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2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 195-FN

COMMITTEE: Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

ANALYSIS

This bill allows individuals who need to care for disabled family members to collect unemployment compensation benefits.

This bill was requested by the department of employment security.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/15/07 0470s

07-1285

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

123:1 Benefit Eligibility Conditions. Amend RSA 282-A:31, V(a) to read as follows:

(a) The individual is the only available adult to care for:

(1) The individual’s natural, adopted, step, or foster child under the age of 16; or

(2) An ill, infirm, or physically or mentally disabled family member whom a licensed physician has certified is in need of care for the activities of daily living;

123:2 Disqualification for Benefits. Amend RSA 282-A:32, I(d)(2)(D) to read as follows:

(D) If the individual is unable to apply for or accept work during the hours of [the third] a particular shift[, so-called,] because he or she is the only adult available for the care of an ill [or], infirm, [elderly person who is dependent on him or her for support] or physically or mentally disabled family member whom a licensed physician has certified is in need of care for the activities of daily living;

123:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.

Approved: June 11, 2007

Effective: January 1, 2008