{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-151-e-9","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 151-E:9","heading":"Information and Assistance.","body":"The department shall provide information and assistance to each applicant to a nursing facility. Such information and assistance shall:\nI. Be based upon the principle that services shall be provided in the setting that is least restrictive of the applicant's ability to live independently;\nII. Take into consideration the applicant's choice of service location;\nIII. Include information regarding the degree to which the services sought are available at home or in some other community-based setting;\nIV. Explain the relative costs to the applicant of choosing care in the home or other setting rather than nursing facility care; and\nV. Include advice as to whether receiving services in a home or other community-based setting is clinically appropriate for the applicant.","path":["Title XI: HOSPITALS AND SANITARIA","Chapter 151-E: LONG-TERM CARE"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XI/151-E/151-E-9.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:33:49Z","sha256":"2563651ccfd3e9bf0aeca9cb3d9f6102d11faab65c3beb615b34debf8fddea42","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-151-e-8","next":"us-nh/rsa-151-e-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}