{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-170-a-4","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 170-A:4","heading":"Authority.","body":"The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the commissioner of the department of health and human services in the case of the state and of the chief local fiscal officer in the case of a subdivision of the state.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 170-A: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/170-A/170-A-4.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:51:58Z","sha256":"a43cff0307238956d35a0ab7b10d4198544e361cd6136b0a168dcaeba3fd1b60","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-170-a-3","next":"us-nh/rsa-170-a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}