I. Whenever any person who has received services provided under this chapter shall receive a settlement or an award from a liable third person or party, including workers’ compensation and social security disability benefits, and such settlement or award is related to the disability under which the person became eligible for such services, the person shall repay the cost of such services to the extent that the amount of the settlement or award makes repayment possible. No attorneys’ fees shall be deducted from the amount due the state from such award or settlement.
II. Amounts repaid under paragraph I shall be payable to the bureau of vocational rehabilitation of the department of education and shall be administered as follows:

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 200-C:6-a

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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

(a) If the settlement or award occurs within the same fiscal year as the receipt of any portion of services furnished, the recovered amount proportionate to the cost of services provided for such fiscal year shall be credited to the division; and
(b) If the settlement or award occurs after the fiscal year in which receipt of any portion of services furnished takes place, that part of the cost of services recovered pursuant to this section which was federally funded shall be returned to the federal government in an amount proportionate to the cost of services provided for such previous fiscal year, while the remaining state-funded part of such cost shall remain with the division.
III. The state shall have a right of action over amounts due pursuant to paragraph I.