Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

I. Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to enhanced penalties in paragraphs II and III. II. It is a misdemeanor if a person willfully causes physical injury to a service animal or willfully allows his or her animal to cau…

Each emergency response or public safety agency employing a certified public safety comfort dog shall have a policy which outlines the certified public safety comfort dog's safe and humane retirement. If it is determined that a certified public safety comfort dog in training cann…

I. No accident or health insurance policy issued, renewed or continued after August 28, 1981 shall contain any provision denying or limiting insurance benefits because services are rendered to an insured or a dependent who is eligible for or who receives medical assistance under …

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, if at any time during the continuance of assistance, the recipient or the husband or wife of the recipient becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount stated in the application, it shall be the duty of the recipient w…

I. The estate of every recipient and the estate of a recipient's spouse, if any, owned severally or as joint tenants, shall be liable for all financial old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled granted to the recipient; provided, h…

I. Any person who is a recipient of financial assistance, medical assistance, old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, medicaid for employed adults with disabilities, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled shall, by his acceptance of such assistance, be deemed to have …

All liens for old age assistance existing on May 3, 1949, shall continue unaffected by this chapter until discharged by the commissioner of the department of health and human services.

I. Assistance liens arising under this chapter or RSA 161 may be enforced by a bill in equity, or, in the case of liens against real estate which have been duly filed under RSA 167:14, by filing a timely and verified notice of lien with the probate court with jurisdiction over th…

I. Notwithstanding RSA 167:14 and any other provision of law to the contrary, no lien may be imposed by equitable or legal action undertaken by the state to evict, partition, or force sale of the property of any individual prior to death on account of medical assistance paid or t…

The following persons shall report the receipt of any property, wages, income or resources of any kind, or changes of any kind that would affect the amount of assistance under this chapter or RSA 161 for which a person is eligible, to the commissioner of the department of health …

Any sums paid to or on behalf of any person under the provisions of RSA 167 as a result of any false statement, misrepresentation or concealment of or failure to disclose the receipt of property, wages, income or resources by such person or by any person legally liable for his or…

I. No person shall: (a) By means of an intentionally false statement or misrepresentation or by impersonation or other fraudulent act or device, obtain or attempt to obtain, or aid or abet any person in obtaining any assistance or benefit or payment under RSA 161 or RSA 167 to wh…

I. Any natural person who violates RSA 167:17-b shall, unless otherwise specified, be guilty of: (a) A class A felony if the value of the monetary award or goods or services in question exceeds $1,500; (b) A class B felony if the value of the monetary award or goods or services i…

I. Subject to the provisions of 7 C.F.R. section 273.16, or any subsequent amendments thereto, when a person receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits is convicted of a violation of RSA 167:17-b, the commissioner shall discontinue his or her assistance f…

I. These expenditures shall in the first instance be made by the state, but each county shall make monthly payments to the state for the amounts due under this section within 45 days from notice thereof. (a) Counties shall reimburse the state for expenditures for recipients for w…

Delinquent payments due under RSA 167:18-a with interest at the rate of 12 per centum per annum, may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the political subdivision liable therefor or may, at the request of the state agency, be deducted from any othe…

The department of health and human services shall reimburse each county and town for the amounts paid in general assistance for the cost of prescription drugs for recipients who are later determined to be eligible for medical assistance retroactive to the time when such county or…

I. Proportionate share payments to county nursing homes shall be made each state fiscal year in an amount equal to the maximum permissible by federal regulations. All payments shall be specific to each facility in accordance with the methodology in the approved Medicaid state pla…

Each county or town shall pay all costs incurred by its officials when acting as authorized agents of the commissioner of the department of health and human services under this chapter or RSA 161.

I. The initial training and certification testing shall be completed by the dog's second birthday. Such initial training and certification shall be comprised of the following American Kennel Club certificates, or an equivalent certificate from another nationally recognized organi…

Any person desiring marriage counseling may apply directly to an approved family service agency or may be referred thereto by an authorized representative of the commissioner of health and human services, but all such counseling shall be subject to the approval of the commissione…

I. The work or tasks performed by a service animal shall be directly related to the handler's disability. Work and tasks may include, but is not limited to: (a) Assisting individuals who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks. (b) Alerting individuals who ar…

Assistance rendered under this chapter or RSA 161 to anyone having a father, mother, husband or wife, whose weekly income or other resources are more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, may be recovered in an appropriate proceed…

If any person receiving assistance under this chapter or RSA 161 is physically able to work, the commissioner of health and human services may require that such a person receiving aid work for the state at any job which the state has available that is within the capacity of the p…

No person who is otherwise eligible for public assistance based on financial need shall receive public welfare assistance from the state unless and until all able-bodied adult persons, under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, related to such person, and…

If any person receiving assistance under this chapter or RSA 161 is physically able to work, he shall not be required by the state or any of its political subdivisions to cross any lawful picket line in connection with any strike, lock-out, or labor dispute to apply for a job.

For the purpose of medical care services, the department of health and human services may be authorized to make an advance, through the state treasurer, and under a contract approved by governor and council, of funds necessary to provide working capital funds, to a fiscal agent p…

For purposes of complying with federal requirements of the social security act in the joint administration of the work incentive program by the appropriate agency of state government, the commissioner of the department of health and human services is hereby authorized to manifest…

Should a county find that it is impossible to pay the amounts required under this chapter or RSA 161, it may file a petition with the commissioner of the department of health and human services requesting financial aid. The commissioner of health and human services shall cause an…

While federal funds are available the receipt of public assistance granted under the provisions hereof or of RSA 161 shall not make the recipient thereof, or any member of his family, an assisted person within the terms of the election laws of this state, nor affect his or their …

The commissioner of health and human services or his duly authorized agent shall have the power to issue subpoenas for witnesses and compel their attendance and the production of papers and writings.

The governor and council are hereby authorized on behalf of the state to accept and to apply to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter or RSA 161 all moneys that may be advanced to, or otherwise placed at the disposal of, the state by the federal government or any of it…

All assistance given hereunder shall be inalienable by any assignment or transfer and shall be exempt from levy or execution under the laws of this state including periodic payments on any judgment of any kind under RSA 524:6-a.

If the person receiving public assistance is, on the testimony of reliable witnesses who are not officials or employees of the department of health and human services, found to be incapable of taking care of himself or his money, the commissioner of health and human services may …

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no person receiving old age assistance or aid to the permanently and totally disabled under this chapter or RSA 161 shall at the same time receive any other relief from the state, or from any political subdivision thereof, except for medical…

I. The commissioner of health and human services shall permit each medical assistance recipient approved for nursing home payments to retain from the recipient's monthly income a certain amount a month for personal needs. Such amount shall be established by the commissioner pursu…

Recipients of assistance who are approved by the department of health and human services for residential care facility or community residence payments shall be allowed to retain from their income an amount not less than the amount established by the commissioner of the department…

The state shall maintain its minimum supplementary payment levels to recipients of assistance at residential care facilities and community residences in conjunction with supplemental and social security increases. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, s…

The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall require as a condition to granting old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, or aid to the needy blind in any case that the applicant, and the spouse of the applicant, if any, residing wi…

If the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall deem it necessary he may require as a condition to the grant or continuance of old age assistance or aid to the permanently and totally disabled in any case that all or any part of the property of a person a…

Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with the admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in RSA 167-D or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially b…

An approved family service agency within the meaning of this chapter shall be those agencies approved by the commissioner of health and human services and which are located within the jurisdiction of the superior court making the referral or located within the county in which the…

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to include or apply to any institution, bona fide club, or place of accommodation, which is in its nature distinctly private; nor shall anything herein contained apply to any educational facility operated or maintained by a bona fide re…

Upon the request of the commissioner of health and human services, any such father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, husband or wife shall provide the support of the person assisted under this chapter or RSA 161, or contribute thereto. Should such relative refuse to…

I. Each certified public safety comfort dog handler working with the certified public safety comfort dog shall complete training with his or her assigned certified public safety comfort dog. Such training and certificate testing shall be comprised of the following American Kennel…

The provisions of RSA 167:2, 3 and 3-a, do not apply to the administration of medical assistance, except with respect to the spouse of the individual who needs medical care or services, or the parent of such individual, if said individual is under the age of 21.