{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-19-j-1","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 19-J:1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter:\nI. \"Council\" means the New Hampshire council on developmental disabilities established in RSA 19-J:2.\nII. \"Developmental disability\" means a severe, chronic disability which:\n(a) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;\n(b) Is manifested before the person attains age 22;\n(c) Is likely to continue indefinitely;\n(d) Results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency; and\n(e) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.","path":["Title I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT","Chapter 19-J: NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/I/19-J/19-J-1.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:19:34Z","sha256":"38685ff0648164fd2552934c0a21f5571822ed5a3ba5f0b6b8a759eff8554fcf","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-19-h-9","next":"us-nh/rsa-19-j-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}