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NH Rev Stat § 165:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:31 - Work Program Requirements for Assisted Persons.

    165:31 Work Program Requirements for Assisted Persons. –||I. The overseer of public welfare may require any person who is receiving support under this chapter and who is physically able to work, to participate in the municipality's work program as a condition of continued eligibility for assistance. The overseer of public welfare of the town or city may require the person receiving aid to work for the town or city at any job which it has available that is within the capacity of the person receiving support. Such persons shall receive aid in return for such required work at a rate of exchange equivalent to the prevailing wage for the kind of work they are required to perform in the community from which they receive support, as determined by the municipality's pay schedules prevailing at the time of application for assistance. The amount an assisted person may be required to reimburse the town or city for aid received shall be reduced by the credits received from participation in the municipal work program.||II. The overseer of public welfare of the town or city may require the person receiving aid to perform services for a nonprofit organization if that organization has agreed to participate as a municipal work program, and has been approved by the overseer of public welfare, provided the person is credited according to the prevailing wage scale of that institution.||III. In no case shall participation in a work program be required of the following persons as a condition of receiving assistance:||(a) Single parents with children under the age of 5 years; and||(b) Persons with mental or physical disabilities, as determined by the overseer of public welfare.|||Source. 1965, 321:1. 1977, 59:1. 1985, 380:18. 1987, 261:1. 1996, 213:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:32 - Employment of Relatives.

    165:32 Employment of Relatives. –||No person who is otherwise eligible for support under this chapter shall receive such support unless and until all able-bodied adults under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, who are related to such person, regularly residing in the same household as such person, legally liable to contribute to the support of such person and not prevented from maintaining employment and contributing to the support of such person by reason of physical or mental disability or other substantial or other justifiable cause, are employed on a full-time basis. The amount or amounts earned by the persons obligated to maintain employment under this section shall be taken into consideration in determining the level of need for town or city support. Nothing in this section shall be so construed to deny to any minor dependent child any needed support to which he would otherwise be entitled. Unrelated adults living in the same household in loco parentis as to any such person seeking town or city support shall be obligated to contribute to the poor person's support to the same extent as the parent of such person, and in default thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as the parent of such person would be in such case.|||Source. 1969, 451:2. 1985, 380:19, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:33 - City or Town Districts.

    165:33 City or Town Districts. –||Any city or town may contract with one or more cities or towns to form districts. Such districts shall administer general assistance for which the respective city or town is responsible. The districts are authorized to establish the rate which will be paid to the districts by the respective city or town and to establish written guidelines under which general assistance shall be administered.|||Source. 1985, 380:20, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:34 - City or Town may Contract With County.

    165:34 City or Town may Contract With County. –||Any city or town may contract with its respective county to permit the county to act as its agent in administering general assistance for which the city or town is responsible. The city or town and the county are further authorized to establish the rate which will be paid by the cities or towns to the counties and to establish written guidelines under which general assistance shall be administered.|||Source. 1985, 380:20, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 165:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons|Section 165:35 - Repealed by 2021, 122:43, IV, eff. July 9, 2021.

    165:35 Repealed by 2021, 122:43, IV, eff. July 9, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:1 - Definitions.

    166:1 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "County assisted person" means an individual who is eligible for and receiving old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or nursing home care in an intermediate care facility. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to mean that the county is responsible for providing general assistance to any town or city assisted person, except in accordance with RSA 165:33 and 165:34.||II. "Disabled individual" means a person receiving state administered aid to the totally and permanently disabled, veteran's disability benefits, social security disability benefits, supplemental security income benefits, or other disability benefits administered under the state or federal government.||III. "Elderly" means anyone 55 years of age and older.|||Source. PS 85:1. PL 107:1. RL 125:1. RSA 166:1. 1979, 202:1. 1985, 380:21, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:1-a - Reimbursement of Funds by the County.

    166:1-a Reimbursement of Funds by the County. –||Each county shall reimburse the state for a pro rata share of all assistance furnished for old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and nursing home care to eligible individuals for which the county is liable. The county's share shall be established by the legislature as part of the operating budget. Under no circumstances, however, shall the county be liable for the cost of general assistance.|||Source. 1985, 380:22, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:2 - County Regulations.

    166:2 County Regulations. –||The county commissioners may make needful orders and regulations for the removal of county assisted persons to the county poor farm, or any other place by them designated; and no town shall be entitled to compensation for the support of a county assisted person after notice of, and neglect to comply with, such order.|||Source. 1860, 2349:1. GS 24:6. GL 25:6. PS 85:2. PL 107:2. RL 125:2. RSA 166:2. 1985, 380:47, 48, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:3, 166:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:3, 166:4 - Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    166:3, 166:4 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:5 - Town or City Contracts.

    166:5 Town or City Contracts. –||It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to contract with the overseers of public welfare of a town or city for the support of any county assisted persons therein who have resided for a long time or have local associations in such town or city and desire to remain there, if it is thought best to do so.|||Source. 1873, 45:1. GL 83:2. PS 85:6. 1919, 67:1. PL 107:6. RL 125:5. RSA 166:5. 1985, 380:45, 47, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:6 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    166:6 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:7 - Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    166:7 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:8 - Residents of Homes and Institutions.

    166:8 Residents of Homes and Institutions. –||Any person who is, or becomes, a recipient of old age assistance, aid to the permanently and totally disabled or intermediate care facility assistance while at a hospital, home for the aged, nursing home, rest home, convalescent home, residential care facility for adults, or similar facility, or an elderly or disabled person, who lives in a multiple unit rental dwelling which is fully or partially subsidized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or the United States Department of Agriculture's Farmers Home Administration, is the responsibility of the county in which he last resided before entering such institution.|||Source. 1895, 54:1. 1901, 49:1. PL 107:9. RL 125:8. 1953, 171:1. RSA 166:8. 1967, 192:5. 1975, 221:1. 1979, 202:2. 1985, 380:23. 1988, 289:2, eff. May 2, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:9 - Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    166:9 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:10 - Liability of Counties.

    166:10 Liability of Counties. –||Each county is responsible for the support of any county assisted person as defined in RSA 166:1 who resides in that county, except as provided in RSA 166:8.|||Source. GS 75:13. GL 83:15. PS 85:9. 1903, 67:3. PL 107:10. 1933, 137:3. RL 125:9. 1953, 119:1. RSA 166:10. 1967, 192:6. 1979, 243:2. 1985, 380:24, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:11 - Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    166:11 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:12 - Right of Action.

    166:12 Right of Action. –||Counties have the same rights of action to resolve disputed claims as provided for towns and cities by RSA 165:19 and 20 or as provided by RSA 28:16-19.|||Source. 1933, 137:4. RL 125:11. RSA 166:12. 1967, 192:7. 1977, 152:3. 1985, 380:25, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:13 - Repealed by 1985, 380:51, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

    166:13 Repealed by 1985, 380:51, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:14 - Removals by Order of Court.

    166:14 Removals by Order of Court. –||Every such poor and indigent person may be removed, by order of the superior court, from said county into the county from which he was so brought.|||Source. RS 67:10. CS 71:11. GS 75:10. GL 83:12. PS 85:12. PL 107:13. RL 125:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:15 - to 166:18 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

    166:15 to 166:18 Repealed by 1967, 192:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –|
NH Rev Stat § 166:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:19 - Recovery From Estates.

    166:19 Recovery From Estates. –||Any county furnishing any assistance to any person within 6 years preceding his death shall be entitled to recover from the estate of such person the sum or sums paid out for such assistance, the same to be a preferred claim against his said estate after the payment of his funeral charges, expense of last sickness and expenses of administration, provided he leaves no widow or minor children living at his decease.|||Source. 1903, 42:1. PL 107:19. RL 125:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:19-a - Assignment for Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses.

    166:19-a Assignment for Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses. –||I. Except when a county assisted person has made arrangements for a prepaid funeral, if the total liquid assets of a county assisted person at death are less than $1,000, there shall be an automatic assignment to the funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation of the deceased to the extent of funeral and burial or cremation expenses up to $1,000.||II. The funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation expenses may submit a notarized statement to the effect that he has paid the expenses, together with an itemized list of the expenses, to the entity holding the assets. Upon submission of the statement and the list, the person shall receive payment to the extent of the expenses authorized under this section.||III. The entity making the payment shall provide a receipt and shall send a copy of the receipt to the county commissioners.||IV. If no assets remain after a payment is made under this section, the entity making the payment shall so notify the probate court having jurisdiction over the estate.|||Source. 1981, 253:1. 1985, 380:47. 2000, 202:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:19-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:19-b - Recovery From Recipients.

    166:19-b Recovery From Recipients. –||Any county furnishing assistance to any person who is returned to an income status after receiving the assistance which enables him to reimburse the county without financial hardship, may recover from such person the amount of assistance provided.|||Source. 1981, 503:6, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:20 - Liens on Real Property.

    166:20 Liens on Real Property. –||The amount of money spent by a county to support a county assisted person under this chapter shall, except for just cause, be made a lien on any real estate owned by the county assisted person. The liens are effective during the lifetime of the county assisted person, or until enforced as provided in this chapter, or until released by the county commissioners. The county commissioners, in their discretion, may file a notice of the lien or an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien with the register of deeds of the county in which the county assisted person owns real property. A notice of lien which contains the owner's name and a description of the real property sufficient to identify it is a valid lien on the property. The register of deeds shall keep a suitable record of such notices without charging any fee therefor, and he shall enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction of the lien upon written request of the county commissioners, without fee.|||Source. 1965, 43:1. 1985, 380:47, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:21 - Enforcement of Liens.

    166:21 Enforcement of Liens. –||Liens arising under RSA 166:20 may be enforced by a bill in equity.|||Source. 1965, 43:1, eff. June 7, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:22 - Relative Priority.

    166:22 Relative Priority. –||Such lien shall be subordinate to mortgage and other valid liens, recorded with the register of deeds prior to the recording of the notice of lien referred to in RSA 166:20.|||Source. 1965, 43:1, eff. June 7, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:22-a - Liens on Civil Judgments.

    166:22-a Liens on Civil Judgments. –||I. A county shall be entitled to a lien upon property passing under the terms of a will or by intestate succession, a property settlement or a civil judgment for personal injuries awarded any person granted assistance by the county under RSA 166 for the amount of assistance granted by the county.||II. The county shall be entitled to the lien only if the assistance was granted no more than 6 years before the receipt of the inheritance or the award of the property settlement or civil judgment, provided that this section shall not apply to inheritances, property settlements, or civil judgments awarded before August 28, 1981.||III. This lien shall take precedence over all other claims.|||Source. 1981, 503:2, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:23 - Employment of Relatives.

    166:23 Employment of Relatives. –||No person who is otherwise eligible for support under this chapter shall receive such support unless and until all able-bodied adults under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, who are related to such person, regularly residing in the same household as such person, legally liable to contribute to the support of such person and not prevented from maintaining employment and contributing to the support of such person by reason of physical or mental disability or other substantial or other justifiable cause, are employed on a full-time basis. The amount or amounts earned by the persons obligated to maintain employment under this section shall be taken into consideration in determining the level of need for support. Nothing in this section shall be so construed to deny to any minor dependent child any needed support to which he would otherwise be entitled. Unrelated adults living in the same household in loco parentis as to any such person seeking county support shall be obligated to contribute to the poor person's support to the same extent as the parent of such person, and in default thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as the parent of such person would be in such case.|||Source. 1969, 451:3. 1985, 380:27, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 166:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 166 - Aid to County Assisted Persons|Section 166:24 - Recovery of Expense; Court Costs.

    166:24 Recovery of Expense;  Court Costs. –||If a county acting in its capacity as agent for a city or town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home or burial of a county assisted person having a residence in a town or city, or another county, or for the support, return to his home or burial of an assisted person having relations able to support him under RSA 165:19, such sum may be recovered from the town, city, county or relation so chargeable. In any civil action brought under this section to recover such sum, the court shall award costs to the prevailing party.|||Source. 1981, 503:7. 1985, 380:28, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:1 (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 167:1 - Repealed by 1975, 221:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1975.

    167:1 Repealed by 1975, 221:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1975. –|
NH Rev Stat § 167:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 167 - Public Assistance to Blind, Aged, or Disabled Persons, and to Dependent Children|Section 167:2 - Liability for Support; Recovery.

    167:2 Liability for Support;  Recovery. –||Assistance rendered under this chapter or RSA 161 to anyone having a father, mother, husband or wife, whose weekly income or other resources are more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, may be recovered in an appropriate proceeding in the superior court brought by the commissioner of health and human services, in the name of the state, from either a father, mother, husband, or wife, who are declared jointly and severally liable for such assistance. A parent shall be liable under this section only for assistance provided to a child under the age of 18, or for as long as the department of health and human services has the authority to recover support under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Such action shall be brought by the attorney general or the county attorney for the county in which any such relative resides when so requested by the commissioner of health and human services. Nothing in this section shall affect assistance eligibility or the amount of services for which an applicant or recipient may be eligible.|||Source. 1937, 202:9. RL 126:9. 1951, 139:5. RSA 167:2. 1969, 478:1. 1983, 291:1. 1995, 310:176. 2013, 212:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 167:2-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 167:2-a - Employment of Person Receiving Assistance.

    167:2-a Employment of Person Receiving Assistance. –||If any person receiving assistance under this chapter or RSA 161 is physically able to work, the commissioner of health and human services may require that such a person receiving aid work for the state at any job which the state has available that is within the capacity of the person receiving assistance.|||Source. 1965, 321:3. 1983, 291:1, II. 1995, 310:176, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|