both the recipient and any child or…

Interest at the rate specified in RSA 336:1 on any support debt due and owing to the department under RSA 161-C:4 may be collected by the commissioner. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to require the commissioner to maintain interest balance due accounts, and said …

I. Any money realized by the department by proceedings under this chapter shall reduce the debt of a responsible parent under RSA 161-C:4. II. Any money realized by the department by proceedings under this chapter shall be distributed in accordance with the rules for distribution…

All fees, costs, attorney fees, interest payments and funds received by the commissioner, unidentifiable as to the support account against which they should be credited, shall be held in an administrative expense account from which the commissioner may make disbursement for any e…

Any support debt due the department from a responsible parent which the commissioner deems uncollectible may be transferred from accounts receivable to a suspense account and cease to be accounted as an asset; provided, that at any time after 6 years from the date a support debt …

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 359-C or any other law to the contrary, any obligor who owes child support arrearages payable to or through the department shall be deemed to have authorized disclosure of such obligor's financial records to consumer reporting agencies by …

I. The department is authorized to certify to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, pursuant to section 652(k) of the Social Security Act, that an obligor owes child support arrearages in the amount specified by the federal law and is out of compliance with a …

The department shall be authorized to receive from the state directory of new hires maintained by the department of employment security pursuant to RSA 282-A:117-a, I, reports made by an employing unit of the hire, rehire, or contracting of services of any named individual whom t…

Any person who is aggrieved by any action of the commissioner relative to the administrative process under this chapter may appeal to the superior court within 30 days of the receipt of the decision of a hearings officer. Such appeal shall be restricted to a review of the record.…

The commissioner is hereby authorized, subject to RSA 541-A, to adopt such rules not inconsistent with this chapter as may be necessary to the efficient administration of the functions with which the commissioner is charged under this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid the remainder of the chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

This chapter shall apply to assisted living residences as defined in RSA 161-J:2, II, independent living retirement communities as defined in RSA 161-J:2, III-a, and housing for older persons as defined in RSA 161-J:2, III. This chapter shall not apply to continuing care communit…

An eligible consumer in need of personal care services shall have the option to receive personal care services, including consumer-directed services, through a home health agency or other qualified agency. An individual not eligible for department programs shall have the option t…

In providing program benefits the department may: I. Enter into a contract with one or more prescription drug plans to coordinate the prescription benefits of the program and the federal law. II. Require that pharmaceutical manufacturers provide medicaid level, or greater, rebate…

The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall attempt to obtain such federal funds as are available to provide the services authorized under this chapter. The commissioner shall be authorized to expend such monies as he receives from the federal or state g…

Service of any notice or lien described in RSA 161-C may be by certified mail, return receipt requested, by service in hand as specified in civil actions or by publication as specified in civil actions. I. Date of Service. Service shall be completed when the certified mail is rec…

The management of a facility shall establish policies consistent with the senior citizens bill of rights as set forth in this chapter. The senior citizens bill of rights shall inform residents of the facility that each resident has the following rights: I. Dignity and privacy, in…

I. The New Hampshire pharmacy board, established in RSA 318, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, requiring disclosure by participating retail pharmacies to qualified residents relative to the amount of savings provided as a result of the program. The rules shall include pro…

I. Medical child support orders issued on or after October 1, 1994, shall include a provision indicating that they may be subject to wage assignment, when the conditions of RSA 161-H:2, V have been met. II. The department shall be responsible for the administration of medical sup…

Medicaid coverage of medically-necessary home health care services shall be available to Medicaid recipients at their residences and in any non-institutional setting in which normal life activities take place.

I. Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child and it shall appear to the satisfaction of the department that said child has been abandoned by its parents or that the child and one parent have been abandoned by the other parent or th…

The department may authorize reimbursement to a legally responsible relative, a guardian, or a person granted power of attorney by the eligible consumer, who provides personal care to an eligible consumer with special health care needs residing at home. Such reimbursement shall o…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 359-C or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is hereby authorized to request, on an individually-named basis, and receive, on the same basis, from any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, or other fi…

I. With respect to orders for medical support for which there is an assignment pursuant to RSA 167:14-a, the office of child support enforcement services, department of health and human services, shall obtain health insurance coverage information regarding medical assistance reci…

Pursuant to the department's responsibilities, the commissioner shall have the power to subpoena any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a support order.

Any person who owes or is owed a duty of support who knowingly fails to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to RSA 161-C:3-c: I. May be subject to license revocation under RSA 161-B:11; and II. Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

I. Each health carrier, as defined in RSA 420-G:2, shall electronically cross-match claims data, policyholder, and subscriber information with the department of health and human services to provide health insurance coverage information, for the purpose of enforcing medical child …

The department may provide certain information to public agencies or its contracted agents in order to intercept insurance settlement payments or judgments claimed by individuals who are subject to a child support lien pursuant to RSA 161-C and who owe past-due support. The depar…

In this subdivision: I. "Animals" means common domesticated household animals limited to: dogs, cats, caged birds, and aquarium fish. II. "Housing for the elderly" means public housing facilities financed by either the state or federal government to provide living accommodations …

Any housing for the elderly shall permit the tenants of each housing project upon petition of 10 percent of all the tenants to determine by a simple majority vote of those voting whether or not to allow the tenants in their building to have companion animals, provided that a 6-mo…

If companion animals are permitted, tenants desiring to have them as pets shall post, with the management of the building, a damage deposit which shall be a sum of money not to exceed 11/2 times the amount of a month's rent paid by the tenant.

The tenant owner of a companion animal shall have the following responsibilities: I. (a) To provide the management with a signed agreement with some person, or other legal entity, other than another tenant, that such person or legal entity shall act as a temporary or permanent ca…

This subdivision shall be known and may be cited as the "Congregate Services Act."

The purpose of this subdivision is to provide support for congregate services in order to serve those who might otherwise be placed unnecessarily in institutional care.

In this subdivision: I. "Congregate housing" means low-rent, publicly-owned housing with which there is connected a central dining facility where wholesome and economical meals can be served. II. "Congregate services programs" means the programs undertaken by qualified service pr…

I. The congregate services program shall be administered through the department. The congregate services shall be provided through a qualified service provider under contract with the department. The experience acquired through each congregate services program shall be shared wit…

The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Eligibility for congregate services, based on financial, psychological, and physical ability. For this purpose, the department shall use, as appropriate, the federal guidelines for congregate housing services prog…