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NH Rev Stat § 167:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:10-a - Payments to Recipients; Insurance Contracts.

    167:10-a Payments to Recipients;  Insurance Contracts. –||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 RSA 167 or RSA 161.||II. The commissioner of health and human services shall not pay for any services provided under RSA 167 or RSA 161 if the recipient has coverage for the services under an accident or health insurance policy.|||Source. 1981, 502:1. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:179, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:11 - Repealed by 2017, 156:65, II, eff. July 1, 2017.

    167:11 Repealed by 2017, 156:65, II, eff. July 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:11-a - Repealed by 1979, 277:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1979.

    167:11-a Repealed by 1979, 277:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:12 - Repealed by 1967, 396:7, eff. July 1, 1967.

    167:12 Repealed by 1967, 396:7, eff. July 1, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:13 - Recovery for Assistance Furnished.

    167:13 Recovery for Assistance Furnished. –||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 within 10 calendar days to notify the commissioner of the department of health and human services of the receipt or possession of such property or income. On the death of a recipient of old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, medicaid for employed adults with disabilities, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled, the total amount of assistance paid under this chapter or RSA 161 shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of such person after payment of the charges in the priority set forth in RSA 554:19. No lien filed in accordance with RSA 167:14 shall be extended to enforce recovery nor shall any sale be forced against the real estate of a recipient of old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, medicaid for employed adults with disabilities, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled while it is occupied as a home by a surviving spouse. The federal government shall be entitled, as long as required as a condition to federal financial participation, to such proportion of the net amount collected from the estate of a recipient of old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, medicaid for employed adults with disabilities, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled as the federal participation bears to the total amount of assistance granted said recipient.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, for medical assistance, no resources of the community spouse shall be deemed available to the institutionalized spouse during the continuous period in which an institutionalized spouse is in an institution, and after the month in which an institutionalized spouse is determined to be eligible for medical assistance benefits.||III. The department may waive adjustment or recovery in cases in which:||(a) It is not cost-effective to recover from an individual's estate; or||(b) Recovery would result in an undue hardship as determined in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||IV. There is established in the state treasury an estate administration fund for use as a depository account by the department of health and human services for the purpose of estate administration conducted pursuant to RSA 553:2, III. The fund shall be used to receive and temporarily hold estate funds subject to supervision of the probate court until funds are disbursed, in accordance with RSA 554:19, to creditors, including the state, for public assistance provided under this chapter.|||Source. 1937, 202:19. RL 126:19. 1947, 44:1. 1949, 100:1. 1951, 90:6. RSA 167:13. 1979, 227:2. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:182. 1998, 5:2. 2000, 156:3. 2005, 175:6. 2007, 263:55, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:14 - Claims and Liens.

    167:14 Claims and Liens. –||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, however, that the estate of a recipient's spouse shall be liable only for such financial assistance as was granted to the recipient during the time that the recipient and the recipient's spouse were neither legally separated nor divorced. After providing all owners of the real property known to the department with prior notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall file with the register of deeds of the county in which the recipient, or the spouse of the recipient, if any, owns real property, notice of the lien. Such notice of lien shall contain the names of the recipient and the recipient's spouse, if any. All such liens shall continue during the lifetime of the recipient and of the spouse of the recipient, if any, and until enforced as provided in this section, unless sooner released by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. The register of deeds shall keep a suitable record of such notices of lien without charging any fee therefore and enter on the record an acknowledgment of satisfaction or release upon written request from the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||II. Subject to RSA 167:16-a, the estate of every recipient shall be liable for all medical assistance granted to the recipient, and the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall file a claim for recovery against the recipient's estate. No notice of lien may be filed against real property with respect to medical assistance except in conformance with RSA 167:16-a.|||Source. 1937, 202:34. RL 126:32. 1949, 173:1, par. 32. 1951, 139:8. RSA 167:14. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 380:32. 1992, 30:4. 1995, 310:182. 2000, 156:4. 2005, 175:7, eff. Aug. 29, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:15 - Existing Liens.

    167:15 Existing Liens. –||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.|||Source. 1949, 173:1, par. 32-b. RSA 167:15. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:16 - Enforcement of Assistance Liens.

    167:16 Enforcement of Assistance Liens. –||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 the estate of the recipient and mailing a copy of said notice and a verified claim for recovery of assistance payments to the administrator of the estate.||II. The commissioner may enforce the liquidated amount of an assistance lien against real estate by filing a timely and verified notice with the probate court and submitting a timely and verified claim against the estate of the recipient which sets forth the dates and amounts of assistance paid. Such claims shall be timely if filed within 6 months from the initial grant of administration for the estate in question.||III. Notwithstanding RSA 556:5 and any other provision of law to the contrary, the administrator of a recipient's estate shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted a claim for recovery of assistance which is subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court unless, within 12 months from the initial grant of administration, the administrator commences an equitable action in the superior court challenging the validity or amount of the commissioner's claim and lien.||IV. When a timely notice of lien has been filed with a probate court pursuant to this section, approval of a request to sell real estate or to distribute probate assets shall not occur until and unless the court enters a finding that the assistance claim has been satisfied or the commissioner's lien is otherwise protected.|||Source. 1951, 139:9. RSA 167:16. 1992, 30:2. 1995, 310:120, 183. 2000, 156:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:17 - Report of Collateral Resources.

    167:17 Report of Collateral Resources. –||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 and human services in writing within 10 calendar days after receiving such property, wages, income or resources:||I. Any person receiving assistance for the care of any dependent child or children;||II. Any person legally liable for the support of a dependent child or children;||III. Any person who receives assistance pursuant to the provisions of RSA 167;||IV. Any person who is legally liable pursuant to RSA 167:2 or RSA 546-A:2 for the support of any person who receives assistance pursuant to the provisions of RSA 167.||V. Any person receiving medical assistance who receives a settlement or an award from a liable third person or party against whom the recipient has a legally cognizable claim for expenses or support.||No person who is required to report the receipt of property, wages, income or resources by this section shall within any one month sell, assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of any property with a total value of $30 or more without the consent of the commissioner of the department of health and human services.|||Source. 1937, 202:20. RL 126:20. RSA 167:17. 1973, 364:1. 1977, 165:1; 490:1. 1979, 227:1. 1983, 288:3; 291:1, II. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:17-a - Unauthorized Payments; Recovery by State.

    167:17-a Unauthorized Payments;  Recovery by State. –||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 him or by any person legally liable for his support may be recovered in an action brought by the state against such person. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall recover any unauthorized payments by reasonably adjusting current and future grant amounts received by the person violating the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1973, 364:2. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:17-b - Prohibited Acts.

    167:17-b Prohibited Acts. –||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 which he is not entitled;||(b) With intent to defraud the department of health and human services, buy or aid or abet in the purchase or the disposal of the property of a person receiving assistance or food stamps under RSA 161 or RSA 167, so as to affect the recipient's eligibility for assistance, without the consent of the commissioner of the department of health and human services;||(c) [Repealed.]||(d) Intentionally fail to disclose the receipt of property, wages, income or resources or any change in circumstances which would affect his eligibility for assistance or his initial or continued right to any benefit or payment for the purpose of receiving any assistance, benefit or payment under RSA 167 or RSA 161 to which he is not entitled;||(e) Knowingly use, transfer, acquire, alter, sell or possess food stamps or authorization to issue food stamps in any manner not authorized by the Federal Food Stamp Act, as amended, or by the federal regulations or state rules adopted pursuant to the act;||(f) Present or cause to be presented food stamps for payment or redemption, knowing the stamps were received, transferred or used in any manner not authorized by the Federal Food Stamp Act, as amended, or by the federal regulations or state rules adopted pursuant to the act;||(g), (h) [Repealed.]||II. When a person receiving assistance is convicted of an offense under this section, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall discontinue his assistance, if such action has not already been taken.|||Source. 1973, 364:2. 1975, 399:5, 6; 406:2. 1981, 189:3. 1983, 291:1, II. 1987, 207:2. 1990, 260:4. 1995, 310:180, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:17-c - Penalties.

    167:17-c Penalties. –||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 in question exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $1,500; or||(c) A misdemeanor if the value of the monetary award or goods or services in question is $1,000 or less.||II. Any other person who violates RSA 167:17-b shall, unless otherwise specified, be guilty of:||(a) A felony if the value of the monetary award or goods or services in question exceeds $1,000; or||(b) A misdemeanor if the value of the monetary award or goods or services in question is $1,000 or less.||III. In the case of any natural person convicted of fraudulently using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, possessing or altering food stamps, the court may permit such person to perform work approved by the court for the purpose of providing restitution for losses incurred by the United States and the department of health and human services as a result of the offense for which such person was convicted. If the court permits such person to perform such work and such person agrees thereto, the court shall withhold the imposition of the sentence on the condition that such person perform the assigned work. Upon the successful completion of the assigned work the court may suspend such sentence.|||Source. 1981, 189:4. 1983, 387:2; 291:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2018, 277:1, eff. June 18, 2018. 2019, 326:8, eff. Aug. 16, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:17-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:17-d - Discontinuation of Food Stamps.

    167:17-d Discontinuation of Food Stamps. –||I. When a person receiving food stamps assistance is convicted of a violation of RSA 167:17-b, the commissioner shall discontinue his assistance for a minimum period of 6 months upon the first conviction, one year upon the second conviction, and permanently upon the third conviction, unless the court orders that assistance be discontinued for longer periods of time after the first or second convictions.||II. In addition to any criminal penalties which may be imposed, a court of appropriate jurisdiction may discontinue the food stamps assistance of any person convicted of fraudulently using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, possessing, or altering food stamps for an additional period of up to 18 months, consecutive to that period of suspension mandated in paragraph I.|||Source. 1981, 189:4. 1983, 387:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    167:18 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-b - Repealed by 2007, 263:24, I, eff. July 1, 2008.

    167:18-b Repealed by 2007, 263:24, I, eff. July 1, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-c - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    167:18-c Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-d - Repealed by 1985, 308:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987.

    167:18-d Repealed by 1985, 308:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-e - Delinquent Payments.

    167:18-e Delinquent Payments. –||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 other moneys payable to such subdivision by any department or agency of the state.|||Source. 1981, 568:50. 1983, 469:90. 2007, 263:18, eff. July 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-f - Repealed by 2007, 263:24, II, eff. July 1, 2008.

    167:18-f Repealed by 2007, 263:24, II, eff. July 1, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-g - Reimbursement of General Assistance Funds.

    167:18-g Reimbursement of General Assistance Funds. –||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 town rendered such assistance.|||Source. 1989, 227:1. 1995, 310:180, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:18-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:18-h - County Nursing Homes; Proportionate Share Payments.

    167:18-h County Nursing Homes;  Proportionate Share Payments. –||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 plan amendment. If the federal government makes adjustments to any proportionate share payments that have been made by the state, the amounts due under this section shall be amended accordingly and adjusted payments shall be made to or from the state as necessary.||II. (a) The certified public expenditure (CPE) nursing facilities group shall be financed on the basis of a CPE methodology and shall not require a transfer of funds from the respective county to the state to effectuate the federal match.||(b) Any intergovernmental transfers (IGT) specific to the IGT nursing facilities group that serve as the basis for generating the federal match shall be in accordance with the approved Medicaid state plan amendment.|||Source. 1998, 387:2. 2004, 260:7, eff. July 1, 2005. 2019, 346:369, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:19 - Local Administration.

    167:19 Local Administration. –||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.|||Source. 1937, 202:22. RL 126:22. RSA 167:19. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:20 - Repealed by 2007, 263:24, III, eff. July 1, 2008.

    167:20 Repealed by 2007, 263:24, III, eff. July 1, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:20-a - Authorization.

    167:20-a Authorization. –||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 processing payments to medical vendors. The fiscal agent shall post bond in the amount of said advance and shall thereafter submit monthly, or more often, required detail of payments processed which shall then be reimbursed by the state to the said fiscal agent.|||Source. 1967, 396:10. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|