I. The congregate services program shall be administered through the department. The congregate services shall be provided through a qualified service provider under contract with the department. The experience acquired through each congregate services program shall be shared with other congregate services programs established anywhere in the state.
II. Congregate services shall be provided on a full-time basis. Eligible recipients shall contribute financially toward the services. Eligibility and cost for these services shall be determined by rules adopted by the commissioner under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:38.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-F:37

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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

III. Administrative costs of the department shall not exceed 8 percent of the total state appropriation for congregate services programs.
IV. The department or qualified service provider shall be eligible to receive private or public grants. Private or public grants shall be in addition to funding appropriated by the state.