{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-126-d-4","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 126-D:4","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:\nI. \"Adoption assistance state\" means a state which is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.\nII. \"Commissioner\" means commissioner, department of health and human services.\nIII. \"Residence state\" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.\nIV. \"State\" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of the United States or one administered by the United States.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 126-D: COMPACT, HARD TO PLACE CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/126-D/126-D-4.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:12:00Z","sha256":"202a8126761f9fe8b239bea3d775b8f337443d5352c55fe1da9bc41d757d5304","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-126-d-3","next":"us-nh/rsa-126-d-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}