CHAPTER 136
HB 1215 – FINAL VERSION
03Mar2010… 0559h
2010 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 1215
AN ACT relative to gender neutral references in certain public assistance statutes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill makes certain public assistance statutes gender neutral and removes obsolete references to aid to dependent children.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03Mar2010… 0559h
10-2264
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to gender neutral references in certain public assistance statutes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
136:1 Employment of Relatives of Persons Receiving Public Welfare Assistance. Amend RSA 167:2-b to read as follows:
167:2-b Employment of Relatives of Persons Receiving [Aid to Dependent Children or] Public Welfare Assistance. No person who is otherwise eligible for [aid to dependent children or] public assistance based on financial need shall receive public welfare assistance from the state unless and until all able-bodied adult [males] persons, under the age of 65 years, except those regularly attending school, related to such person, and regularly residing in the same household as such person, and 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 obliged to maintain employment hereunder shall be taken into consideration in determining the level of need for [aid to dependent children or] public assistance. Nothing in this section shall be so construed to deny to any minor dependent child any needed [aid to dependent children or] public assistance to which he or she would be otherwise entitled. Unrelated adult [males] persons living in the same household in loco parentis as to any such person seeking [aid to dependent children or] public assistance shall be obliged to contribute to his or her support to the same extent as the [father] parent of such person, and in default thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as the [father] parent of such person would be in such case. If anything in this section conflicts with federal law or regulation related thereto, the federal law or regulation shall take precedence.
136:2 Human Service; Duties of Commissioner; Reference Removed. Amend RSA 161:4, II to read as follows:
II. PERSONNEL STANDARDS. Based upon the number of applicants and recipients in the localities, the commissioner of health and human services shall determine the number of employees necessary for the administration of public assistance, old age assistance, [aid to dependent children,] and aid to the needy blind in all administrative units, state, county, and town, subject to the regulations of the director of personnel.
136:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 14, 2010
Effective Date: August 13, 2010