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Committee hears HB 132 to limit municipal enforcement against relatives for welfare aid
Summary
Rep. Rick Ladd introduced HB 132 to scale back a long‑standing law allowing towns to seek reimbursement from 'legally liable' relatives for local welfare aid; committee discussion highlighted a Piermont case that prompted the bill and differing views on whether to repeal the statute entirely.
Representative Rick Ladd told the House Children and Family Law Committee that House Bill 132 would revise New Hampshire’s law on municipal reimbursement for local welfare aid by limiting enforcement against legally liable relatives.
Ladd described a case in Piermont, a small town in his district (population about 700), where a resident received a letter from town officials demanding payment to support a distant relative who was receiving local welfare aid. Under current RSA language, a town may seek reimbursement…
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