CHAPTER 80
HB 313-FN – FINAL VERSION
11Mar2009… 0191h
2009 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 313-FN
AN ACT relative to the assignment of right of child support enforcement.
SPONSORS: Rep. Moran, Hills 18
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill provides that a recipient of public assistance effectively assigns his or her right to child support to the department of health and human services for the period of time that public assistance is provided.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2009… 0191h
09-0483
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the assignment of right of child support enforcement.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
80:1 Assignment of Right of Support Enforcement. Amend RSA 161-C:22, I to read as follows:
I. The receipt of public assistance for a child shall constitute an assignment by the recipient to the department of any and all rights, title, and interest in and to support obligation owed to or for the recipient or, the child or children, or both the recipient and any child or children, up to the amount of public assistance money paid for or on behalf of such child or such children[, including any support unpaid at the time of assignment as long as public assistance is paid] which accrues during the period that the public assistance is provided. Such assignment includes only those arrearages which accrue during the period that the public assistance is provided to the family.
80:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009.
Approved: June 9, 2009
Effective Date: October 1, 2009