New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-W - Former Division of Human Services
Chapter He-W 600 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL CARE
Part He-W 654 - EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF INCOME
Section He-W 654.10 - Deemed Income from a Non-citizen's Sponsor

(a) Real property resources, vehicles, and non-essential household items of a non-citizen's, formerly referred to as an alien's, sponsor and sponsor's spouse shall not be deemed available to a sponsored non-citizen.

(b) When there are unsponsored members in a non-citizen's assistance group, the deemed income from the sponsor shall be compared to a standard of need that applies only to the sponsored non-citizens.

(c) The standard of need applicable to the sponsored non-citizens shall be computed in accordance with He-W 658.01, as follows:

(d) If the deemed income added to the sponsored non-citizens' other income exceeds the special standard of need, the sponsored non-citizens shall be ineligible.

(e) If the sponsored non-citizens are determined ineligible, the proration process in (c) above shall be used to determine the standard of need and eligibility for the unsponsored non-citizens.

(f) If the sponsored non-citizens are determined eligible, eligibility for the entire assistance group shall be computed using the standard of need appropriate for the whole group and all income including the deemed income from the sponsor.

(g) In accordance with 45 CFR 233.52, good cause for not providing sponsor information to the department shall exist when the sponsor provided accurate information to the non-citizen and the non-citizen misinterpreted or misrepresented the information when applying for financial and/or medical assistance.