New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-A - Former Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention
Chapter He-A 900 - PHASE II PROGRAMS
Part He-A 903 - SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES
Section He-A 903.01 - Phase II Program Fee

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-A 903.01

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) The fee to be paid by each client for the phase II program, including all course materials, shall be $1,750.

(b) The client shall make complete payment of the program fee to the phase II program provider prior to the start of the program, unless a payment plan agreed to via signed contract by the client and the provider has been arranged.

(c) Any person sentenced under RSA 265-A:18 for an aggravated DWI offense or a multiple DWI offense shall not be required to pay any of the program fee prior to starting the program, but that client shall have a signed contract with the provider to pay the entire program fee, and any additional administrative fees and interest accrued, within 12 months of exiting the 7-day program, and pay in full the balance by the date specified in the contract.

(d) The provider may offer the following payment plans:

(1) The client shall pay the full program fee prior to the start of the program in order to receive a 20% discount on the full program fee;

(2) The client shall pay a minimum of one-half of the full program fee prior to starting the program, have a signed contract with the provider to pay the full balance of the program fee, and any additional administrative fees and interest accrued, within 6 months of exiting the 7-day program in order to receive a 15% discount on the full program fee, and pay in full the balance by the date specified in the contract; and

(3) The client shall pay a minimum of one-third of the full program fee prior to starting the program, have a signed contract with the provider to pay the full balance of the program fee, and any additional administrative fee and interest accrued, within 12 months of exiting the 7-day program, and pay in full the balance by the date specified in the contract.

(e) If the client who agrees to a payment plan in (d) (2) above fails to pay in full the balance by the date specified in the contract, no discount shall be applied to the program fee.

(f) Failure to pay the balance of the program fee, and any additional administrative fees and interest accrued, by the date specified in the signed contract in (c) above shall result in notice being sent to the convicting court regarding lack of payment.

(g) The program fee in (a) shall be reduced based on proof of financial hardship if the client's gross household income for the 12-month period immediately prior to the client's enrollment in the program was at or below 100% of the most recent federal poverty level as published annually in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

(h) A client shall furnish any of the following documents, as applicable, to demonstrate proof of financial hardship in accordance with (g) above:

(1) The client's most recent IRS tax return;

(2) The client's pay stubs for the 4 months prior to program enrollment, if applicable; or

(3) Proof of the client's receipt of one or more of the following sources of assistance:
a. Food stamps;

b. Temporary assistance to needy families;

c. Social Security disability;

d. Supplemental security income;

e. Aid to the permanently and totally disabled; or

f. Old age assistance.

(i) The client's reduced fee shall be determined as follows:

(1) The client's income shall be divided by the poverty guideline that applies to the client's family unit size;

(2) The resulting percentage shall be the portion of the fee for which the client is responsible, if such fee does not exceed 75% of the current program fee;

(3) If the new fee exceeds 75% of the current program fee, the fee paid by the client shall be 75% of the current program fee; and

(4) The client's reduced fee due to financial hardship shall not be combined with either of the discounts described in (d) (1) or (2) above, but the payment plan timeframes described in (d) above shall still apply.

(j) Failure to provide documentation pursuant to (h) above shall result in denial of any reduction.

(k) If upon review of the client's hardship status, the provider determines that the client no longer qualifies for a reduced fee for hardship, the client shall be required to pay the full program fee with no hardship reduction.

(l) For each reduced-fee client, the per-client monitoring fee charged pursuant to He-A 903.03 shall be waived.

(m) Pursuant to RSA 265-A:42, III, a client shall not be considered to have successfully completed a phase II program until that client has paid all assessed program and administrative fees, and interest accrued thereupon.

#5252, eff 10-22-91, EXPIRED: 10-22-97

New. #7058, eff 7-21-99; amd by #7209, eff 2-26-00; amd by #7320, eff 7-22-00; ss by #8902, INTERIM, eff 7-13-07, EXPIRED: 1-9-08

New. #9082, eff 1-30-08; amd by #9578, EMERGENCY RULE, eff 10-23-09, EXPIRES: 4-21-10

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