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NH Rev Stat § 161:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:6 - Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV.

    161:6 Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV. –|
NH Rev Stat § 161:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:7 - Personnel; Duties.

    161:7 Personnel;  Duties. –||Subject to the rules of the division of personnel, the commissioner shall appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties prescribed in this chapter or RSA 167 and shall prescribe their duties.|||Source. 1937, 202:5. RL 126:5. RSA 161:7. 1965, 352:12. 1983, 291:1, II. 1990, 250:3. 1995, 310:106, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:8 - Probation Duties.

    161:8 Probation Duties. –||If appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall perform, under the supervision of such court, the function of probation officer or agent of the court in any welfare matters which may be before the court.|||Source. 1937, 202:7. RL 126:7. RSA 161:8. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:9 - Children in Need of Services.

    161:9 Children in Need of Services. –||When the department is a petitioner or respondent in contested cases involving children in need of services, children who are alleged to be neglected or abused, and in contested termination of parental rights cases or contested cases involving protective services for adults, the commissioner may, with the approval of the attorney general, contract with attorneys to represent social workers of the department appearing in such cases. The commissioner may compensate attorneys at a reasonable rate for such representation.|||Source. 1975, 89:1. 1979, 412:1. 1983, 291:1. 1986, 223:1. 1995, 310:107, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:10 - Food Stamp Program; Overpayment.

[RSA 161:10 contingently effective. See contingent 2006 note set out below.]|    161:10 Food Stamp Program;  Overpayment. –||To the extent permitted by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, and federal regulations adopted thereunder, the department of health and human services shall terminate or waive any claim to reimbursement for the overpayment of food stamps if the overpayment was the result of department error and:||I. The amount of the overpayment is not more than $450; or||II. The recipient's income is less than or equal to 2 times the federal poverty level.|||Source. 2006, 85:1; for effective date, see contingent 2006 amendment note set out below.|
NH Rev Stat § 161:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:11 - Federal Health Care Reform.

    161:11 Federal Health Care Reform. –||Before initiation of any rulemaking proceeding or waiver request under Public Act 111-148, as amended by Public Act 111-152, or any federal regulations, interpretations, or guidance issued thereunder, the commissioner shall obtain approval for the rule or waiver request from the joint health care reform oversight committee established in RSA 420-N:3.|||Source. 2011, 264:2, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 161:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:12 - Repealed by 2016, 269:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2017.

    161:12 Repealed by 2016, 269:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 161:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161 - Human Service|Section 161:14 - Use of Corporal Punishment Prohibited.

    161:14 Use of Corporal Punishment Prohibited. –||I. Each state agency shall provide in its policies and procedures related to children that all forms of corporal punishment are prohibited.||II. In this section:||(a) "Agency" means any executive branch department, institution, bureau, or office of the state, engaged in providing services to or for children. Agency shall include any public or private entity under contract or agreement with the department of health and human services or the department of education to provide services to or for a child or children.||(b) "Child" or "children" means a person under 18 years of age who has not been transferred to the adult criminal justice system, and includes a person under 22 years of age who is attending school and who has not received a high school diploma.||(c) "Corporal punishment" means any punishment in which physical force is issued and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, and is exclusive of restraint as defined in RSA 126-U:1, IV or physical force used to protect self or others.|||Source. 2022, 2:1, eff. Mar. 27, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:1 - Purpose.

    161-B:1 Purpose. –||I. It is the responsibility of the state of New Hampshire through the department of health and human services, to conserve the expenditure of public assistance funds, whenever possible, in order that such funds shall not be expended if there are private funds available or which can be made available by judicial process or otherwise to partially or completely meet the financial needs of the children of this state. The failure of parents to provide adequate financial support and care for their children is a major cause of financial dependency on this state.||II. The purpose of this chapter is to provide this state, through the department of health and human services, a more effective and efficient way to effect the support of dependent children by the person or persons who, under the law, are primarily responsible for such support and to lighten the heavy burden of the taxpayer, who in many instances is paying toward the support of dependent children while those persons primarily responsible are avoiding their obligations. It is the intention of the legislature that the powers delegated to the department in this chapter shall be in addition to the powers granted by RSA 161, RSA 167, or other existing laws and shall be liberally construed to the end that persons legally responsible for the care and support of children within the state be required to assume their legal obligations in order to reduce the financial cost of the state in providing public assistance funds for the care of the children.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:108, 175, 181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:4 - Payment of Child Support to the Department.

    161-B:4 Payment of Child Support to the Department. –||I. Child support payments shall be made payable through the office of child support enforcement services of the department upon written notice by the commissioner to a person responsible for the support of a dependent child or to a court or administrative agency having jurisdiction over such person that:||(a) The children for whom a support obligation exists are receiving or have received assistance pursuant to RSA 161 or RSA 167; or||(b) A person has applied for or is receiving support enforcement services under RSA 161-B:3, II, and such person has certified to the department that:||(1) The arrearage on the support obligation has accumulated to an amount equal to the support obligation for one month; or||(2) A court, pursuant to RSA 173-B or RSA 458:16, has issued a protective order enjoining a parent of a child from abusing or interfering with the liberty of the child's other parent, guardian, or legal representative, and that such order remains in full force and effect at the time the person applies for child support services.||II. Notice pursuant to paragraph I shall supersede any court or administrative order to the contrary. Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the requirement of such notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||III. Nothing in paragraph I precludes the court, in its discretion, from ordering the payment of child support through the office of child support enforcement services of the department if the court finds upon the motion of any party that it is in the best interest of the child, obligee, or obligor to do so.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1994, 398:1. 1995, 310:175, 183. 2001, 222:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:5 - Collection of Child Support.

    161-B:5 Collection of Child Support. –||In order to carry out its responsibilities imposed under this chapter, the department is hereby authorized to commence or appear in any proceedings before any court or administrative agency for the purpose of obtaining, enforcing, or modifying an order of support on behalf of any dependent child or any other person for whom the department has a duty to obtain or enforce an order of support under this chapter. The department may commence or appear in any action on its own behalf or on behalf of any dependent child, parent of any dependent child, or on behalf of any other person for whom the department has a duty to obtain or enforce an order of support under this chapter.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:5-a - Repealed by 1997, 263:34, I, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.

    161-B:5-a Repealed by 1997, 263:34, I, eff. Oct. 1, 1997. –|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:6 - Financial Statements.

    161-B:6 Financial Statements. –||I. Any parent or other person, against whom the department seeks to establish a support obligation under RSA 161-C:4 or RSA 161-C:8 and 9 as a result of such person's absence or failure to adequately support a dependent child, shall be required to disclose to the department the person's current monthly income or total income over the past 12 months, the number of dependents for whom the person is providing support, the amount such person is contributing regularly toward the support of all children, the person's current monthly living expenses, and such other information as is pertinent to determining the person's ability to support such children. Such statement shall be filed in a manner satisfactory to the department. Whoever knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. In all cases where child support obligations are payable through the department, the obligor and obligee are required to inform the department in writing of the following:||(a) Any change of address, within 15 days of said change.||(b) Any change of employment, within 15 days of said change.||III. In all cases where child support obligations are payable through the department, delinquent obligors shall submit a financial affidavit to the department with respect to both income and assets of the obligor, upon request of the department. The requested information shall be submitted by the delinquent obligor within 30 days of the department's request. Delinquent obligors shall not be required to file a financial affidavit more than twice each year.||IV. Any obligor or obligee who does not comply with the requirements of this section due to a willful failure to submit required information or by submitting false information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1985, 344:2. 1989, 360:1, 2. 1995, 254:3; 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:8 - Rulemaking.

    161-B:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to:||I. The establishment of reasonable standards to limit applications for support enforcement services under RSA 161-B:3, III.||II. The establishment of reasonable fees for support enforcement services under RSA 161-B:3, IV.||III. The manner and time for filing of financial statements under RSA 161-B:6.||IV. Access to the contents of confidential records or to information collected regarding the enforcement of support of minor children under RSA 161-B:7, III.||V. Amending the formula for the distribution of child support collected pursuant to RSA 161-B:5-a.|||Source. 1983, 242:3; 291:1, II. 1995, 252:5; 310:22, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:9 - Notice.

    161-B:9 Notice. –||I. In all cases in which child support obligations are payable through the department, the obligor shall inform the court which issued the support order in writing of any change of address within 15 days of the change.||II. Each new order for support or outstanding order for support which is reviewed, modified or otherwise brought before the court shall include a provision ordering the obligor to comply with the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1994, 398:2. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-B - Support of Dependent Children|Section 161-B:10 - Service.

    161-B:10 Service. –||I. For all child support obligations payable through the department, service of all papers relating to the enforcement of an existing obligation for support including, but not limited to, hearing notices, support violation notices, show cause notices, and motions and notices pursuant to RSA 161-B shall be deemed legally sufficient service if mailed first class to the last address provided by the obligor to the court pursuant to this chapter, provided that the obligor knew of the obligation to report any change of address. Knowledge is presumed if the court, in accordance with RSA 161-B:9, notified the obligor of the requirement to report any change of address.||II. A court shall not stay the proceedings or refuse a hearing relating to enforcement of an existing support obligation when service has been made pursuant to this section.|||Source. 1994, 398:2. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:1 - Purpose.

    161-C:1 Purpose. –||Common law and statutory procedures governing the enforcement of support for dependent children by responsible parents have not proven sufficiently effective or efficient to cope with the increasing incidence of financial dependency. It is hereby declared that the common law and statutory remedies pertaining to desertion and nonsupport of dependent children shall be augmented by additional remedies directed to the real and personal property of the responsible parents. In order to render resources more immediately available to meet the needs of dependent children, it is the purpose of this chapter to provide additional remedies for the support of dependent children, which remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, existing law. It is declared to be the public policy of this state that this chapter be construed and administered to the end that children shall be maintained from the resources of responsible parents, thereby relieving, at least in part, the burden presently borne by the general citizenry through welfare programs. It is further declared to be the policy of this state that this chapter be construed and administered to the end that children shall be maintained from the resources of responsible parents, regardless of whether or not these children are recipients of public assistance.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1985, 331:6, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:3 - Service.

    161-C:3 Service. –||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 received or refused or when specified in civil actions for service in hand or by publication.||II. Branch Banks. Service on any bank or other financial institution maintaining branch offices shall only be effective as to the accounts, credits or other personal property of the responsible parent in the particular branch on which service is made.|||Source. 1977, 589:1. 1994, 398:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:3-c - Power to Subpoena Financial and Other Records.

    161-C:3-c Power to Subpoena Financial and Other Records. –||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.|||Source. 1989, 360:4. 1995, 310:111. 1997, 263:15, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:3-d - Penalty for Failure to Comply With Subpoena.

    161-C:3-d Penalty for Failure to Comply With Subpoena. –||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.|||Source. 1997, 263:16, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:3-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:3-e - Disclosure of Health Carrier Information for Medical Child Support Enforcement.

    161-C:3-e Disclosure of Health Carrier Information for Medical Child Support Enforcement. –||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 support orders administered by the office of child support enforcement services under RSA 161-C:3-b, concerning individuals subject to an order to provide health insurance coverage for dependents administered by the office of child support enforcement services, or dependents covered by such medical support orders, in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 161-C:28.||II. Such electronic cross-match shall be made by any health carrier upon certification by the department that all persons identified on the electronic medium are individuals subject to an order to provide health insurance coverage for dependents administered by the office of child support enforcement services, or dependents covered by such medical support orders.||III. All information disclosed by the department for the purpose of the electronic cross-match shall remain property of the state of New Hampshire. Any health carrier, public agency, or contracted agent engaged by the department to perform the electronic cross-match shall purge any information received from the department pursuant to this section concerning individuals or dependents from its records and databases immediately upon the completion of the data match exchange.||IV. In any case where the department administers a medical child support order on behalf of a dependent child who does not receive temporary assistance to needy families or medical assistance, the transaction costs associated with the electronic cross-match shall be paid in advance by the custodial parent or guardian, and the non-custodial parent shall reimburse the custodial parent for such transaction costs.||V. Any health carrier who supplies information in accordance with this section and with rules adopted under RSA 161-C:28 shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred.|||Source. 2003, 145:2, eff. Aug. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 161-C:3-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 161-C - Alternative Method of Support Enforcement for Dependent Children|Section 161-C:3-f - Child Support Insurance Settlement Intercept.

    161-C:3-f Child Support Insurance Settlement Intercept. –||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 department may identify such individuals by name, last 4 digits of the individual's social security number or other taxpayer identification number, date of birth, last known address, employer, or any combination thereof. Any information provided by the department in accordance with this section shall remain the property of the state of New Hampshire and shall be purged by any public agency or contracted agent receiving said information upon completion of the data match exchange. The department may perform an audit to insure that any public agency or contracted agent has purged said information. The specific penalty for failure to purge the information shall be set forth in any contract or agreement between the department and any public agency or contracted agent made pursuant to this section. Any transaction cost incurred by the department related to the data match exchange shall be directly recovered by the department from any insurance settlement or judgment proceeds. Insurance settlement payments for casualty loss to personal or real property, past or future medical treatment, and a pro-rated amount equal to 185 percent of the self-support reserve defined in RSA 458-C:2, X for the period of lost work for which the settlement or judgment constitutes recovery shall be exempt from this section. Reasonable attorney fees and expenses related to obtaining the insurance settlement or judgment shall be exempt from this section pursuant to RSA 311:13. Any settlement, payment, or judgment received under the provision of this section shall be held by the department for 60 days prior to its release or distribution unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.|||Source. 2003, 280:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.|