HB 132-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0224
11/02
HOUSE BILL132-FN
AN ACTrepealing liability for familial support under chapter 165, aid to assisted persons.
SPONSORS:Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5
COMMITTEE:Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill eliminates the requirement that a relative of certain family members must support any of those members who are poor.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0224
11/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTrepealing liability for familial support under chapter 165, aid to assisted persons.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 165:19, relative to liability of support, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBA
25-0224
12/19/24
HB 132-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTrepealing liability for familial support under chapter 165, aid to assisted persons.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
County Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
County Expenditures $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Revenue $0 Indeterminable, de minimus Indeterminable, de minimus Indeterminable, de minimus
Local Expenditures $0 Indeterminable, de minimus Indeterminable, de minimus Indeterminable, de minimus
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
County Expenditures
$0
$0
$0
$0
Local Revenue
$0
Indeterminable, de minimus
Indeterminable, de minimus
Indeterminable, de minimus
Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable, de minimus
Indeterminable, de minimus
Indeterminable, de minimus
METHODOLOGY:
This bill eliminates the requirement that a relative of certain family members must support any
of those members who are poor.
The New Hampshire Municipal Association states it is unaware of any statewide database or resource that tracks reimbursement for local support of indigent persons. As such, the impact on revenue or expenditures is indeterminable. However, according to the Local Welfare Administrators Association, this provision is sometimes used, but infrequently. New Hampshire Legal Assistance reports the same. As such, the Association believes that this provision’s use is likely de minimus.
The New Hampshire Association of Counties indicates this is a rarely used statute by the County Commissioners and the Association does not anticipate any fiscal impact to the counties.
The Department of Health and Human Services states it operates several programs of assistance to provide necessary food, medical care, or financial assistance to eligible residents of New Hampshire. The Department’s assistance programs are not part of RSA 165 and are not supported by local authorities’ ability to require or recoup assistance from relatives pursuant to RSA 165:19. Therefore, the Department does not expect the bill to impact state revenues or expenditures.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2025.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire Association of Counties and New Hampshire Municipal Association