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NH Rev Stat § 167:84 (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 167:84 - Family Assistance Program.

    167:84 Family Assistance Program. –||I. The family assistance program shall provide financial assistance for dependent children who:||(a) Are deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity of a parent; and||(b) Reside with either their nonable-bodied specified relative or a caretaker relative who is not included in the assistance group. Financial assistance shall be provided to the parents of the dependent child for the benefit of the child. Financial assistance may be provided to the nonable-bodied caretaker relative for the benefit of the child.||II. An applicant shall meet all eligibility requirements under RSA 167:79, II, III, IV, V, VI(a), RSA 167:80 and RSA 167:81 to be eligible for financial assistance under this section, and shall be subject to applicable sanctions,including case closure, under RSA 167:82, III(a), III(b), and III(f).||III. Persons eligible for financial assistance under this section shall be eligible for medical assistance as categorically needy pursuant to RSA 167:82, VI.||IV. Financial assistance payments shall be pursuant to RSA 167:82, VII.||V. Administration of the family assistance program shall be pursuant to RSA 167:83, I(a), I(c), II, III, and IV.|||Source. 1995, 310:62. 2006, 325:13, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:86 (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 167:86 - Support Services.

    167:86 Support Services. –||The commissioner shall reimburse persons for necessary travel, child care, and other support service expenses incurred while conducting employment program activities. The amount shall be determined by the commissioner by rules pursuant to RSA 541-A. Child care shall be appropriate and safe. The lack of such care shall be considered good cause for deferral from participation.|||Source. 1995, 310:62, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:87 (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 167:87 - Commissioner's Duty to Provide Information.

    167:87 Commissioner's Duty to Provide Information. –||The commissioner shall inform applicants and participants in writing and, if appropriate, orally, of available program activities and support services. Information concerning the employment program and participant responsibilities shall be provided, including:||I. The rights, responsibilities, requirements, and obligations of applicants and participants including, but not limited to, the grounds for deferral from participation and the consequences of refusing or failing to cooperate and fully participate.||II. The rights, responsibilities, requirements, and obligations of the department.|||Source. 1995, 310:62, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:88 (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 167:88 - Employment Assessment; Employment Contract.

    167:88 Employment Assessment;  Employment Contract. –||I. The commissioner shall assess a participant's ability for employment based on:||(a) Such person's work experience, skills, training, education, physical abilities, local labor market area conditions, and if appropriate, aptitude and vocational interests.||(b) Such person's child care, transportation, and other support service needs.||(c) Any other factors that the employment program considers relevant in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||II. The commissioner may make the assessment in paragraph I through various methods, including, but not limited to, interviews, testing, counseling sessions, and self-assessment instruments. Participants identified as needing additional services not provided by the commissioner may be referred to community agencies, resources, and services.||III. Assessments and analysis of outcomes shall be used to determine the activities to which an individual is mandated to participate and such assessment criteria and the resulting assignment shall be described in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||IV. The commissioner shall develop an employment contract in conjunction with the participant. To the extent that it is feasible and consistent with the purpose and goals of this subdivision, the employment contract shall reflect the preferences of the participant with respect to goals for employment, training, or education. The employment contract shall:||(a) Indicate employment goals for achieving long-term economic independence, including goals for immediate employment in the labor market.||(b) Outline a planned series of action steps necessary to achieve employment goals.||(c) Include mandatory participation in any employment-related activities as assigned by the employment program.||(d) Describe the services to be provided by the employment program.||(e) Identify the support service needs of the participant and indicate how those needs are being addressed.||V. The commissioner shall make the final approval of the employment contract.|||Source. 1995, 310:62. 2006, 325:15. 2007, 349:15, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:89 (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 167:89 - Case Management.

    167:89 Case Management. –||The commissioner may assign a case manager to a participant, as needed.|||Source. 1995, 310:62, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:90 (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 167:90 - Job Search Programs.

    167:90 Job Search Programs. –||The commissioner shall provide appropriate employment services, as funding and resources permit, including job referrals, job development, workshops, counseling, labor market information, vocational assessment and testing, and referral to appropriate community agencies and resources. The commissioner shall operate structured job search activities, referred to as Job Club, in all employment program offices. Job Club shall be staffed by positions funded from the TANF reserve of 100 percent federal funds. These positions shall be in addition to the staffing of the employment program office.|||Source. 1995, 310:62. 2006, 325:21. 2007, 349:16, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:91-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 167:91-a - Infringement on Rights of Other Employees Prohibited.

    167:91-a Infringement on Rights of Other Employees Prohibited. –||I. The work experience and community service program shall not permit individuals in the employment program to participate in any way contrary to federal law under section 407(f) of the Social Security Act.||II. No participant in the work experience and community service program shall be required to work 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 work experience and community service 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.||IV. Participants in the work experience and community service program administered by the state shall be considered employees of both the state and the sponsor for workers' compensation purposes only, and any claims for workers' compensation thereunder shall be charged to the temporary assistance to needy families program. The state and the sponsor shall both be entitled to the exclusivity of remedy provisions of RSA 281-A:8. For purposes other than workers' compensation, the state shall not be vicariously liable for the actions or omissions of the sponsor and the sponsor shall not be vicariously liable for the actions or omissions of the state. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any direct contractual liability between the state and the sponsor.|||Source. 1997, 279:2. 1998, 379:2. 2006, 325:17, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:91-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 167:91-b - Work Experience and Community Service Program Participants; Workers' Compensation Eligibility.

    167:91-b Work Experience and Community Service Program Participants;  Workers' Compensation Eligibility. –||I. For the purposes of RSA 281-A, an employment program participant is an employee of both the state and the sponsor. In the event that it is determined that the participant has been subject to an injury or occupational disease producing a disability arising out of and in the course of participation in the employment program, the program shall not provide compensation pursuant to RSA 281-A:28, 281-A:28-a, 281-A:31, and 281-A:31-a, but the participant shall receive benefits from the employment program while otherwise eligible, or compensation equivalent to those benefits if the participant becomes ineligible for benefits under RSA 167. When determining the amount of compensation provided pursuant to RSA 281-A:32 for a scheduled permanent impairment award, the amount of compensation shall be calculated by using the minimum wage at the time of injury multiplied by the average number of hours worked per week or the number of hours agreed to by the program and the participant, whichever is higher.||II. The department of health and human services may provide this benefit by appropriate means including purchasing and serving as the master policyholder for any insurance, by self-insurance or by administrative services contract. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other provisions of RSA 281-A apply.|||Source. 1998, 379:3. 2006, 325:17, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:92 (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 167:92 - Suitable Employment.

    167:92 Suitable Employment. –||The commissioner, in determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, shall consider the following:||I. The degree of risk involved to a participant's health, safety, and morals.||II. A participant's physical fitness.||III. A participant's prior training and experience.||IV. A participant's prospects for securing, in the local labor market area, work in his or her customary occupation.||V. The distance of the available work from a participant's residence, provided that such distance shall not be substantially greater than that distance to all those places to which others living in the same town or city travel for work which utilizes similar or related skills or services, and also to where a participant acquired previous annual earnings.||VI. A participant's prior earnings and length of unemployment. Prior earnings may be given more weight initially in the first 26 weeks of the job search program than their length of unemployment.|||Source. 1995, 310:62, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:93 (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 167:93 - Administrative Fines.

    167:93 Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner of health and human services, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 488.438 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of RSA 167 or any rule adopted pursuant to such chapter relative to nursing home enforcement. Rehearings and appeals under this section shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the enforcement of this section.|||Source. 1996, 163:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:93-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 167:93-a - Repealed by 2007, 349:19, I, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.

    167:93-a Repealed by 2007, 349:19, I, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:93-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 167:93-b - Repealed by 2007, 349:19, II, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.

    167:93-b Repealed by 2007, 349:19, II, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:93-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 167:93-c - Repealed by 2007, 349:19, III, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.

    167:93-c Repealed by 2007, 349:19, III, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:93-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 167:93-d - Repealed by 2007, 349:19, IV, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.

    167:93-d Repealed by 2007, 349:19, IV, eff. Sept. 14, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:94 (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 167:94 - Repealed by 2017, 195:10, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.

    167:94 Repealed by 2017, 195:10, eff. Sept. 3, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:95 (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 167:95 - Purposes of the Fund.

    167:95 Purposes of the Fund. –||The principal assets and interest earnings from the fund shall be used exclusively by the department of health and human services for the development of the community-based infrastructure needed to implement the community initiatives contained in the department's long-term care plan. No expenditures may be made for the purposes of political or legislative advocacy.|||Source. 1998, 388:11, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:96 (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 167:96 - Available Assets.

    167:96 Available Assets. –||Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the state treasurer shall annually, on or before October 1, certify an amount to the commissioner which shall be the sum of the market value of the principal assets and interest earnings held in the fund available to be expended under RSA 167:95. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds authorized for expenditure shall not be reduced by any funds made available from other sources.|||Source. 1998, 388:11, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:97 (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 167:97 - Restrictions on Support.

    167:97 Restrictions on Support. –||In developing the community-based infrastructure pursuant to RSA 169:95 or in any other program, the department shall act as a single state agency on aging and shall not establish or provide support to area agencies on aging.|||Source. 1998, 388:11, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-B - Marriage Counseling Referral Service|Section 167-B:1 - Service Established; Court Referrals.

    167-B:1 Service Established;  Court Referrals. –||Whenever a petition for divorce or petition for legal separation has been filed with the superior court the presiding justice or his or her authorized representative, subject to rules to be established by the superior court, pending a hearing upon the merits, shall exercise his or her discretion to determine if the matter before the court shall be referred for marriage counseling to an approved family service agency within the jurisdiction of the court. If the parties are insured, the referral shall be made with due consideration to identifying a counselor who accepts direct payment from the parties' health insurance carrier. Any such referral shall be binding upon the petitioner and upon any petitionee who enters an appearance or otherwise submits himself or herself to the court's jurisdiction.|||Source. 1961, 276:1. 2004, 114:2. 2011, 106:2, eff. July 30, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-B - Marriage Counseling Referral Service|Section 167-B:2 - Voluntary Applications.

    167-B:2 Voluntary Applications. –||Any person desiring marriage counseling may apply directly to an approved family service agency or may be referred thereto by an authorized representative of the commissioner of health and human services, but all such counseling shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner who may promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the administration of the provisions hereof.|||Source. 1961, 276:1. 1963, 211:1, eff. July 2, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-B - Marriage Counseling Referral Service|Section 167-B:3 - Approved Agencies.

    167-B:3 Approved Agencies. –||An approved family service agency within the meaning of this chapter shall be those agencies approved by the commissioner of health and human services and which are located within the jurisdiction of the superior court making the referral or located within the county in which the applicant for counseling resides.|||Source. 1961, 276:1. 1963, 211:2, eff. July 2, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-B - Marriage Counseling Referral Service|Section 167-B:4 - Supervision and Administration.

    167-B:4 Supervision and Administration. –||The duties of the department of health and human services with respect to this chapter shall be:||(a) To inspect periodically case files of all referrals to any family service agency to determine the value and quality of the service rendered.||(b) To maintain records of all referrals and requests, of action taken and services provided, in sufficient detail so that the effectiveness of the program can be evaluated and recommendations made to the legislature.||(c) To pay, in accordance with the terms of this chapter, all invoices presented by participating family service agencies for referrals, but only if such invoices have been submitted in accordance with procedures established by the administering agency.|||Source. 1961, 276:1. 1963, 211:3. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-B - Marriage Counseling Referral Service|Section 167-B:5 - Reimbursement to Referral Agencies.

    167-B:5 Reimbursement to Referral Agencies. –||Participating family service agencies shall be reimbursed as follows:||(a) $10 for the first consultation;||(b) $5 each for the next 3 consultations actually held;||(c) No reimbursement shall be made unless the person consulting a referral agency was referred by the court or approved by the commissioner, as provided herein, and no reimbursement shall be made after 4 consultations.|||Source. 1961, 276:1. 1963, 211:4, eff. July 2, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-C - White Cane Law|Section 167-C:1 - Policy.

    167-C:1 Policy. –||It is the policy of the state of New Hampshire to encourage and enable the blind, the visually disabled, and the otherwise physically disabled to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.|||Source. 1971, 351:1. 1990, 140:2, X, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-C - White Cane Law|Section 167-C:2 - Repealed by 2011, 170:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

    167-C:2 Repealed by 2011, 170:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-C - White Cane Law|Section 167-C:3 - Penalty.

    167-C:3 Penalty. –||Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with the admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in RSA 167-D or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind or otherwise disabled person as provided in RSA 167-C or RSA 167-D shall be fined not more than $25.|||Source. 1971, 351:1. 1983, 275:6, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-C - White Cane Law|Section 167-C:4 - White Cane Safety Day.

    167-C:4 White Cane Safety Day. –||Each year, the governor shall take suitable public notice of October 15 as White Cane Safety Day. He shall issue a proclamation in which he:||I. Comments upon the significance of the white cane;||II. Calls upon the citizens of the state to observe the provisions of the white cane law and to take precautions necessary to the safety of the disabled;||III. Reminds the citizens of the state of the policies with respect to the disabled herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving effect to them;||IV. Emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, or other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.|||Source. 1971, 351:1, eff. Aug. 24, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 167-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167-C - White Cane Law|Section 167-C:5 - Employment of Blind Persons.

    167-C:5 Employment of Blind Persons. –||It is the policy of this state that the blind, the visually disabled, and the otherwise physically disabled shall be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.|||Source. 1971, 351:1. 1990, 140:2, X, eff. June 18, 1990.|