New Hampshire Revised Statutes 402:79 – Custody; Reimbursement for Medical Expenses
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 402:79
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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
Whenever the state or any of its subdivisions, or any agency of the state or of any of its subdivisions, is required to pay under the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 623:1, I for the medical care of any person in its custody pursuant to a valid arrest or detention, such governmental unit shall be entitled to obtain reimbursement for such payments from any insurer to the extent that such insurer would be liable to pay for such medical care pursuant to any health, medical, group health or medical, liability, or other insurance policy.