SB 84 - AS INTRODUCED
1999 SESSION
SENATE BILL 84
AN ACT relative to eligibility for welfare benefits.
SPONSORS: Sen. Francoeur, Dist 14; Sen. Brown, Dist 17; Sen. Krueger, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill requires that, if a New Hampshire resident seeking public assistance benefits had previously received benefits from a prior state of residence, the person's eligibility for benefits in New Hampshire is reduced by the period of time the person received benefits from the other state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
99-0453
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
AN ACT relative to eligibility for welfare benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Reduction of Benefits Eligibility Period. Amend RSA 167:4, I by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) If a person has collected public assistance in any other state, that period during which benefits were conferred shall be subtracted from the maximum eligibility period available in the state of New Hampshire for that individual.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.