N.H. Admin. Code § He-A 703.01

Current through Register No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section He-A 703.01 - IDIP Fee

(a) The program fee to be paid by each client for the IDIP, including all course materials, shall be $460.00.

(b) The client shall make complete payment of the program fee to the IDIP on or before the date of the last session, unless a payment plan agreed to by the client and program director has been arranged.

(c) The program fee shall be reduced based on proof of financial hardship if the client's household income for the 12-month period immediately prior to the client's enrollment in the program was at or below the federal poverty guidelines as published annually in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

(d) Prior to the intake interview a client shall furnish any of the following documents, as applicable, to demonstrate proof of financial hardship in accordance with (c) above:

(1) The client's most recent IRS tax return;

(2) The client's pay stubs for the 4 months prior to program enrollment, if applicable; or

(3) Proof of the client's receipt of one or more of the following sources of assistance:

a. Food stamps;

b. Temporary assistance to needy families;

c. Social Security disability;

d. Supplemental security income;

e. Aid to the permanently and totally disabled; or

f. Old age assistance.

(e) The client's reduced fee shall be determined as follows:

(1) The client's income shall be divided by the poverty guideline that applies to the client's family unit size;

(2) The resulting percentage shall be the portion of the fee for which the client is responsible, if such fee does not exceed half of the program's current fee; and

(3) If the new fee exceeds half of the program's current fee, the fee paid by the client shall be half of the program's current fee.

(f) Failure to provide documentation pursuant to (d) shall result in denial of any reduction.

(g) For each reduced-fee client, the per-client monitoring fee charged pursuant to He-A 703.05(c) shall be waived.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-A 703.01

#2665, eff 4-2-84; ss by #4652, eff 7-25-89; ss by #6078, INTERIM, eff 8-21-95, EXPIRED 12-19-95

New. #6653, EMERGENCY, eff 12-12-97, EXPIRED 4-11-98

New. #6753, eff 5-20-98; ss by #8136, eff 8-10-04; ss by #8624, INTERIM, eff 5-20-06, EXPIRES: 11-16-06; ss by #8749, eff 11-16-06