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NH Rev Stat § 167:2-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 167:2-b - Employment of Relatives of Persons Receiving Public Welfare Assistance.

    167:2-b Employment of Relatives of Persons Receiving Public Welfare Assistance. –||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 regularly residing in the same household as such person, and legally liable to contribute to the support of such person and not prevented from maintaining employment and contributing to the support of such person by reason of physical or mental disability or other substantial or other justifiable cause, are employed on a full-time basis. The amount or amounts earned by the persons obliged to maintain employment hereunder shall be taken into consideration in determining the level of need for public assistance. Nothing in this section shall be so construed to deny to any minor dependent child any needed public assistance to which he or she would be otherwise entitled. Unrelated adult persons living in the same household in loco parentis as to any such person seeking public assistance shall be obliged to contribute to his or her support to the same extent as the parent of such person, and in default thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as the parent of such person would be in such case. If anything in this section conflicts with federal law or regulation related thereto, the federal law or regulation shall take precedence.|||Source. 1969, 451:1. 2010, 136:1, eff. Aug. 13, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:2-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 167:2-c - Crossing Picket Lines Not Required.

    167:2-c Crossing Picket Lines Not Required. –||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.|||Source. 1992, 80:1, eff. June 19, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3 (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 167:3 - Compelling Support.

    167:3 Compelling Support. –||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 comply with such request, the commissioner of health and human services may bring an appropriate proceeding in the superior court in the name of the state to compel such support or contribution thereto. If upon hearing it shall appear that such relative is able to provide the support of such person or to contribute thereto, the court shall enter an order accordingly and shall fix the amount and method and manner of payment. Failure to comply with any such order, without good cause as determined by the court at a hearing, shall be deemed contempt of court and punished accordingly. Such proceedings shall be brought by the attorney general or the county attorney for the county in which any such relative resides when so requested by the commissioner of health and human services.|||Source. 1951, 139:6. RSA 167:3. 1973, 111:1. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:176, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-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 167:3-a - Liability of Grandparents.

    167:3-a Liability of Grandparents. –||Assistance rendered under this chapter or RSA 161 to anyone who is the child born of an unwed minor whose father or mother, grandparent of the child born of an unwed minor, has a weekly income or other resources more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, may be recovered from such grandparent in the same manner and by the same proceedings as provided in RSA 167:2 and 167:3 for recovery from other legally liable relatives.|||Source. 1961, 18:1. 1973, 145:3, eff. July 21, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-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 167:3-b - Responsibility for Public Medical Assistance.

    167:3-b Responsibility for Public Medical Assistance. –||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.|||Source. 1965, 223:1. 1967, 396:2. 1973, 151:1. 1977, 355:1. 2000, 156:1. 2011, 224:44, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-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 167:3-d - Repealed by 1994, 403:8, II, eff. June 10, 1994.

    167:3-d Repealed by 1994, 403:8, II, eff. June 10, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-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 167:3-e - Home Care for Children With Severe Disabilities.

    167:3-e Home Care for Children With Severe Disabilities. –||I. If a child is enrolled in the medical assistance program that provides home care for children with severe disabilities, the commissioner shall assist the child's parent or guardian to recover costs for medical care and services under any private health insurance available to the child.||II. The department of health and human services may acquire adaptive equipment and other specialized home health care assets for the purpose of loaning such equipment to participants in the medical assistance program that provides home care for children with severe disabilities. The department shall have authority to contract for the refurbishment of such equipment, to reissue equipment returned to the department, and to dispose of any equipment that is no longer useful.||III. To be eligible for home care for children with severe disabilities, a child shall, at a minimum, have an impairment or combination of impairments that meets, medically equals, or functionally equals the criteria for an impairment as listed in 20 CFR, Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1.||IV. A child who has been determined to meet the requirements of institutional level of care shall receive services to the extent the estimated cost of care outside an institution is no higher than the estimated medicaid cost of appropriate institutional care.|||Source. 2004, 251:2, eff. June 15, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-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 167:3-h - Coverage of Services and Items Under the Medical Assistance Program.

    167:3-h Coverage of Services and Items Under the Medical Assistance Program. –||I to III. [Repealed.]||IV. Medical assistance shall include coverage for disposable incontinence supplies under the Medicaid state plan for individuals who have a medical condition resulting in incontinence, as documented by a physician.|||Source. 2007, 288:1. 2011, 224:321, I, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-i (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 167:3-i - MEAD Work Incentive Program.

    167:3-i MEAD Work Incentive Program. –||I. Pursuant to section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV), the department of health and human services shall establish and administer a work incentive program, known as Medicaid for employed adults with disabilities (MEAD). The purpose of the program shall be to ensure the availability of long-term supports to workers with disabilities who are medically eligible for Medicaid, enabling them to maximize their employment potential and financial independence and prevent impoverishment and dependence upon cash assistance programs.||II. In addition to the requirements of RSA 167:6, IX, the MEAD program shall:||(a) Exclude from consideration resources accumulated from earnings, including interest earned by the resource, by a MEAD-eligible individual beginning on or after the date of eligibility through the period of MEAD eligibility and kept in a separate account from other resources, when determining future eligibility for other medical assistance programs.||(b) Provide continued eligibility during periods of temporary unemployment provided that the individual is unable to work for medical reasons but is likely to return to work, or the individual becomes unemployed for other good cause and is actively seeking employment.||(c) Define employment for eligibility purposes in a manner that permits a self-employed individual to earn less than the federal minimum wage.||(d) Permit individuals who are eligible for home and community-based care waiver services and who qualify for a special income limit, to receive medical assistance through the MEAD program, if they so choose, even if their total income is between the standard of need and the special income limit.||(e) Provide notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing in the event of any adverse action affecting eligibility for or enrollment in the MEAD program.||(f) Establish oversight and enforcement procedures to prevent fraud and to assure that participants are consistently engaging in gainful employment.|||Source. 2008, 76:3, eff. July 20, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-j (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 167:3-j - Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled; Duration of Impairment.

    167:3-j Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled;  Duration of Impairment. –||I. The department of health and human services may change the minimum duration of impairment for aid to the permanently and totally disabled (APTD) from 48 months to 12 months upon approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, under the following conditions:||(a) This change results in a net general fund cost savings.||(b) Eligibility for APTD shall be based on a determination of disability as defined in Title II, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and Title XVI, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), of the Social Security Act, as amended.||(c) A determination of disability by the Social Security Administration or any other federal agency, including the Railroad Retirement Board, using the SSI and SSDI criteria, shall constitute a determination of disability for purposes of APTD.||(d) Applicants for APTD cash assistance shall be recipients of SSI, if eligible therefor.||(e) For persons applying for APTD and SSI, eligibility for both programs shall be determined using the medical and financial eligibility criteria of the SSI program, through a single disability determination process.||(f) As of the date the department implements the 12-month standard and other provisions of this paragraph, all persons who have been determined by the department to be disabled under the 48-month durational standard and are eligible for APTD and who have not been determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration or other federal agency using the SSI/SSDI standard, shall remain eligible for APTD if they have active and pending applications for or appeals of denials of SSI, SSDI, or any other federal program utilizing the SSI/ SSDI standard, through the level of the Social Security Appeals Council, provided they meet all other eligibility criteria.||(g) Applicants shall have all appeal rights provided in state and federal law.||II. The commissioner of health and human services is authorized to enter into agreements with agencies of the state or federal government to administer any or all parts of the aid to the permanently and totally disabled (APTD) program, including an agreement with the Social Security Administration in accordance with section 1634(a) of the Social Security Act, to the extent such agreements would allow for more cost effective or efficient administration of the program. The department shall implement the most cost-effective organizational and management structure and operational processes, with prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, which may include organizational and contractual changes including management responsibility for SSI and SSDI eligibility determinations.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 2009, 144:284. 2012, 247:20, eff. Aug. 17, 2012. 2021, 122:43, V, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-l (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 167:3-l - Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for Children.

    167:3-l Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for Children. –||I. The department shall establish a Medicaid home and community-based behavioral health services program for children with severe emotional disturbances whose service needs cannot be met through traditional behavioral health services. The department may establish such services through a state plan amendment as provided in Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act or a waiver under other provisions of the Act, as needed. If the department proceeds with a waiver, it shall not limit the geographic availability of services.||II. Such services shall include the following services or their functional equivalent:||(a) Wraparound care coordination.||(b) Wraparound participation.||(c) In-home respite care.||(d) Out-of-home respite care.||(e) Customizable goods and services.||(f) Family peer support.||(g) Youth peer support.||III. Mobile crisis response and stabilization services for children under 21 shall be provided and delivered using system of care values and principles in compliance with RSA 135-F.||(a) The department shall contract with one or more third-party entities to ensure that all children in the state under 21 years of age have access to mobile crisis response and stabilization services, that such services are available with a response time of no more than one hour, and that such services are available in every part of the state.||(b) The department shall ensure the development of a performance measurement system for monitoring quality and access to mobile crisis response and stabilization services.||(c) All providers of mobile crisis response and stabilization services shall coordinate with the child's wraparound care coordinator, primary care physician, and any other care management program or other behavioral health providers providing services to the youth throughout the delivery of the service.||(d) Development and procurement of the mobile crises and stabilization services required under this section shall begin on the effective date of this section; implementation shall occur upon completion of the procurement process and approval by the governor and council.|||Source. 2017, 156:202, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2019, 44:5, eff. June 3, 2019; 346:333, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:3-m (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 167:3-m - MOAD Work Incentive Program.

[RSA 167:3-m effective on the date the commissioner of the department of health and human services certifies the approval of the state plan amendment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.]|    167:3-m MOAD Work Incentive Program. –||I. Pursuant to section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII), the department of health and human services shall establish and administer a work incentive program, known as Medicaid for employed older adults with disabilities (MOAD). The purpose of the program shall be to ensure the availability of long-term supports to workers age 65 and older with disabilities who are medically eligible for Medicaid, enabling them to maximize their employment potential and financial independence and prevent impoverishment and dependence upon cash assistance programs.||II. In addition to the requirements of RSA 167:6, IX-a, the MOAD program shall:||(a) Exclude from consideration resources accumulated from earnings, including interest earned by the resource, by a MOAD-eligible individual beginning on or after the date of eligibility through the period of MOAD eligibility and kept in a separate account from other resources, when determining future eligibility for other medical assistance programs.||(b) Provide continued eligibility during periods of temporary unemployment provided that the individual is unable to work for medical reasons but is likely to return to work, or the individual becomes unemployed for other good cause and is actively seeking employment.||(c) Define employment for eligibility purposes in a manner that permits a self-employed individual to earn less than the federal minimum wage.||(d) Permit individuals who are eligible for home and community-based care waiver services and who qualify for a special income limit, to receive medical assistance through the MOAD program, if they so choose.||(e) Provide notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing in the event of any adverse action affecting eligibility for or enrollment in the MOAD program.||(f) Establish oversight and enforcement procedures to prevent fraud and to assure that participants are consistently engaging in gainful employment.||III. Pursuant to section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII), individuals shall be eligible for MOAD if their income does not exceed 250 percent of the federal poverty level, and they meet all criteria for receiving benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.|||Source. 2019, 346:361.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:4-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 167:4-e - Spend-down Requirements for Medical Expenses.

    167:4-e Spend-down Requirements for Medical Expenses. –||For the purposes of off-setting the Medicaid spend-down requirements, mental health expenses shall be included as medical expenses.|||Source. 2021, 179:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. July 30, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:5 (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 167:5 - Designations.

    167:5 Designations. –||I. Assistance granted to needy aged persons shall be designated as old age assistance; assistance granted to needy blind shall be designated as aid to the needy blind; assistance granted to needy dependent children and to the otherwise eligible parents or needy caretaker relatives with whom they live, shall be designated as aid to families with dependent children; assistance granted to the needy permanently and totally disabled shall be designated as aid to the permanently and totally disabled. For purposes of this chapter or RSA 161, the term "adult programs" may be used to mean old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled. Medical care and services provided to eligible individuals shall be designated as medical assistance.||II. Assistance granted in these groups shall be in the form of money payments to or vendor payments in behalf of recipients. Such separate records and accounts shall be kept and other requirements met as are necessary to qualify for grants-in-aid from the federal government.|||Source. 1937, 202:11. RL 126:11. 1951, 90:3. RSA 167:5. 1961, 271:2. 1967, 396:4. 1969, 451:5. 1970, 34:15. 1986, 183:4. 1993, 5:1, eff. May 25, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:7-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 167:7-a - Repealed by 1977, 207:2, eff. Aug. 14, 1977.

    167:7-a Repealed by 1977, 207:2, eff. Aug. 14, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:8 (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 167:8 - Application for Assistance.

    167:8 Application for Assistance. –||I. Application for assistance under this chapter or RSA 161 shall be made in the first instance to the commissioner of the department of health and human services, or his duly authorized agent. The application shall be in writing and upon a form prescribed by the department of health and human services. Except in cases of emergency no aid shall be granted until completion of the investigation required by this section. Whenever an application for old age assistance or for aid to the permanently and totally disabled is received, the commissioner of health and human services shall immediately give notice of such application to the county commissioners of the county in which said applicant resides or is found, or the appropriate county as provided in RSA 166:8, and shall also notify them of any decision on the application||II. When an individual applies for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, medical assistance, or other programs under this chapter or RSA 161, the commissioner of health and human services or designee shall provide the individual with application forms and information about the Link-Up New Hampshire and Lifeline Telephone Assistance programs, shall offer to assist the individual to apply for these programs, and shall provide such assistance.|||Source. 1937, 202:14. RL 126:14. 1951, 90:5. RSA 167:8. 1983, 291:1. 1985, 380:30. 1995, 310:176, 180. 2007, 263:170, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:9 (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 167:9 - Repealed by 1967, 396:6, eff. July 1, 1967.

    167:9 Repealed by 1967, 396:6, eff. July 1, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:10 (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 - Granting of Assistance.

    167:10 Granting of Assistance. –||Upon the completion of the investigation, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall decide whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter or RSA 161 and shall determine in accordance with the rules of the department the amount of such assistance and the date upon which assistance shall begin. The commissioner shall, however, in all cases, first consult with the proper officials of counties hereby required to contribute to the cost of the assistance. The commissioner shall notify the applicant of his decision and send a copy of the decision to the proper county officials.|||Source. 1937, 202:16. RL 126:16. RSA 167:10. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 380:31. 1995, 310:175, 182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|