Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

Whenever any person, a resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States in any of the wars or conflicts defined in RSA 165:17 for a total of 90 days, unless sooner released from such service by reason of disability incurred in service, and whose service…

The following shall constitute wars or conflicts for purposes of RSA 165:16: I. Any war or armed conflict that occurred between July 3, 1921 and December 6, 1941 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal. II. "Worl…

The relation of any poor person in the line of father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, husband, or wife shall assist or maintain such person when in need of relief. Said relation may be deemed able to assist such person if their weekly income is more than sufficien…

The administrator of town or city welfare in each town or city shall administer general assistance to all persons who are eligible for such assistance as provided under RSA 165:1-a and RSA 165:1-c.

I. The financial responsibility for general assistance for assisted persons shall be the responsibility of the town or city in which the person making application has residence for local welfare purposes, as defined in RSA 165:1 and RSA 21:6-a, except as otherwise provided in RSA…

No person who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall receive such assistance if he has made an assignment, transfer or conveyance of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for such assistance within 3 years immediately preceding his applicat…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no town, city or county official shall publish or disclose or allow to be published or disclosed in the annual report of the town, city or county, or in any other document or letter, except as is necessary for and connec…

If a town, city, or county acting as agent for a town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home, or burial of an assisted person having a residence in another town or city, or for an assisted person having relations able to support him under RSA 165:19, …

I. In any case where a town, city, county or the state seeks to recover a sum spent on assistance to a person and there is a dispute between a town, city, county or the state as to the liability for such assistance, the voluntary arbitration system established by this section sha…

Any town or city furnishing assistance to any person who is returned to an income status after receiving the assistance which enables him to reimburse the town or city without financial hardship may recover from such person the amount of assistance provided.

Actions by towns and cities to recover the expense of support, return to his home, or burial of a poor person may be brought within 6 years after the cause of action accrued and not afterward.

Whenever a county in which an action for the support of an assisted person is pending may eventually be liable for such support, the court, on motion, shall transfer the action to an adjoining county for adjudication.

Towns and cities may recover from the estates of persons assisted in like manner as counties under RSA 166:19.

I. Except when a town or city assisted person has made arrangements for a prepaid funeral, if there are liquid assets at death, there shall be an automatic assignment to the funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation of the deceased to the ext…

The amount of money spent by a town or city to support an assisted person under this chapter shall, except for just cause, be made a lien on any real estate owned by the assisted person. The liens are effective until enforced as provided in this chapter, or until released by the …

I. A town or city shall be entitled to a lien upon property passing under the terms of a will or by intestate succession, a property settlement, or a civil judgment for personal injuries awarded any person granted assistance by the town or city under RSA 165 for the amount of ass…

Liens arising under RSA 165:28 or RSA 165:28-a may be enforced by a bill in equity.

I. If an assisted person shall die in any town or city the overseers of public welfare shall cause such person to be decently buried or cremated at the expense of the town or city. II. Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph I to the contrary, if an assisted person dies in a c…

Any lien arising under RSA 165:28 shall be subordinate to mortgages and other valid liens, recorded with the register of deeds prior to the recording of the notice of the lien referred to in RSA 165:28.

I. The overseer of public welfare may require any person who is receiving support under this chapter and who is physically able to work, to participate in the municipality's work program as a condition of continued eligibility for assistance. The overseer of public welfare of the…

No person who is otherwise eligible for support under this chapter shall receive such support unless and until all able-bodied adults under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, who are related to such person, regularly residing in the same household as su…

Any city or town may contract with one or more cities or towns to form districts. Such districts shall administer general assistance for which the respective city or town is responsible. The districts are authorized to establish the rate which will be paid to the districts by the…

Any city or town may contract with its respective county to permit the county to act as its agent in administering general assistance for which the city or town is responsible. The city or town and the county are further authorized to establish the rate which will be paid by the …

A cashier of a national bank and a treasurer of a savings bank and a trust company may, when requested by an overseer of public welfare of a town or city in the state, furnish to said overseer any information asked relative to the deposit of a person receiving or applying for pub…

Whenever the owner of property rented to a person receiving assistance under this chapter is in arrears in sewer, water, electricity, or tax payments to the municipality, the municipality may apply, upon approval of the governing body, the assistance which the property owner woul…

Prior to utilizing the optional offset provisions of RSA 165:4-a, the governing body shall adopt, as part of the guidelines required under RSA 165:1, II, rules governing the process, including a policy which specifically sets out which bill shall be offset first and any further p…

The governing body and overseers of public welfare shall not require the issuance of an eviction notice before providing rental assistance. An eviction notice may be required to assist the applicant in documenting emergency needs for emergency assistance, timely application and d…

Whenever any person, resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, in any war, insurrection, campaign, or expedition, in which the United States was engaged, and who received , not being under guardianship or legal restraint, shall become poor and u…

As used in this chapter: I. "County assisted person" means an individual who is eligible for and receiving old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or nursing home care in an intermediate care facility. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to mean t…

Each county shall reimburse the state for a pro rata share of all assistance furnished for old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and nursing home care to eligible individuals for which the county is liable. The county's share shall be established by the…

Each county is responsible for the support of any county assisted person as defined in RSA 166:1 who resides in that county, except as provided in RSA 166:8.

Counties have the same rights of action to resolve disputed claims as provided for towns and cities by RSA 165:19 and 20 or as provided by RSA 28:16-19.

Every such poor and indigent person may be removed, by order of the superior court, from said county into the county from which he was so brought.

Any county furnishing any assistance to any person within 6 years preceding his death shall be entitled to recover from the estate of such person the sum or sums paid out for such assistance, the same to be a preferred claim against his said estate after the payment of his funera…

I. Except when a county assisted person has made arrangements for a prepaid funeral, if the total liquid assets of a county assisted person at death are less than $1,000, there shall be an automatic assignment to the funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and bur…

Any county furnishing assistance to any person who is returned to an income status after receiving the assistance which enables him to reimburse the county without financial hardship, may recover from such person the amount of assistance provided.

The county commissioners may make needful orders and regulations for the removal of county assisted persons to the county poor farm, or any other place by them designated; and no town shall be entitled to compensation for the support of a county assisted person after notice of, a…

The amount of money spent by a county to support a county assisted person under this chapter shall, except for just cause, be made a lien on any real estate owned by the county assisted person. The liens are effective during the lifetime of the county assisted person, or until en…

Liens arising under RSA 166:20 may be enforced by a bill in equity.

Such lien shall be subordinate to mortgage and other valid liens, recorded with the register of deeds prior to the recording of the notice of lien referred to in RSA 166:20.

I. A county shall be entitled to a lien upon property passing under the terms of a will or by intestate succession, a property settlement or a civil judgment for personal injuries awarded any person granted assistance by the county under RSA 166 for the amount of assistance grant…

No person who is otherwise eligible for support under this chapter shall receive such support unless and until all able-bodied adults under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, who are related to such person, regularly residing in the same household as su…

If a county acting in its capacity as agent for a city or town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home or burial of a county assisted person having a residence in a town or city, or another county, or for the support, return to his home or burial of an…

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to contract with the overseers of public welfare of a town or city for the support of any county assisted persons therein who have resided for a long time or have local associations in such town or city and desire to remain there, …

Any person who is, or becomes, a recipient of old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or intermediate care facility assistance while at a hospital, home for the aged, nursing home, rest home, convalescent home, residential care facility for adults, or simi…

It is the policy of the state of New Hampshire to encourage and enable the blind, the visually disabled, and the otherwise physically disabled to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.