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SB195: relative to unemployment benefits for persons needed to care for family members who are disabled.
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Sponsors
- Fuller Clark Senate · Dist 24
- Margaret Hassan Senate · Dist 23
- Cindy Rosenwald House · Hills 22
- Joan Schulze House · Hills 26
- Stephen Johnson House · Hills 13
Topics
Business and labor Children and family law
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CHAPTER 123
SB 195-FN – FINAL VERSION
03/15/07 0470s
2007 SESSION
07-1285
08/10
SENATE BILL 195-FN
AN ACT relative to unemployment benefits for persons needed to care for family members who are disabled.
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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03/15/07 0470s
07-1285
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to unemployment benefits for persons needed to care for family members who are disabled.
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