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 671 - ISSUANCE OF ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS
Section He-W 671.02 - Electronic Funds ransfer (EFT)

(a) Financial assistance payments shall be issued by method of direct deposit into the individual's bank account through the electronic funds transfer (EFT) system when the individual or authorized representative has elected to receive these benefits in this manner.

(b) The portion of the assistance payment authorized as a vendor payment made to a vendor payee, pursuant to He-W 686.01, shall be made as an EFT deposit to the account of the vendor.

(c) Payment made to a provider for emergency assistance, as described in He-W 699.05, shall be made as an EFT.

(d) To process an EFT, the individual, authorized representative, protective payee or vendor payee shall:

(e) If an individual provides access or joint ownership to the account into which the EFT deposits are made, the department shall not replace EFT benefits used by the joint owner.

(f) EFT deposits shall not be split between separate accounts, unless the household has authorized an amount to be deposited into the account of a vendor payee as described in He-W 686.01.

(g) EFT deposits shall be posted to the individual's personal bank account in accordance with He-W 670.04.

(h) Financial assistance payments shall be issued via EBT, pursuant to He-W 671.01, when: