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NH Rev Stat § 115-A:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-A - Aid for Veterans' Programs|Section 115-A:29 - Veteran Holidays.

    115-A:29 Veteran Holidays. –||I. Any veteran who has received an honorable discharge from the United States armed forces shall have a preference not to work during the 24 hours comprising Veterans Day without penalty provided that the employee gives advance notice in accordance with the employer's policies and procedures. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require the employer to pay the veteran for wages on Veterans Day if the veteran chooses not to work in accordance with this subdivision.||II. Any emergency responder such as a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, 911 operator, and medical personnel who is a veteran and has received an honorable discharge from the United States armed forces and whose offices or supervisors require minimal staffing shall have the holiday preference described in paragraph I so long as there is another qualified emergency responder available.|||Source. 2009, 116:1, eff. Aug. 21, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:1 - Definitions.

    115-B:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Discrimination" means any act which results in the exclusion of an eligible veteran from entering a training program on the basis of veteran status.||II. "Eligible veteran" means a person who:||(a) Served on active duty and was discharged or released from active duty with an honorable discharge;||(b) Was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or||(c) As a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty, served on active duty during a period of war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge or ribbon is authorized and was discharged or released from such duty with an honorable discharge.||III. "Priority of service" means the priority of service to participate in a training program offered an eligible veteran, as defined in paragraph II, who meets the basic eligibility requirements of a training program, as defined in paragraph V.||IV. "Reserve component" includes any branch of the military which is called up to active duty, including any military defense forces.||V. "Training program" means any program which offers citizens of New Hampshire training opportunities and is funded in whole or in part by the state of New Hampshire or the federal government.||VI. "Training provider" means any state agency or nonprofit or for-profit entity which administers or provides direct or indirect training that is funded in whole or part by the federal government or the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1997, 80:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:2 - Program Eligibility.

    115-B:2 Program Eligibility. –||For a veteran to be given priority of service for a specific training program, the veteran shall first meet the eligibility criteria and qualification requirements of the specific training program.|||Source. 1997, 80:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:3 - Application for Priority of Service.

    115-B:3 Application for Priority of Service. –||A veteran shall apply for veterans priority of service with the training provider. The veteran is responsible for furnishing proof of service in the form of a copy of such veteran's DD214 certificate of release or discharge from active duty prior to the beginning of training.|||Source. 1997, 80:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:4 - Priority Placement.

    115-B:4 Priority Placement. –||Any eligible veteran who has applied for priority of service in a training program, has provided proof of veterans status, and has met all basic criteria for the program shall be given priority placement into the program.|||Source. 1997, 80:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:5 - Discrimination Complaints.

    115-B:5 Discrimination Complaints. –||Complaints of discrimination arising under this chapter shall be investigated and remedied to the extent allowed by law. Complaints shall be made to the division of veterans services by the veteran or such veteran's authorized representative.|||Source. 1997, 80:2. 2010, 119:7, eff. July 31, 2010. 2019, 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-B - Veterans Priority for Training Programs|Section 115-B:6 - Federal Law.

    115-B:6 Federal Law. –||Provisions of this chapter shall be superseded by federal laws and regulations which are more stringent or provide specific veterans preference or priority of service relative to administering training programs or training program grants to the states.|||Source. 1997, 80:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-C - Veterans' Legal Aid Advocacy Project|Section 115-C:1 - Purpose.

    115-C:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to address the unmet, dire civil legal needs of New Hampshire's veterans, and to advocate and safeguard veterans' benefits or preferences to which they may be entitled under any state or federal laws or regulations, particularly in the areas of housing, employment and unemployment, and veterans' disability and pension claims.|||Source. 2010, 225:2, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-C - Veterans' Legal Aid Advocacy Project|Section 115-C:2 - Eligibility.

    115-C:2 Eligibility. –||Persons eligible for services from the veterans' legal aid advocacy project shall:||I. Meet the definition of "veteran" as provided in RSA 21:50;||II. Be ordered to active duty resulting from action by Congress or the President, under any law, for an expansion of the active armed forces in accordance with 10 U.S.C. sections 12301, 12302, 12304, 12305, or successor statutes; or||III. Be discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, as long as the discharge was caused, in some way, by traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual trauma, a combat related injury or illness, or other traumatic injuries or illnesses.|||Source. 2010, 225:2, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-C - Veterans' Legal Aid Advocacy Project|Section 115-C:3 - Duties.

    115-C:3 Duties. –||I. The veterans' legal aid advocacy project shall work to improve the lives of New Hampshire veterans through legal aid advocacy on behalf of veterans in civil matters.||II. The state veterans council shall serve as the veterans intake coordinator for the veterans' legal aid advocacy project.||III. New Hampshire Legal Assistance shall provide legal representation to veterans in a manner consistent with the purpose outlined in RSA 115-C:1 and the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct.||IV. The state veterans council and New Hampshire Legal Assistance shall do outreach with veterans' service organizations and homeless shelters to reach the veteran homeless population that may need legal aid advocacy services.||V. The state veterans council, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and the pro bono section of the New Hampshire Bar Association shall coordinate with the veterans' service organizations, the New Hampshire National Guard, and other veterans' service providers, in the efficient provision of veterans' legal aid advocacy services. The state veterans council and New Hampshire Legal Assistance shall create general guidelines on case acceptance and priorities, reviewing those guidelines and priorities every 2 years.||VI. The state veterans council, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and the Pro Bono Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association shall work to increase the number of private attorneys for referrals of veterans' cases, including, but not limited to, veterans' family law cases.||VII. The state veterans council, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and the Pro Bono Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association shall work to provide information sessions and legal advice for veterans and their families.||VIII. The veterans' legal aid advocacy project shall provide legal aid training to veterans' advocates.||IX. The veterans' legal aid advocacy project shall report annually to the governor, the general court, and the state veterans council on the number of veterans served, the results, and the number of veterans that could not be served.|||Source. 2010, 225:2, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-C - Veterans' Legal Aid Advocacy Project|Section 115-C:4 - Funding.

    115-C:4 Funding. –||Funding for the veterans' legal advocacy project established by this chapter shall be contingent upon the receipt of grants or federal funds for such purpose. The veterans' legal advocacy project shall report on the availability and acquisition of federal appropriations and grants to the governor and the general court.|||Source. 2010, 225:2, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-D - Commission on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury|Section 115-D:1 - Commission Established.

    115-D:1 Commission Established. –||There is established the New Hampshire commission on post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury to develop, coordinate, and oversee the recommendations identified in the report submitted by the commission to study the effects of service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury suffered in the line of duty by members of the armed forces and veterans.|||Source. 2011, 84:1, eff. May 16, 2011. 2014, 135:2, eff. June 16, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-D - Commission on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury|Section 115-D:3 - Duties.

    115-D:3 Duties. –||I. The commission shall ensure the continued effectiveness of the report issued by the commission to study the effects of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) by evaluating its implementation, producing progress reports, and recommending program changes, initiatives, funding opportunities, and new priorities to update the report. The commission shall be a proponent for improving the access to care and quality of care for veterans and service members who suffer with PTSD and TBI.||II. To assist the commission in the performance of its duties, the chairperson shall create committees. The chairperson shall initially create committees to address the following issues:||(a) Stigma reduction.||(b) Community education and training.||(c) Continuum of care development.||(d) Other special projects or areas of concern.||III. The chairperson shall appoint at least 2 commission members to serve on each committee and shall designate a chairperson or co-chairpersons for each.||IV. Based upon recommendations from each committee, the commission chairperson may appoint as many individuals as necessary to serve as adjunct members of each for a term of one year.||V. Each committee shall:||(a) Develop its goals and objectives based on the report.||(b) Identify program areas where improved military and civilian coordination is needed.||(c) Focus on improving access to care and quality of care for veterans and service members.|||Source. 2011, 84:1, eff. May 16, 2011. 2014, 135:2, eff. June 16, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-D - Commission on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury|Section 115-D:4 - Chairperson; Quorum.

    115-D:4 Chairperson;  Quorum. –||The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Fourteen members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.|||Source. 2011, 84:1. 2012, 81:2, eff. May 23, 2012. 2014, 135:2, eff. June 16, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 115-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 115-D - Commission on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury|Section 115-D:5 - Report.

    115-D:5 Report. –||Beginning on November 1, 2014, and every November 1, thereafter, the commission shall submit an annual report of its activities and any proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over health and human services issues, the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over veterans affairs, the chairperson of the oversight committee on health and human services, the chairperson of the fiscal committee of the general court, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, the members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation, and the state library.|||Source. 2011, 84:1. 2012, 81:3, eff. May 23, 2012. 2013, 229:6, eff. July 15, 2013. 2014, 135:2, eff. June 16, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 116:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 116 - Commitment to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency|Section 116:1 - Commitment to Institutions.

    116:1 Commitment to Institutions. –||Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the status of such person as may be required by law that commitment to a hospital for mental diseases or other institution is necessary for safekeeping or treatment and it appears that such person is eligible for care or treatment by the veterans administration or other agency of United States government, the court, or other committing authorities, upon receipt of a certificate from the veterans administration or such other agency showing that facilities are available and that such person is eligible for care or treatment therein, may commit such person to said veterans administration or other agency. Upon commitment, such person, when admitted to any facility operated by any such agency within or without this state, shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the veterans administration or other such agency. With respect to the person so committed the chief officer of such facility shall have the same power and control over said person as would the superintendent of the state institution to which said person otherwise would have been committed. Jurisdiction is retained in the appropriate court of this state at any time to inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed, and to determine the necessity for continuance of his restraint, and all commitments pursuant to this chapter are so conditioned.|||Source. 1949, 132:1, eff. April 11, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 116:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 116 - Commitment to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency|Section 116:2 - Order of Commitment.

    116:2 Order of Commitment. –||The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia, committing a person to the veterans administration, or such other agency of the United States government for care or treatment shall have the same force and effect as to the committed person while in this state as in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the judgment or making the order; and the courts of the committing state, or of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person so committed for the purpose of inquiring into the mental condition of such person, and of determining the necessity for continuance of his restraint, as is provided in RSA 116:1 with respect to persons committed by the courts of this state. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the committing state or district in respect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the veterans administration, or of any such institution operated in this state by any other such agency of the United States to retain custody, or transfer, parole or discharge the committed person.|||Source. 1949, 132:1, par. 2, eff. April 11, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 116:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 116 - Commitment to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency|Section 116:3 - Certification of Available Facilities.

    116:3 Certification of Available Facilities. –||Upon receipt of a certificate of the veterans administration or such other agency of the United States, as provided in RSA 116:1, the superintendent of the institution may cause the transfer of such person to the veterans administration or other agency of the United States for care or treatment. Upon effecting any such transfer, the committing court or other committing authority shall be notified thereof by the transferring agency. No person shall be transferred to the veterans administration or other agency of the United States if he be confined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor or if he has been acquitted of the charge solely on the ground of insanity, unless prior to transfer the court or other authority originally committing such person shall enter an order for such transfer after appropriate motion and hearing.|||Source. 1949, 132:1, par. 3, eff. April 11, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 116:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 116 - Commitment to Veterans Administration or Other Federal Agency|Section 116:4 - Transfer Deemed Commitment.

    116:4 Transfer Deemed Commitment. –||Any person transferred as provided in this chapter shall be deemed to be committed to the veterans administration or other such agency of the United States pursuant to the original commitment.|||Source. 1949, 132:1, par. 4, eff. April 11, 1949.|
NH Rev Stat § 117:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 117 - Servicemen's Loans to Minors|Section 117:1 - Rights of Minors.

    117:1 Rights of Minors. –||The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for a loan, or guaranty or insurance of a loan, pursuant to the Act of the Congress of the United States entitled the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284), as heretofore or hereafter amended (38 U.S.C. 693 et seq.), and of the minor spouse of any eligible veteran, in connection with any transaction entered into pursuant to said act of the Congress of the United States, as heretofore or hereafter amended, shall not affect the binding effect of any obligation incurred by such eligible person or spouse as an incident to any such transaction, including incurring of indebtedness and acquiring, encumbering, selling, re-leasing, or conveying property, or any interest therein, if all or part of any such obligation be guaranteed or insured by the government or the administrator of veterans' affairs pursuant to said act and amendments thereto; or if the administrator be the creditor, by reason of a loan or a sale pursuant to said act and amendments. This chapter shall not create, or render enforceable, any other or greater rights or liabilities than would exist if neither such person nor such spouse were a minor.|||Source. 1945, 60:1; 178:1. 1953, 77:1, eff. April 10, 1953.|
NH Rev Stat § 119:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 119 - New Hampshire Veterans' Home|Section 119:1 - Establishment.

    119:1 Establishment. –||I. There is established in this state a home known as the New Hampshire veterans' home for the support, care, and treatment of veterans who have served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States as defined by 38 U.S.C. section 101, or in reserve units or in the New Hampshire army or air national guard, and have been honorably discharged therefrom. Except as provided in paragraph II, the veteran shall have been a resident of the state of New Hampshire for at least one year next preceding the veteran's application.||II. The one-year residency requirement shall be waived for the following veterans:||(a) A veteran whose DD214 certificate or any document used by the veterans' home for admission states a New Hampshire address as his or her home of record upon discharge from active duty.||(b) An active duty veteran who has a New Hampshire address as his or her home of record and who is being discharged directly from a medical facility.||III. The care of veterans under this section includes nursing care, assisted living, domiciliary, day care, dementia, chemical dependency and psychiatric services, and other related services and programs for any veteran otherwise eligible for admittance. Such services and programs shall be provided at the veterans' home or contracted through other organizations and facilities, both within and outside of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1889, 76:1. PS 13:1. 1917, 209:1. PL 12:1. RL 18:1. 1945, 186:1. RSA 119:1. 1967, 93:1. 1969, 14:1. 1973, 6:1. 1986, 81:1. 1987, 121:1. 1997, 18:1. 2007, 130:1. 2010, 176:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 119:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs|Title 119 - New Hampshire Veterans' Home|Section 119:1-a - Application of Statutes.

    119:1-a Application of Statutes. –||Whenever in the statutes the words "New Hampshire Soldiers' Home" or "Soldiers' Home" are used, they shall be construed as meaning the "New Hampshire Veterans' Home" or "Veterans' Home".|||Source. 1973, 6:2, eff. April 17, 1973.|