I. Any person transferred to the New Hampshire hospital under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135:17 for observations as to sanity under court order shall be at state expense for the observation period only.
II. Any patient or resident of such institutions defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:34 or patient receiving care, treatment, or maintenance at the direction of the commissioner who has no means of support and no person chargeable for the patient’s or resident’s support shall be supported by the state.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-A:45

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4