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NH Rev Stat § 167:61 (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Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:61 - Repealed by 2004, 167:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

    167:61 Repealed by 2004, 167:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:61-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 167:61-d - Rights of Parties to Actions.

    167:61-d Rights of Parties to Actions. –||I. If the state proceeds with an action under RSA 167:61-c, the state shall have the primary responsibility for prosecuting the action and shall not be bound by an act of the relator bringing the action. The relator shall have the right to continue as a party to the action, subject to the following limitations:||(a) The state may dismiss the action notwithstanding the objections of the relator initiating the action if the court determines, after a hearing on the motion, that dismissal should be allowed.||(b) The state may settle the action with the defendant notwithstanding the objections of the relator initiating the action if the court determines, after a hearing, that the proposed settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable under all the circumstances. Upon a showing of good cause, the hearing may be held in camera.||II. Notwithstanding RSA 167:61-c, the state may elect to pursue its claim through any alternate remedy available to the state, including any administrative proceeding to determine a civil monetary penalty. If any such alternate remedy is pursued in another proceeding, the relator initiating the action shall have the same rights in the proceeding as the relator would have had if the action had continued under this section. Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made in such other proceeding that has become final shall be conclusive on all parties to an action under this section.||III. The parties to the action shall receive court approval of any settlements reached.|||Source. 2004, 167:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:62 (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Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:62 - Repealed by 1990, 228:4, eff. June 26, 1990.

    167:62 Repealed by 1990, 228:4, eff. June 26, 1990. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:63 (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 167:63 - Definitions.

    167:63 Definitions. –||As used in this subdivision:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health and human services.||II. "Department" means New Hampshire department of health and human services.||III. [Repealed.]||IV. "Hospital" means general hospitals required to be licensed under RSA 151, but not including government facilities.||V. "Medicaid" means the New Hampshire medicaid assistance program as described in RSA 161 and RSA 167, and in Title XIX of the Social Security Act as amended.|||Source. 1991, 299:5. 1993, 4:16, III. 2011, 224:35, eff. July 1, 2011. 2014, 158:14, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:65 (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 167:65 - Duties of Commissioner.

    167:65 Duties of Commissioner. –||The commissioner shall:||I. Develop the uncompensated care payment system in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of RSA 167:64 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act as amended and describe the system in an amendment to the state Medicaid plan.||II. [Repealed.]||III. [Repealed.]||IV. Adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, as necessary, to implement this system.|||Source. 1991, 299:5; 390:8. 1993, 4:13, 16, V. 2009, 144:212. 2011, 224:37, 41. 2013, 144:49, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:66 (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 167:66 - Short Title.

    167:66 Short Title. –||This subdivision may be referred to as "The Children's Health Plan."|||Source. 1993, 358:54, eff. July 8, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:67 (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 167:67 - Findings and Purpose.

    167:67 Findings and Purpose. –||I. The general court finds that at least 30,000 New Hampshire children lack health insurance. The lack of available, comprehensive maternity and child health services imposes a great cost, in both human and financial terms, on the citizens of this state. Both government and industry have long recognized the need for continual reinvestment in physical plant, public infrastructure, marketing, research and development, but less attention has been paid to the need for investment in our state's human resources. At a time when growing economic competition makes it essential that New Hampshire have a high quality work force, spending on programs to develop that work force is a necessary investment.||II. That investment begins with healthy beginnings for children, including early and comprehensive prenatal care and comprehensive primary and preventive child health and developmental services. Equally important, maternal and child preventive health and child development programs are highly cost effective simply from the perspective of health care and special education cost avoidance. Studies show that modest investments in preventive programs today will reduce long-term health and welfare spending by the states tomorrow. Thus, the cost to New Hampshire of not providing adequate access to maternal and child health services can be measured in wasted lives, rising costs of remedial health and social programs, and a work force increasingly unprepared for the challenges of international economic competition. Recent federal legislation regarding medicaid coverage for low-income pregnant women and children has created an unparalleled opportunity for federal cost sharing in state programs that serve this high risk population.||III. The purpose of this subdivision is to make a needed and strategic investment in this state's human resources by taking advantage of federally created options to obtain additional federal financial assistance by expanding medicaid eligibility for low income pregnant women and children. This subdivision also provides for improved outreach and enrollment of medicaid eligible pregnant women and children and improved coordination of medicaid services for pregnant women and children with other publicly-funded programs providing maternal and child health services.|||Source. 1993, 358:54, eff. July 8, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:68-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 167:68-a - Home Visiting Programs.

    167:68-a Home Visiting Programs. –||Home visiting programs for children and their families established pursuant to this subdivision shall be made available to all Medicaid eligible pregnant women, infants, and families with children up to age one, without restriction. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to administering this section.|||Source. 2019, 285:1, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2021, 91:418, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:69 (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 167:69 - to 167:75 Repealed by 2003, 319:145, I, eff. July 1, 2003.

    167:69 to 167:75 Repealed by 2003, 319:145, I, eff. July 1, 2003. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:76 (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 167:76 - Repealed by 1995, 310:170, X, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

    167:76 Repealed by 1995, 310:170, X, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-a - Work Participation Rates.

    167:77-a Work Participation Rates. –||The department shall make strong efforts to meet the work participation rate requirements of the federal TANF program, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.||I. Efforts may include the following actions:||(a) Using state funds not claimed as maintenance of effort for the federal TANF program to provide benefits for categories of families who are exempt from the state's work activity requirements or who have good cause reasons for not participating.||(b) Developing a diversion program for applicants for the employment program for up to 4 months to provide enhanced assessment and job placement services.||(c) Making a claim for additional caseload reduction credits based on state spending above the minimum to meet the federal TANF maintenance of effort requirement.||(d) Assigning participants into work activities that count toward the federal work participation rate where alternative activities are not better suited to assist the participant to enter, re-enter, and maintain employment and move toward self-sufficiency.||(e) Providing continuing assistance to participants who are meeting the hour requirements in an unsubsidized job, as specified in RSA 167:85, VIII.||II. The department shall submit a report to the oversight committee for health and human services, established in RSA 126-A:13, relative to actions taken to increase the work participation rate reported to the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The department also shall provide the oversight committee with an estimate of whether the state shall meet the federal requirements for each federal fiscal year by January 15 of that fiscal year.|||Source. 2007, 349:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. 2015, 259:13, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-b - Performance Measurement System.

    167:77-b Performance Measurement System. –||I. The department shall establish a performance measurement system designed to assist the department in meeting the goals of the TANF reauthorization program, including a mission statement identifying values that focus on qualitative outcomes. The measurement system shall be adopted on or before January 1, 2008. The system shall include: measurement and tracking of individual employee performance; tracking and analysis of programmatic outcomes; and tracking of other data or information otherwise useful in establishing success in moving clients into work participation, as defined by federal law. The department shall, for each indicator, develop performance and benchmark scores that reflect normal or expected performance. In developing these indicators, the department shall consult with the oversight committee on health and human services, established in RSA 126-A:13.||II. The department shall prepare an annual report that includes data and comparison with prior years and indicates normal or expected performance levels. Each annual report shall be submitted to the oversight committee on health and human services, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, and the appropriate legislative policy committees. The first such report shall be submitted by December 15, 2007.|||Source. 2007, 349:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-c - Outcome Measurement System.

    167:77-c Outcome Measurement System. –||I. The oversight committee established by RSA 126-A:13 shall monitor changes to the state TANF program made as a result of the federal reauthorization of TANF in 2005 and shall provide informational meetings on such changes to the general court.||II. The department of health and human services shall provide the federal Administration for Children and Families with the data requested by that agency to calculate the national TANF high performance rankings regardless of whether financial bonuses are paid for performance.||III. Success of the TANF program shall be based on research and statistical analysis to determine if the goals of moving TANF clients towards long term economic independence set forth in RSA 167:77, IV and V are met.||IV. The department shall establish an outcome measurement system with the following areas of analysis:||(a) The number and percent of cash assistance recipients who close each month due to employment, the average hourly, weekly, and monthly wages, the average total weekly and monthly total income, the number and percent who return to cash assistance after 3, 6, and 12 months.||(b) Numbers and percentages of TANF families that leave TANF and ranking of their income compared to the federal poverty level and the New Hampshire living wage.||(c) Poverty and child poverty rates and out of wedlock births and the national ranking of New Hampshire.||(d) The reasons for caseload increases and decreases with analysis of numbers and reasons for openings, denials, and closings and the numbers and reasons for sanctions and denials due to noncompliance with program requirements.||V. The department shall develop and maintain the indicators for the program outcomes listed in paragraph IV, subject to review and approval by the oversight committee on health and human services. The department shall submit a report to the oversight committee each January.|||Source. 2007, 349:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. 2015, 259:14, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-d - TANF Pilot Diversion Program and Study.

    167:77-d TANF Pilot Diversion Program and Study. –||The department shall perform a diversion program and study for a limited population of TANF applicants who receive an assessment and benefits prior to entry into the TANF program. The study shall assess the program's feasibility and effectiveness, as well as the impact of the diversion program on work participation rates. The department shall report its findings to the oversight committee on health and human services on December 31, 2007 and each December 31 thereafter, for the duration of the program.|||Source. 2007, 349:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-e - Assistance Program for 2-Parent Families With Dependent Children.

    167:77-e Assistance Program for 2-Parent Families With Dependent Children. –||Subject to available public and/or private funds, the department may establish a non-TANF financial assistance program for 2-parent needy families with dependent children in which one parent is underemployed or unemployed. With the exception of parental underemployment or unemployment, client eligibility and program requirements and administration shall be in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.|||Source. 2007, 349:2. 2010, Sp. Sess., 1:2. 2011, 224:286. 2013, 175:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2013. 2018, 204:3, eff. July 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-f - Career Ladder Initiatives.

    167:77-f Career Ladder Initiatives. –||The commissioner shall work cooperatively with the Career One Stop Centers and the Workforce Investment Boards to develop career ladder initiatives for employment program clients and former employment program clients.||I. Career ladder initiatives shall:||(a) Promote both increased pay and increased benefits.||(b) Match the needs of the local economy.||(c) Focus on current in-demand occupations with the state.||(d) Explore self employment opportunities.||(e) Share TANF and WIA funding to the extent possible.||II. The department shall report its progress to the oversight committee on health and human services no later than January 1.|||Source. 2007, 349:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. 2015, 259:15, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:77-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 167:77-g - Adjustment of TANF Financial Assistance.

    167:77-g Adjustment of TANF Financial Assistance. –||The maximum monthly cash benefit under this subdivision shall be equal to 60 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, based upon the applicable household size and composition, as determined annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.|||Source. 2017, 156:83, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:80 (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 167:80 - Eligibility; Income.

    167:80 Eligibility;  Income. –||I. Eligibility for assistance shall be based in part on the available countable earned and unearned income of the persons in the assistance group.||II. The department shall establish income limits for applicant and participant assistance groups by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||III. All forms of earned and unearned income shall be counted unless specifically excluded pursuant to paragraph IV.||IV. The following types of income shall be excluded when determining eligibility for assistance:||(a) Advance earned income tax credit.||(b) Earned income from dependent children who are full-time students in primary or secondary school or equivalent.||(c) Payment in kind.||(d) Vendor payments.||(e) Interest and dividends from countable resources.||(f) Educational scholarships, grants, and loans.||(g) Any income that is not legally available to the assistance group.||(h) Federal, state, and local means-tested assistance other than means-tested assistance that is defined as included by the department by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||(i) Any other type of income excluded by the department by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A as necessary to promote the purpose and goals of this subdivision.||V. The treatment of non-recurring lump sum payments relative to eligibility shall be determined by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1995, 310:62. 1996, 170:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:81 (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 167:81 - Eligibility; Resources.

    167:81 Eligibility;  Resources. –||I. Eligibility for assistance shall be based in part on the equity value of all countable resources available to the assistance group.||II. The department shall establish resource limits for applicant and participant assistance groups by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||III. All resources owned by any member of the assistance group shall be considered as countable unless specifically excluded by paragraph IV.||IV. The following resources shall be excluded when determining eligibility for assistance:||(a) The primary residence of the household.||(b) One vehicle per parent or caretaker relative.||(c) Resources belonging to and used solely by a business.||(d) All household possessions.||(e) Any resource that is not legally available to the assistance group.||(f) Farm equipment.||(g) Any other resource as determined by the department by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A as necessary to promote the purpose and goals of this subdivision.||V. The treatment of non-recurring lump sum payments relative to eligibility shall be determined by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1995, 310:62, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:81-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 167:81-a - Eligibility; Individuals Exempt From Federal Law Which Denies Assistance and Benefits for Certain Drug-Related Felony Convictions.

    167:81-a Eligibility;  Individuals Exempt From Federal Law Which Denies Assistance and Benefits for Certain Drug-Related Felony Convictions. –||Pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, section 115(a)(1)-(2) of Public Law 104-19, all individuals domiciled in this state shall be exempt from the application of section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-19 which makes any individual ineligible for certain state and federal assistance if that individual has been convicted under federal or state law of any offense which is classified as a felony by the law of the jurisdiction and which has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance as defined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).|||Source. 1997, 157:1, eff. Aug. 8, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:82-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 167:82-a - Infringement on Rights of Other Employees Prohibited; Limited Employee Status.

    167:82-a Infringement on Rights of Other Employees Prohibited;  Limited Employee Status. –||I. The employment program shall not require individuals to participate in the employment program in any way contrary to federal law under section 407(f) of the Social Security Act.||II. No participant in the employment program shall be required to work in subsidized employment for more hours than would be needed to produce an equivalent compensation if the participant were paid at the federal minimum wage level, unless a greater number of hours is necessary for the participant to meet federal work participation requirements.||III. Participants in the employment program shall receive the protections regarding sexual harassment and work conditions, not related to compensation and benefits, which are available to regular employees in that workplace such as safe environment, non-discrimination, and adequate rest and meal periods.|||Source. 1997, 279:1. 2006, 325:9, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.|