Section 161:1 – Organization.
161:1 Organization. – [Omitted.]
Section 161:10 – Food Stamp Program; Overpayment.
[RSA 161:10 contingently effective. See contingent 2006 note set out below.] 161:10 Food Stamp Program; Overpayment. – To the extent permitted by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, and federal regulations adopted thereunder, the department of health and human services shall terminate or waive any claim to reimbursement for the overpayment of […]
Section 161:11 – Federal Health Care Reform.
161:11 Repealed by 2022, 323:1, V(d), eff. Sept. 6, 2022. –
Section 161:12 – Repealed by 2016, 269:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2017.
161:12 Repealed by 2016, 269:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2017. –
Section 161:13 – Commission to Address Child Hunger in New Hampshire.
[RSA 161:13 repealed by 2018, 145:3, effective November 1, 2022.] 161:13 Commission to Address Child Hunger in New Hampshire. – I. There is established a commission to address child hunger in New Hampshire. The membership of the commission shall be as follows: (a) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate president. (b) […]
Section 161:14 – Use of Corporal Punishment Prohibited.
161:14 Use of Corporal Punishment Prohibited. – I. Each state agency shall provide in its policies and procedures related to children that all forms of corporal punishment are prohibited. II. In this section: (a) " Agency " means any executive branch department, institution, bureau, or office of the state, engaged in providing services to […]
Section 161:2 – Duties of the Department.
161:2 Duties of the Department. – Except as otherwise provided by law, the duties of the department of health and human services with respect to the public assistance and welfare activities of the state shall be as hereinafter prescribed, for which funds appropriated for the general purposes of this chapter or RSA 167 may […]
Section 161:2-a – Local Officials Authorized to be Issuing Agent for Food Stamps.
161:2-a Local Officials Authorized to be Issuing Agent for Food Stamps. – Any town, city, or county official, so designated in a written agreement between the commissioner of the department of health and human services and the selectmen of a town, the city council of a city or the county commissioners of a county, […]
Section 161:2-b – Undeliverable Collections.
161:2-b Undeliverable Collections. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount collected pursuant to RSA 161:2, XVI which is unclaimed or undeliverable to a recipient and which is in the opinion of the commissioner of health and human services unreturnable to the payor for a period of one year shall be deposited forthwith […]
Section 161:3 – Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV.
161:3 Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV. –
Section 161:4 – Duties of the Commissioner.
161:4 Duties of the Commissioner. – I. Supervision. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the department of health and human services to supervise and direct the department so that its duties herein defined be effectuated and take action necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this chapter or RSA […]
Section 161:4-a – Rulemaking.
161:4-a Rulemaking. – The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. The development, administration and supervision of child welfare services by the department of health and human services under RSA 161:2, II. II. The determination of eligibility for assistance to needy blind persons […]
Section 161:5 – Destruction of Certain Records.
161:5 Destruction of Certain Records. – The commissioner of the department of health and human services may destroy any reports, records and other documents in the department which in his opinion are no longer of any value to the state provided the records have been retained for a sufficient period of time to comply […]
Section 161:6 – Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV.
161:6 Repealed by 1961, 222:6, IV. –
Section 161:7 – Personnel; Duties.
161:7 Personnel; Duties. – Subject to the rules of the division of personnel, the commissioner shall appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties prescribed in this chapter or RSA 167 and shall prescribe their duties. Source. 1937, 202:5. RL 126:5. RSA 161:7. 1965, 352:12. 1983, 291:1, II. […]
Section 161:8 – Probation Duties.
161:8 Probation Duties. – If appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall perform, under the supervision of such court, the function of probation officer or agent of the court in any welfare matters which may be before the court. Source. 1937, 202:7. RL […]
Section 161:9 – Children in Need of Services.
161:9 Children in Need of Services. – When the department is a petitioner or respondent in contested cases involving children in need of services, children who are alleged to be neglected or abused, and in contested termination of parental rights cases or contested cases involving protective services for adults, the commissioner may, with the […]