The purposes of this chapter are to:
I. Authorize the commissioner, department of health and human services, to enter into interstate agreements with parallel agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided under RSA 170-F.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-D:2

  • 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

II. Provide authority for procedures for interstate children’s adoption assistance payments, including medical payments, in such cases where this state is either the adoptive assistance state or the residence state, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-D:4.