N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-57 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-57
Child placement review boards
Status: in_force

a. The assignment judge in each county shall establish as an arm of the family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court one or more child placement review boards. The number of review boards in each county shall be based on the number of reviews conducted in the previous calendar year, so that, where practicable, there shall be at least one review board for each 200 reviews. Each board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the judge from among the residents of such county. The judge also shall appoint to each board two alternate members, who shall serve as regular members when regular members are not present. Each member shall be a person who has either training, experience or interest in issues concerning child placement or child development. Each board shall, to the maximum extent feasible, represent the various socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic groups of the county in which it serves. The judge shall annually appoint one of the regular members of the board as chairperson. Members shall be initially appointed for a provisional term of one year and may be reappointed for subsequent terms of three years. Alternate members shall fill any vacancy until a regular board member has been appointed. Alternate members may be appointed as regular members. The appointed member shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term or for a provisional term of one year, whichever is less. If a board member does not serve satisfactorily, the assignment judge may remove that member pursuant to standards developed by the Child Placement Advisory Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts. When a vacancy occurs, the judge shall appoint a new member within 30 days. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for such reasonable and necessary expenses, including but not limited to child care expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The governing body of the county in which the board serves may provide for reimbursement to review board members for such additional and reasonable expenses as the governing body may determine. In accordance with guidelines and procedures established by the Supreme Court, members shall attend initial training sessions before being sworn in as a regular member or as an alternate. A regular member or alternate member shall not serve until that person has completed the required training. The assignment judge, in consultation with the family part judges and review board members, shall ensure that reviews are held at those times necessary to meet the requirements of P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-50 et seq.) and court directives related thereto. The assignment judge shall ensure that each family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court shall provide its board with reasonable and necessary administrative and clerical support services to facilitate the operation of the board and to meet the requirements of P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-50 et seq.) and any court directives related thereto. These services shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining and reviewing information requested by the board, preparing and dispatching all notices and reports required under P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-50 et seq.), arranging for board meetings and maintaining a permanent record of all board proceedings, collecting statistical data and serving as a liaison to the division. b. The assignment judge and family part judges, in consultation with the board in each county shall develop annually a county child placement review plan for the delivery of review services. The county plan shall be prepared in a format prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Child Placement Advisory Council established pursuant to section 13 of P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-62) and shall contain a budget and narrative for review services and identify resource needs for the county review system. The assignment judge is responsible for final county review and approval of the county plan and for forwarding the plan to the Child Placement Advisory Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts for their review. The budget contained in each county plan shall be part of the Judiciary budget submitted by the assignment judge to the freeholders or county executive. The assignment judge shall report to the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Child Placement Advisory Council any significant variation in implementation of the county plan. c. The board in each county, with the assistance of that county's child placement review coordinator, shall annually prepare a report which specifies issues, needs and service gaps affecting the children under review by the board and, where appropriate, make recommendations as to needed changes or services. The board shall submit the report to the Child Placement Advisory Council established pursuant to section 13 of P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-62) for review. The council may include the stated needs in its annual report to the Supreme Court, the Governor and the Legislature. d. The Supreme Court may issue rules concerning the duties, responsibilities, training and practices of the boards consistent with the provisions of P.L. 1977, c. 424 (C. 30:4C-50 et seq.), but the minimum qualifications for a person employed as a county child placement review coordinator and hired after the effective date of P.L. 1987, c. 252, shall not be less than a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education and two years' experience working with children and their families and relevant training, knowledge or experience in working with volunteers. L. 1977, c. 424, s.8; amended by L. 1978, c. 125, s. 4; 1982, c. 24, s. 2; 1984, c. 85, s. 2; 1987, c. 252, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26.8
Adoptive, resource family parent, investigation.
Status: in_force

1. a. A person, in addition to meeting other requirements as may be established by the Department of Children and Families, shall become a resource family parent or eligible to adopt a child only upon the completion of an investigation to ascertain if there is a State or federal record of criminal history for the prospective adoptive or resource family parent or any other adult residing in the prospective parent's home. The investigation shall be conducted by the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and shall include an examination of its own files and the obtaining of a similar examination by federal authorities. b. If the prospective resource family parent or any adult residing in the prospective parent's home has a record of criminal history, the Department of Children and Families shall review the record with respect to the type and date of the criminal offense and make a determination as to the suitability of the person to become a resource family parent or the suitability of placing a child in that person's home, as the case may be. c. For the purposes of this section, a conviction for one of the offenses enumerated in subsection d. or e. of this section has occurred if the person has been convicted under the laws of this State or any other state or jurisdiction for an offense that is substantially equivalent to the offenses enumerated in these subsections. d. A person shall be disqualified from being a resource family parent or shall not be eligible to adopt a child if that person or any adult residing in that person's household ever committed a crime which resulted in a conviction for: (1) a crime against a child, including endangering the welfare of a child and any crime involving child sexual abuse or exploitation material pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-4 or child abuse, neglect, or abandonment pursuant to R.S.9:6-3; (2) murder pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-3 or manslaughter pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-4; (3) aggravated assault which would constitute a crime of the second or third degree pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1; (4) stalking pursuant to P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10); (5) kidnapping and related offenses including criminal restraint; false imprisonment; interference with custody; criminal coercion; or enticing a child into a motor vehicle, structure, or isolated area pursuant to N.J.S.2C:13-1 through 2C:13-6; (6) sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, or lewdness pursuant to N.J.S.2C:14-2 through N.J.S.2C:14-4; (7) robbery which would constitute a crime of the first degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:15-1; (8) burglary which would constitute a crime of the second degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:18-2; (9) domestic violence pursuant to P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et seq.); (10) endangering the welfare of an incompetent person pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-7 or endangering the welfare of an elderly or disabled person pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-8; (11) terrorist threats pursuant to N.J.S.2C:12-3; (12) arson pursuant to N.J.S.2C:17-1 or causing or risking widespread injury or damage, which would constitute a crime of the second degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:17-2; or (13) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense listed in paragraphs (1) through (12) of this subsection. e. A person shall be disqualified from being a resource family parent if that person or any adult residing in that person's household was convicted of one of the following crimes and the date of release from confinement occurred during the preceding five years: (1) simple assault pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:12-1; (2) aggravated assault which would constitute a crime of the fourth degree pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1; (3) a drug-related crime pursuant to P.L.1987, c.106 (C.2C:35-1 et seq.); (4) robbery which would constitute a crime of the second degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:15-1; (5) burglary which would constitute a crime of the third degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:18-2; or (6) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense listed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, the "date of release from confinement" means the date of termination of court-ordered supervision through probation, parole, or residence in a correctional facility, whichever date occurs last. For purposes of this section, "resource family parent" means any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with its approval, for care and shall include any person with whom a child is placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized. L.1985, c.396, s.1; amended 1999, c.53, s.34; 2004, c.130, s.65; 2005, c.169, s.8; 2006, c.47, s.135; 2012, c.16, s.84; 2024, c.92, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.10
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A substantial proportion of nursing home residents do not need the level of medical care provided in skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities, and to the extent these inappropriate placements occur, there are adverse financial and social consequences; b. After entering a nursing home, many residents become dependent on that facility, experiencing depletion of their financial resources and erosion of their social contacts in the community; c. Inappropriate placements of residents in skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities result in reduced access to available beds for those Medicaid recipients who are actually in need of nursing home care; d. It is, therefore, in the best interests of the citizens of New Jersey that a nursing home preadmission screening program, as currently operates in 30 other states, be established Statewide to determine the needs of Medicaid-eligible and other individuals seeking admission to a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, prior to placement in that facility. L. 1988, c. 97, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the well-being of nursing home residents in the State of New Jersey requires a delineation of the responsibilities of nursing homes and a declaration of a bill of rights for such residents. L.1976, c. 120, s. 1, eff. Nov. 30, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7ii — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7ii
Restricting modification, termination of existing provider network contract.
Status: in_force

2. A managed care organization contracted with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services within the Department of Human Services to provide benefits under the Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), shall not terminate or modify an existing provider network contract solely due to a change of provider ownership or ownership structure. L.2021, c.452, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.16
Rules
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) such rules as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this amendatory and supplementary act. L. 1985, c. 133, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-9
Administrative expense limit
Status: in_force

The department shall not use more than 15% of the amounts appropriated for the personal attendant program for administrative and staff costs. L. 1985, c. 307, s. 9; per s.14 as amended by 1985, c.524, s.8, expired January 21, 1988.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-24.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24.1
Civil rights and medical care for mentally ill
Status: in_force

Every individual who is mentally ill shall be entitled to fundamental civil rights and to medical care and other professional services in accordance with accepted standards, provided however that this shall not be construed to require capital construction. Every individual between the ages of 5 and 20 years shall be entitled to education and training suited to his age and attainments. Every patient shall have the right to participate in planning for his own treatment to the extent that his condition permits. L.1965, c. 59, s. 9. Amended by L.1975, c. 85, s. 1, eff. May 7, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.3
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Resource Family Parent Licensing Act." L.2001,c.419,s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.70.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-31.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-31.2
State plan amendments, waivers application.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to secure federal financial participation for State expenditures under the Child Care and Development Block Grant. L.2025, c.148, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.62 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.62
Parole violation; apprehension; hearing.
Status: in_force

18. a. (1) If a parole officer assigned to supervise a parolee has probable cause to believe that the parolee has violated a condition of parole, the violation being a basis for return to custody pursuant to subsection b. of section 16 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60), a designated representative of the chairman of the board may issue a warrant for the arrest of the parolee if evidence indicates that the parolee may not appear at the preliminary hearing or if the parolee poses a danger to the public safety. (2) If a parole officer assigned to supervise a parolee has probable cause to believe that the parolee has committed a crime, is about to commit a crime, or is about to flee the jurisdiction, which violation is a basis for return to custody pursuant to subsection b. of section 16 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60), and the situation is one of immediate emergency that cannot await the issuance of a warrant by a designated representative, the parole officer, by the parole officer's own warrant, may apprehend the parolee and cause the parolee's detention in a suitable facility designated by the Department of Corrections or cause the parolee's confinement in an appropriate institution pending return to a facility designated by the Department of Corrections to await the conduction of a preliminary hearing. The warrant shall be in the form prescribed by the State Parole Board and, when signed by the officer in charge of the case, shall be a sufficient instrument and authority to all peace officers to assist in the apprehension of the parolee. It shall also be sufficient authority for detention of the parolee in a suitable facility, to await the conduction of the preliminary hearing. Upon enforcement of the warrant, the appropriate board panel shall be promptly notified. No parolee held in custody on a parole warrant shall be entitled to release on bail. b. A parolee retaken under this section shall within 14 days be granted a preliminary hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer not previously involved in the case, unless the parolee, the hearing officer, or the parole officer requests postponement of the preliminary hearing, which may be granted by the appropriate board panel for good cause, but in no event shall such postponement, if requested by the hearing officer or the parole officer, exceed 14 days. c. The preliminary hearing shall be for the purpose of determining: (1) Whether there is probable cause to believe that the parolee violated a condition of his parole being the basis for return to custody pursuant to subsection b. of section 16 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60), and (2) Whether revocation and return to custody is desirable in the instant matter. d. Prior to the preliminary hearing the parolee shall be provided with written notice of: (1) The conditions of parole alleged to have been violated; (2) The time, date, place and circumstances of the alleged violation; (3) The possible action which may be taken by the board after a parole revocation hearing; (4) The time, date and place of the preliminary hearing; (5) The right pursuant to P.L.1974, c.33 (C.2A:158A-5.1 et seq.), to representation by an attorney or such other qualified person as the parolee may retain; and (6) The right to confront and cross-examine witnesses. e. The hearing officer who conducts the hearing shall make a summary or other record of said hearing. f. If the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing does not support a finding of probable cause to believe that the parolee has violated a condition of his parole, such violation being a basis for return to custody pursuant to subsection b. of section 16 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60), or if it is otherwise determined that revocation is not desirable, the hearing officer may, in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of section 16 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60) and section 17 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.61), issue an order modifying parole and releasing the offender, or continuing parole and releasing the offender. g. If the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing supports a finding of probable cause to believe that the parolee has violated a condition of his parole, the hearing officer shall determine whether the parolee shall be retained in custody or released on specific conditions pending action by the appropriate board panel. h. Conviction of a crime committed while on parole shall be deemed to constitute probable cause to believe that the parolee has violated a condition of parole. L.1979, c.441, s.18; amended 1987, c.108; 1995, c.280, s.42; 2001, c.79, s.12; 2019, c.363, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-34 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-34
School district child care services pilot program.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall establish a three-year School District Child Care Services Pilot Program to study the impact and effect of community providers operating in public school facilities for the purpose of providing child care services for children younger than school age for less than 24 hours a day. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:20-34 or any other section of law to the contrary, under the pilot program the commissioner shall designate up to 10 school districts that shall each select up to two community providers to operate in a public school facility to provide child care services pursuant to subsection a. of this section. If the commissioner designates a school district in which a community provider is operating in a public school facility on the effective date of P.L.2019, c.426, then the school district shall select that community provider to provide child care services under the pilot program. c. A community provider operating in a public school facility under the pilot program shall be licensed under the "Child Care Center Licensing Act," P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.). d. Under the pilot program, preference for the child care services shall be given to children who reside within the school district and to children of persons employed by the school district whether the employee resides within the school district or outside the school district, and if available space permits the child care services may be provided to any child who resides outside the school district. e. A public school facility shall charge rent to a community provider operating in the public school facility under the pilot program established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The rent amount charged shall be within the range of rent amounts charged to other licensed child care centers located within the county in which the school district is located. f. The tuition amount charged for the child care services shall be within the range of tuition amounts charged for such services by licensed child care centers located within the county in which the school district is located. g. A local board of education participating in the pilot program shall adhere to the compliance and reporting standards prescribed by the State Board of Education pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:4-14. h. A school nurse providing nursing services to the elementary, middle, or high school students in the school district in which child care services are provided pursuant to the pilot program, shall not be responsible for the provision of nursing services to children receiving child care services under the pilot program, prior to, during, or after school hours. In the event of an emergency, a school nurse shall not be held liable for any good faith act or omission while providing nursing services to children receiving child care services from a community provider participating in the pilot program or to the employees of the community provider. Good faith shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness. i. Six months prior to the conclusion of the pilot program, the commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature. The report shall contain information on: any cost savings realized by the parents or guardians of children receiving child care services from a community provider participating in the pilot program as compared to the costs of attendance at child care centers in the same geographic area; the revenue generated for school districts whose facilities are utilized by a community provider participating in the pilot program; and other factors deemed appropriate by the commissioner for evaluating the impact and effect of community providers operating in public school facilities. j. As used in this section, "community provider" means a for-profit child care center, a nonprofit child care center, or a local government unit. L.2019, c.426, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.51b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.51b
Released status under term of parole supervision; rules, regulations; conditions applicable to parole supervision for life.
Status: in_force

3. a. A person who has been sentenced to a term of parole supervision and is on release status in the community pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) shall, during the term of parole supervision, remain on release status in the community, in the legal custody of the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, and shall be supervised by the Division of Parole of the State Parole Board as if on parole, and shall be subject to the provisions and conditions set by the appropriate board panel. The appropriate board panel shall have the authority, in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in sections 15 through 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59 through 30:4-123.65), to revoke the person's release status and return the person to custody for the remainder of the term or until it is determined, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board, that the person is again eligible for release consideration pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.53). b. The Parole Board shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). c. A person who has been sentenced to a term of parole supervision for life pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1994, c.130 (C.2C:43-6.4) shall, during the term of parole supervision, remain in the legal custody of the Commissioner of Corrections, be supervised by the Division of Parole of the State Parole Board, and be subject to the provisions and conditions set by the appropriate board panel in accordance with the procedures and standards set forth in sections 15 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59 through 30:4-123.63 and 30:4-123.65). If the parolee violates a condition of a special sentence of parole supervision for life, the parolee shall be subject to the provisions of sections 16 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.63 and 30:4-123.65), and may be returned to prison. If revocation and return to custody are desirable pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.63), the appropriate board panel shall revoke parole and return the parolee to prison for a specified length of time between 12 and 18 months, which shall not be reduced by commutation time for good behavior pursuant to R.S.30:4-140 or credits for diligent application of work and other institutional assignments pursuant to R.S.30:4-92; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed or applied to reduce the time that must be served after revocation of parole by a parolee returned to prison for a violation of a condition of any other term of parole supervision. Upon the parolee's release from prison, the parolee shall continue to serve the special sentence of parole supervision for life until released by the Superior Court pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.130 (C.2C:43-6.4). For the purpose of calculating the limitation on time served pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.65), the custodial term imposed upon the parolee related to the special sentence of parole supervision for life shall be deemed to be a term of life imprisonment. For the purpose of establishing a primary parole eligibility date pursuant to subsection h. of section 7 of P.L.1979, c. 441 (C.30:4-123.51), the specific period of incarceration required to be served pursuant to this subsection shall not be aggregated with a term of imprisonment imposed on the parolee for the commission of any other offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude or limit the prosecution or conviction for any crime defined in any law of this State, or to limit in any manner the State's ability to pursue both a criminal action and a parole violation pursuant to the provisions of this section or any other law. L.1997,c.117,s.3; amended 2001, c.79, s.6; 2003, c.267, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-60.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-60.1
Transcript of evidence of indigency furnished institution
Status: in_force

30:4-60.1. Upon the making of any order committing a person to a mental hospital supported in whole or in part from county, municipal or State funds, the county adjuster of the county in which the court making the order is located, shall forthwith deliver to the chief executive officer of the institution a transcript of the evidence presented to the court or a copy of the testimony taken by the county adjuster on behalf of the court relating to the question of indigency including a statement of the kind, value and location of the patient's estate, or, in the event that a relative of the patient is made chargeable with his support, a detailed statement of the financial means of such chargeable relative. Amended 1965,c.59,s.50; 1995,c.155,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.36 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.36
Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated from the general funds of the State in the State Treasury, the sum of $150,000.00 to the Department of Institutions and Agencies for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. L.1957, c. 90, p. 177, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-82.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-82.8
Limitations on use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

4. a. The use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities in this State shall be limited as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subsection d. of this section, an inmate shall not be placed in isolated confinement unless there is reasonable cause to believe that the inmate would create a substantial risk of serious harm to himself or another, including but not limited to a correctional police officer or other employee or volunteer in the facility, as evidenced by recent threats or conduct, and a less restrictive intervention would be insufficient to reduce this risk. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subsection d. of this section, the correctional facility shall bear the burden of establishing this standard by clear and convincing evidence. (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subsection d. of this section, an inmate shall not be placed in isolated confinement for non-disciplinary reasons. (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1) of subsection d. of this section, an inmate shall not be placed in isolated confinement before receiving a personal and comprehensive medical and mental health examination conducted by a clinician; however, in a county correctional facility, a preliminary examination shall be conducted by a member of the medical staff within 12 hours of confinement and the clinical examination shall be conducted within 48 hours of confinement, but if staffing levels require, the period for conducting a clinical examination may be extended to 72 hours of confinement. (4) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1) of subsection d. of this section, an inmate shall only be held in isolated confinement pursuant to initial procedures and reviews which provide timely, fair and meaningful opportunities for the inmate to contest the confinement. These procedures shall include the right to an initial hearing within 72 hours of placement absent exigent circumstances, and a review every 30 days thereafter, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, unavoidable delays, or reasonable postponements; the right to appear at the hearing; the right to be represented at the hearing; an independent hearing officer; and a written statement of reasons for the decision made at the hearing. (5) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of subsection d. of this section, the final decision to place an inmate in isolated confinement shall be made by the facility administrator. (6) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (7) of subsection a. of this section and paragraph (3) of subsection d. of this section, an inmate shall not be placed or retained in isolated confinement if the facility administrator determines that the inmate no longer meets the standard for the confinement. (7) A clinician shall conduct a mental health and physical health status examination for each inmate placed in isolated confinement on a daily basis, in a confidential setting outside of the cell whenever possible, to determine whether the inmate is a member of a vulnerable population; however, in a county correctional facility, an inmate in isolated confinement shall be evaluated by a member of the medical staff as frequently as clinically indicated, but at least once per week. Except as otherwise provided in subsection d. of this section, an inmate determined to be a member of a vulnerable population shall be immediately removed from isolated confinement and moved to an appropriate placement. (8) A disciplinary sanction of isolated confinement which has been imposed on an inmate who is removed from isolated confinement pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection a. of this section shall be deemed to be satisfied. (9) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1) of subsection d. of this section during a facility-wide lock down, an inmate shall not be placed in isolated confinement for more than 20 consecutive days, or for more than 30 days during any 60-day period. (10) Cells or other holding or living space used for isolated confinement are to be properly ventilated, lit, temperature-monitored, clean, and equipped with properly functioning sanitary fixtures. (11) A correctional facility shall maximize the amount of time that an inmate held in isolated confinement spends outside of the cell by providing, as appropriate, access to recreation, education, clinically appropriate treatment therapies, skill-building activities, and social interaction with staff and other inmates. (12) An inmate held in isolated confinement shall not be denied access to food, water, or any other basic necessity. (13) An inmate held in isolated confinement shall not be denied access to appropriate medical care, including emergency medical care. (14) An inmate in a State correctional facility shall not be directly released from isolated confinement to the community during the final 180 days of the inmate's term of incarceration, unless it is necessary for the safety of the inmate, staff, other inmates, or the public. An inmate in a county correctional facility shall not be directly released from isolated confinement to the community during the final 30 days of the inmate's term of incarceration, unless it is necessary for the safety of the inmate, staff, other inmates, or the public. (15) An inmate shall not be held in isolated confinement based on the inmate's race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding status, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait. b. Except as otherwise provided in subsection d. of this section, an inmate who is a member of a vulnerable population shall not be placed in isolated confinement. c. An inmate shall not be placed in isolated confinement or in any other cell or other holding or living space, in any facility, with one or more inmates if there is reasonable cause to believe that there is a risk of harm or harassment, intimidation, extortion, or other physical or emotional abuse to that inmate or another inmate in that placement. d. Isolated confinement shall be permitted under limited circumstances as follows: (1) The facility administrator or designated shift commander determines that a facility-wide lock down is required to ensure the safety of inmates in the facility until the administrator or shift commander determines that these circumstances no longer exist. The facility administrator or shift commander shall document specific reasons why any lockdown is necessary for more than 24 hours, and why less restrictive interventions are insufficient to accomplish the facility's safety goals. Within 15 days the commissioner shall publish the reasons on the Department of Corrections website and provide meaningful notice of the reasons for the lockdown to the Legislature. (2) The facility administrator determines that an inmate should be placed in emergency confinement, provided that: (a) an inmate shall not be held in emergency confinement for more than 24 hours; and (b) an inmate held in emergency confinement in a State correctional facility shall receive an initial medical and mental health evaluation immediately prior to placement in emergency confinement and a personal and comprehensive medical and mental health evaluation within 24 hours. The examination shall be conducted by a member of the medical staff within 12 hours of confinement and the comprehensive medical and mental health evaluation within 72 hours. Reports of these evaluations shall be immediately provided to the facility administrator. (3) A clinician, based on a personal examination, determines that an inmate should be placed or retained in medical isolation. The decision to place and retain an inmate in medical isolation due to a mental health emergency shall be made by a clinician based on a personal examination. In any case of isolation under this paragraph, a clinical review shall be conducted at least every eight hours and as clinically indicated. An inmate in medical isolation pursuant to this paragraph may be placed in a mental health unit as designated by the commissioner. In the case of a county correctional facility, a decision to place an inmate in medical isolation shall be made by a member of the medical staff and be based on a personal examination; clinical reviews shall be conducted within 72 hours and then as clinically indicated. (4) The facility administrator determines that an inmate should be placed in protective custody as follows: (a) The facility shall keep a written record of a request by an inmate to be placed in voluntary protective custody. The inmate may be placed in voluntary protective custody only with informed, voluntary consent and when there is reasonable cause to believe that confinement is necessary to prevent reasonably foreseeable harm. When an inmate makes an informed voluntary request for protective custody, the correctional facility shall bear the burden of establishing a basis for refusing the request. (b) The inmate may be placed in involuntary protective custody only when there is clear and convincing evidence that confinement is necessary to prevent reasonably foreseeable harm and that a less restrictive intervention would not be sufficient to prevent the harm. (c) An inmate placed in protective custody shall receive similar opportunities for activities, movement, and social interaction, consistent with their safety and the safety of others, as are inmates in the general population of the facility. (d) An inmate subject to removal from protective custody shall be provided with a timely, fair, and meaningful opportunity to contest the removal. (e) An inmate who may be placed or currently is in voluntary protective custody may opt out of that status by providing informed, voluntary, written refusal of that status. (f) The facility administrator shall place an inmate in a less restrictive intervention, including transfer to the general population of another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for inmates who face similar threats, before placing the inmate in isolated confinement for protection unless the inmate poses a security risk so great that transferring the inmate would be insufficient to ensure the inmate's safety. L.2019, c.160, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-61 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-61
Issuance of order by court.
Status: in_force

12. a. Upon review of the board's report, the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court shall issue an order concerning the child's placement which it deems will best serve the health, safety and interests of the child. The court shall issue the order within 21 calendar days of the court's receipt of the board's report unless the court schedules a summary hearing. The court shall either: (1) Order the return of the child to his parents or legal guardian within two weeks and order the division or designated agency, as appropriate, to provide any reasonable and available services which are necessary to implement the return home; (2) Order continued placement on a temporary basis until the long-term goal is achieved; or (3) Order continued placement on a temporary basis but that the division shall provide further information within two weeks to the court, which information shall be reviewed by the board within 30 days of its receipt. (4) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1987, c.252.) In accordance with section 8 of P.L.1984, c.85 (C.30:4C-61.1), the court may order that the division shall not return a child to his home prior to review by the board and an order of the court. In addition, if the placement plan does not satisfy the criteria of section 9 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-58), the court shall order that the placement plan be modified or that a new plan be developed within 30 days. b. In reviewing the report, the court may request that, where available, any written or oral information submitted to the board be provided to the court. The court shall make a determination based upon the report and any other information before it; provided, however, that the court may schedule a summary hearing if: (1) The court has before it conflicting statements of material fact which it cannot resolve without a hearing; or (2) A party entitled to participate in the proceedings requests a hearing; or (3) The court concludes that the interests of justice require that a hearing be held; or (4) The board recommends that a hearing be held due to lack of compliance with the placement plan, including achievement of the permanent placement identified in the permanency plan; or (5) The division has documented an exception to the requirement to provide reasonable efforts toward family reunification pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-11.3); or (6) If the review is to serve as a permanency hearing. c. Notice of such hearing, including a statement of the dispositional alternatives of the court, shall be provided at least 30 days in advance, unless the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child to provide less notice in order to conduct the hearing sooner. Notice shall be provided to the following persons unless the court determines it is not in the best interests of the child: (1) The division; (2) The child; (3) The child's parents including a non-custodial parent or legal guardian; (4) The review board; (5) The temporary caretaker; (6) The counsel for any parent, child or other interested party who has provided or is providing representation in the case before the board; and (7) If the child's caretaker is a resource family parent or relative, the caretaker shall receive written notice of, and shall have a right to be heard at, the hearing, but the caretaker shall not be made a party to the hearing solely on the basis of the notice and right to be heard. The court may also request or order additional information from any other persons or agencies which the court determines have an interest in or information relating to the welfare of the child. The court shall hold the hearing within 60 days of receipt of the board's report and shall issue its order within 15 days of the hearing. d. The court shall send a copy of its order concerning the child's placement to all persons listed in subsection c. of this section, except that, if notice to the child of the board review was waived pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-59), the court may waive the requirement of sending a copy of its order to the child. e. Any person who receives a copy of the court order shall comply with the confidentiality requirements established by the Supreme Court for the purposes of this act. L.1977, c.424, s.12; amended 1978, c.125, s.8; 1982, c.24, s.6; 1984, c.85, s.7; 1987, c.252, s.9; 1999, c.53, s.48; 2004, c.130, s.89; 2007, c.228, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7l — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7l
Department to facilitate implementation of C.30:4D-7k.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Health shall adjust the Family Planning Services Grant-in-Aid appropriation and transfer the appropriate amount of State funds to the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services to facilitate the implementation of section 1 of this act. The Department of Health shall notify the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer as to the amount that is transferred. L.2009, c.268, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.362.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-42 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-42
Casino revenue funding
Status: in_force

The Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled Program shall be funded by the Casino Revenue Fund created pursuant to section 145 of P.L.1977, c. 110 (C. 5:12-145). L. 1987, c. 298, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6F-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6F / Section 6F-7
Annual report on status of fund
Status: in_force

7. The Department of Human Services shall report annually on the status of the fund to the Governor and to the Senate and General Assembly committees with responsibility for issues affecting health or human services. The report shall include information about the number of beneficiaries of the fund, average expenditures per beneficiary and the average income and expenditures of persons or families who received financial assistance from the fund. The department also may make recommendations for changes in the law and any regulations governing the fund. L.2001,c.332,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Personal Attendant Act." L. 1985, c. 307, s. 1; per s.14 as amended by 1985, c.524, s.8, expired January 21, 1988.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-12.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-12.3
Definitions relative to self-directed support services for persons with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Developmental disability" means developmental disability as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3). "Self-directed support services" means an arrangement in which funding is made available by the department, through the Division of Developmental Disabilities or any other division in the department, to a person with a developmental disability or person who has been authorized to serve as a fiduciary of the person with a developmental disability, who is living in his own home, the home of a family member or guardian, or some other similar living environment. The purpose of the arrangement is to support the needs of the person with a developmental disability by allowing the person, or his family or guardian, or both, to determine the nature and scope of services to be provided, in lieu of the department placing the person with a developmental disability in a residential program operated by the department directly or by contracting with a residential provider of services for persons with developmental disabilities. "Services" means services as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3). L.2008, c.128, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-133 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-133
Unclaimed wages; disposition
Status: in_force

30:4-133. All unclaimed wages, salary or compensation, for services, due any person at an institution supported in whole or in part by State funds shall be held at the institution at which the same were earned, awaiting claim therefor, for the time prescribed in and disposed of as provided in the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981)," R.S.46:30B-1 et seq. Amended 1989,c.58,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-16.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-16.3
Waiver of filing fee; part payment
Status: in_force

2. a. If an inmate files an action or proceeding in any court of this State and requests a waiver of filing fees on the grounds of indigency the inmate shall attach to the filing a certified copy of the prisoner's fund account statement from the appropriate correctional institution for the six months immediately preceding the filing of the complaint or petition. If any filing fee is waived, the inmate shall pay a partial filing fee that is 20% of the greater of: (1) the average monthly balance in the inmate's account; (2) the average deposits to the inmate's account; for the six months immediately preceding the filing of the complaint or petition. However, the partial fee may not exceed the full filing fee for the commencement of the action or proceeding. b. If an inmate claims exceptional circumstances that render the offender unable to pay the partial filing fee required by this section, in addition to the statement of account required by subsection a. the inmate shall submit an affidavit of special circumstances setting forth the reasons and circumstances that justify relief from the partial filing fee requirement. c. If the court approves the application to waive all fees, the court shall give written notice to the inmate that all fees and costs relating to the filing and service will be waived. If the court denies the application to waive all fees, the court shall give written notice to the inmate that the offender's case will be dismissed if the partial filing fee is not paid within 45 days after the date of the order, or within an additional period that the court may, upon request, allow. Process in an action filed by an inmate shall not be served until the fee is paid. d. As used in this section "action or proceeding" includes any appeal by inmates from administrative decisions rendered by the State Parole Board and the Department of Corrections, including, but not limited to, parole and disciplinary matters. L.1996, c.11,s.2; amended 2000, c.90.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.10
Definitions relative to criminal history record background checks for child care center staff.
Status: in_force

1. As used in sections 1 through 7 and 9 through 12 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et seq.): "Child care center" or "center" means any facility which is maintained for the care, development, or supervision of six or more children under 13 years of age who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day, and which is subject to State licensure or life-safety approval pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.). "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families. "Staff member" means a person 18 years of age or older who owns, sponsors, or directs a child care center, or who is employed by or works in a child care center on a regularly scheduled basis during the center's operating hours, including full-time, part-time, voluntary, contract, consulting, and substitute staff, whether compensated or not. L.2000, c.77, s.1; amended 2006, c.47, s.164; 2012, c.16, s.118.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-4
Transfer of eligible persons.
Status: in_force

4. Upon receipt of a certificate of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States that facilities are available for the care or treatment of a person committed to an institution for the care and treatment of persons who are mentally incapacitated and that the person is eligible for care or treatment, the chief officer of the institution may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Human Services or of the court having jurisdiction over the person, transfer the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency for care or treatment. A person transferred as provided in this section shall be deemed committed to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency, pursuant to the original commitment. L.1952, c.76, s.4; amended 1957, c.138; 2013, c.103, s.90.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-25.1
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The need for a variety of child care options for families with children between birth and 13 years of age has grown significantly in the past 20 years. As a result, family day care has become one of the most used forms of child care in the State. b. In 1987, New Jersey implemented a voluntary registration system through the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.). The purpose of the act was to provide Statewide health and safety standards to protect children in family day care homes. Through this voluntary system, providers are able to qualify for the purchase of insurance, enroll in the Child Care Food Program, list their homes with Statewide child care resource and referral agencies, and provide care for children through State-funded programs. Parents were assured that minimum safety standards were met and the training of providers and the monitoring of homes was taking place. c. When the 1987 law was amended in 1991 to require criminal history record background checks for all adults in the home of a family day care provider, both registrations and renewals dropped significantly. This was due to the cost of criminal history record background checks. Since the family day care registration system is voluntary, providers chose to continue to operate without State supervision. In 1992, the State established an 18 month moratorium on background checks during which time, an alternative procedure for checking the background of prospective family day care providers could be developed. d. It is therefore in the best interests of the State to find a system of background checks which balances the rights of family day care providers with the State's duty to protect the safety of its youngest citizens. L.1993,c.350,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.47 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.47
Monitoring, administering the program; State Family Support Services Plan
Status: in_force

5. a. The division shall monitor the program and shall designate a Statewide family advocacy organization to administer the program through a coordinator who shall be a full-time employee of that organization working under its direction. The coordinator shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of this position. b. The coordinator shall, in conjunction with the three regional family working groups and the Statewide family working group established pursuant to section 6 of this act, adopt, review and revise, as needed, a State Family Support Services Plan for Families of Persons with a Serious Mental Illness. The plan shall: (1) assess needs, establish goals and set priorities for the provision of family support services; (2) provide for outreach and coordinated delivery of support services; and (3) identify and obtain additional funding for the program to supplement funds appropriated pursuant to and available for the purposes of this act. c. The coordinator shall coordinate efforts by public and private agencies and local family advocacy groups. Coordination shall include, but not be limited to, the identification of services provided by different agencies to avoid duplication; planning with all agencies to ensure that gaps in services are filled; and the coordination of activities for receiving and adopting input from local family advocacy groups. L.1995,c.314,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-7
Admission of unconfined persons, procedure.
Status: in_force

7. If the person for whom the diagnosis is sought by any court or agency of the State, county, or municipal government, desiring to utilize the services of the diagnostic center, is not under confinement or process, then admission to the diagnostic center shall be secured upon application to the Superior Court upon forms to be provided by the Department of Human Services. The county adjuster shall be the official charged with the responsibility of assisting with processing of the applications and shall perform functions similar to those set forth in Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. In connection with each application, the court shall order a hearing to be held, which may be in camera at the discretion of the court. At least 10 days' notice of the time, date, and place of the hearing shall be served upon the person, and if a minor or a person who is incapacitated, upon the parent, guardian, person standing in loco parentis, or person having custody and control of the minor or person who is incapacitated. At the hearing, the court shall determine whether the services of the diagnostic center shall be made available to the person and may order the person's confinement in the center for a period not to exceed 90 days, which order shall be provided to the center. L.1946, c.118, s.7; amended 1953, c.29, s.49; 1991, c.91, s.324; 2013, c.103, s.87.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.6b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.6b
Public access to certain liens limited.
Status: in_force

1. a. Except as provided in subsection f. of this section and notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.) and P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.) or any other provision of law to the contrary, all liens filed against a person treated at a psychiatric facility as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.2) and any index of such liens shall not be made available to a member of the public for inspection, review, or copying or included in any index that is available to the public on or after the effective date of this act, as provided in this section. b. For any lien identified as a "hospital lien" on the records of the Clerk of the Superior Court where the issuer of the lien is: (1) a State-operated psychiatric facility listed in R.S.30:1-7 or any variation of such a facility name as identified by the Commissioner of Human Services; or (2) a county-operated psychiatric facility as identified by the chief executive officer of such a facility, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall mark the lien as extinguished in accordance with section 8 of P.L.2005, c.55 (C.30:4-80.6a) and remove any record of the lien from public access so that it is not available to a member of the public for inspection, review, or copying or included in any index that is available to the public on or after the effective date of this act. For the purposes of this subsection, "lien" means a lien index, abstract or other record maintained in electronic or digital format. c. For any lien related to the cost of patient care identified as an "institutional lien" on the records of the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, or any other public custodian of such record where the issuer of the lien is: (1) a State-operated psychiatric facility listed in R.S.30:1-7 or any variation of such a facility name as identified by the commissioner; or (2) a county-operated psychiatric facility as identified by the chief executive officer of such a facility, the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, or any other public custodian of such record shall mark the lien as extinguished in accordance with section 8 of P.L.2005, c.55 (C.30:4-80.6a) and remove any record of the lien from public access so that it is not available to a member of the public for inspection, review, or copying or included in any index that is available to the public on or after the effective date of this act. d. Upon the filing of the discharge certificate pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1938, c.239 (C.30:4-80.6), with the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, the Clerk of the Superior Court, or other custodian of such record, the record of any such lien or index shall be removed from public access by the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, the Clerk of the Superior Court, or other custodian of such record, as appropriate, and shall not be made available to a member of the public for inspection, review, or copying or included in any index that is available to the public on or after the effective date of this act. e. Any commercial public records company that has obtained a record of a lien filed against a person treated at a psychiatric facility from the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, the Clerk of the Superior Court, or other custodian of such record shall remove the record from its database within a reasonable amount of time from when the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, the Clerk of the Superior Court or other custodian removes the record of such lien from public access. f. A member of the public may gain access to a lien removed from public access pursuant to this section by applying to the Superior Court of the county in which the lien was filed. The application shall be granted if, in the discretion of the court, there is a demonstrated, necessary, and reasonable basis and need for the access. The access and use of the information about the lien shall be on such terms as an order of the court shall provide. g. No person shall have a private cause of action against a public entity or public employee for failing to carry out the provisions of this act and no public entity or public employee shall be liable for any claim arising from the failure to fulfill the provisions of this act, provided that a good faith effort was made by the public entity or public employee to carry out the provisions of this act. h. The commissioner, in the case of a State-operated psychiatric facility listed in R.S.30:1-7, the chief executive officer of a county-operated psychiatric facility, the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, the Clerk of the Superior Court, or any other public custodian of a record of a lien filed against a person treated at a State or county-operated psychiatric facility prior to the effective date of section 8 of P.L.2005, c.55 (C.30:4-80.6a), shall jointly cooperate to ensure that, to the extent practicable, such records of liens are removed from public access. L.2009, c.154, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:3-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-8
Drawings, specifications and building contracts; technical disputes; technical advisers, architects, engineers, etc.
Status: in_force

Subject to the supervision and ultimate authority of the state board, the commissioner shall cause to be prepared all drawings, specifications and building contracts, determine the kind and quality of materials to be employed, interpret the meaning of drawings and specifications and adjudicate technical disputes between the state and its contractors, except as herein otherwise provided. Within the appropriation provided for any board, division, committee or commission of the department of institutions and agencies and with the approval of the state board, he may employ such technical advisers as the work of his office necessitates and with the approval of the state board and of the state house commission, he may pay for the services of architects, engineers and other technical assistants employed to prepare plans, specifications and drawings and for their superintendence from the appropriations for the building or buildings or public work they are retained to plan, design or supervise, at a rate which shall not be in excess of the schedule of minimum charges adopted by the American Institute of Architects, or by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Institutional boards of managers or other agents or agencies of the state in charge of institutions, departments, divisions or commissions except the state board of education, for which appropriations have been made may nominate to the state board architects, engineers or other technical assistants whom they may recommend that the commissioner with the approval of the state board and of the state house commission, shall employ and the commissioner may consider these nominations in making recommendations for the employment of such assistants. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared a map or plan of each institution, showing the layout of buildings, heating, lighting and power plants, water and sewage disposal works and all other approaches and appurtenances of each such institution.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26.21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26.21
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2010, c.98, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6t — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6t
Remote participation in certain meetings, eligible Medicaid recipients, authorization.
Status: in_force

1. The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, to the extent permitted under federal law, shall authorize a recipient of Medicaid benefits who is determined eligible to receive a personal care service benefit and who is attending a post-secondary educational institution and residing on that institution's campus to participate remotely by telephone or other means in a meeting of a non-medical nature regarding the recipient's Medicaid benefits. The provisions of this section shall apply to any meeting between the recipient and the division, a managed care organization contracted with the division to provide benefits under the Medicaid program, or any other entity or individual authorized by the division to conduct such meetings. As used in this section, "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.443.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-15.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15.2
Inspection of premises, books, records, accounts.
Status: in_force

4. The premises, books, records and accounts of any facility or organization to which payments are made from the treasury of the State, directly or indirectly, for or on account of the diagnosis, care, treatment, rehabilitation, or maintenance of persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner or his agents; such books, records and accounts shall be available for inspection and audit by the State Auditor or any of his agents insofar as they relate to the receipt and expenditure of State moneys, in order to determine whether the amount so paid by the State is a proper charge, which question the commissioner shall determine. In order to encourage the continual improvement of standards of care, the commissioner shall make available, within the limits of appropriations therefor, professional consultative services to those facilities in the State which minister to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities. L.1965, c.59, s.4; amended 1971, c.384, s.23; 2010, c.50, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-32 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-32
Annual report
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall issue an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1 of each year. Such report shall include a summary of "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged" program activities for the preceding fiscal year and any recommendations or suggestions for legislative consideration. L.1978, c. 171, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-40 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-40
Report of inmate abuse.
Status: in_force

2. a. Any employee of a State correctional facility, who, as a result of information obtained in the course of his employment, has reasonable cause to suspect or believe that an inmate is being or has been abused by any other employee of the State correctional facility shall report the information in a timely manner to the person designated by the Commissioner of Corrections to receive the report pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2019, c.408 (C.30:1B-41). b. Any other person having reasonable cause to suspect or believe that an inmate is being or has been abused by an employee of a State correctional facility may report the information to the person designated by the Commissioner of Corrections to receive the report pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2019, c.408 (C.30:1B-41). c. The report shall contain the name of the inmate; the name of the employee who is suspected of abusing the inmate, if known; the name of the correctional facility and the unit in which the inmate is confined, if known; information regarding the nature of the suspected abuse; and any other information which might be helpful in an investigation of the case and the protection of the inmate. L.2019, c.408, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-47 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-47
Submission of gross revenue reports.
Status: in_force

5. An ICF-MR shall submit appropriate gross revenue reports to the Director of the Division of Revenue on a quarterly basis. The Director of the Division of Revenue shall develop procedures, forms and appropriate time lines for an ICF-MR to follow in making its reports. L.1998,c.40,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-32.11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-32.11
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

6. The department shall report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), two years after the effective date of this act as to: the progress of the data collection and reporting required pursuant to this act; and the viability of including additional data within its data collection and reporting practices. L.2011, c.163, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1
Purpose
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that there is a present and growing need to develop services to protect victims of domestic violence. It is the purpose of this act to encourage the development of shelters for these victims and their children where they may obtain necessary services, including shelter, counseling and other social services. L.1979, c. 337, s. 1, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.13a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.13a
Annual report to the Legislature
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Public Defender, shall report to the Governor and the Legislature annually on: the number of cases reviewed by the commissioner pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1985, c.133 (C.30:4-165.13); the disposition of these cases, including the number of cases referred to the Attorney General; the number of cases remaining to be reviewed; the number of cases in which the Public Defender was appointed to serve as counsel; and the disposition of these cases. The commissioner shall include in the report any recommendations for administrative or legislative action that he deems necessary in order to ensure that all cases are reviewed as required pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1985, c.133 (C.30:4-165.13). L.1990,c.50,s.6; amended 1994,c.58,s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-7
Hospitalization of inmates
Status: in_force

30:4-7. Hospitalization of inmates. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall have power to place any inmate in any hospital in the State for such medical or surgical treatment as may be necessary, which cannot properly and adequately be rendered within the institution. Amended 1995,c.254,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.25 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.25
Notification relative to certain deaths.
Status: in_force

3. The department shall notify the Division of Mental Health Advocacy in the Office of the Public Defender within 24 hours after an unexpected death occurs at a State psychiatric hospital and shall promptly notify the Division of Mental Health Advocacy of any death of which the department has knowledge that occurs within seven days after a patient was discharged from a State psychiatric hospital. L.2009, c.161, s.3; amended 2010, c.34, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.20
Powers, duties of authority.
Status: in_force

6. a. (1) A municipal authority shall exercise its powers and duties to manage and operate a hospital owned by it through a contract or contracts with a manager, which may be entered into without public advertising for bid as otherwise required pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-3); provided, however, that the primary responsibility of operating the hospital shall remain that of the authority. (2) A county authority may exercise its powers and duties to manage, operate, and maintain a county hospital through a contract or contracts with a manager, which contract or contracts shall be entered into by competitive contracting pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). b. (1) The initial duration of a contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section shall not exceed five years. A contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section may be renewed for an additional period, not to exceed five years. A contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section more than ten years from the date of the initial contract shall be negotiated as a new contract and not as a renewal contract. (2) The initial duration of a contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall not exceed the term provided for in subsection (47) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15). c. A contract, or a renewal thereof, with a manager to manage and operate a hospital shall be effective only with the prior written consent of the Local Finance Board, which shall consult with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services. The Local Finance Board shall establish an application procedure, submission requirements, and set minimum standards and content that shall be included in any contract with an entity to manage and operate a hospital. A contract with a manager shall provide that, in addition to such other matters as determined to be necessary by the authority or as otherwise required by law or regulation: (1) The authority or its agents, and the city or county or the agents of the city or county, shall have independent access to the books and records of the hospital at all times; (2) The Governor of the State of New Jersey shall appoint an individual to serve on the board of directors of the manager during the term of the contract, including renewals; and (3) Other than for routine, day-to-day business activities, the authority shall have the final determination regarding the acquisition and disposition of assets, or the incurring of debt or expenses. d. When contracting with a manager, the individuals that the manager proposes to designate as the hospital's chief executive officer and chief financial officer, by whatever title, and any change thereof, and all contracts or other arrangements setting forth terms and conditions of employment for those positions shall be subject to the approval of the authority. e. An authority shall take the following actions pursuant to any requirements that may be established by the Local Finance Board: (1) adopt a management plan for the hospital, including monitoring and review methods of financial activities; (2) set minimum requirements for meetings of the authority, and minimum attendance requirements for members; (3) establish a formal mechanism for communication among the members of the authority's board, hospital administrators and medical staff; (4) form a finance committee, which shall be responsible for the oversight of the finances of the authority, and delineate the duties and obligations of the finance committee; and (5) include minimum provisions that shall be included in a contract with a manager. Such provisions shall include the submission of an annual budget of the hospital and of the manager by the manager for the approval of the authority. The approval of these items shall be conditioned upon the approval of the authority's annual budget pursuant to the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). The budget and any supporting documents as may be required by the Division of Local Government Services shall be submitted to the division as part of the submission of the authority's annual budget.
L.2006, c.46, s.6; amended 2016, c.55, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-13.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-13.5
Grant of tenure of office to corrections officer employed in county jail or penitentiary
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county of the first class having a population of less than 700,000 may, by resolution, grant tenure of position or employment to any corrections officer in the county jail or penitentiary who on the effective date of this act has so served for 9 or more consecutive years. Upon the adoption of such a resolution the corrections officer shall continue to hold his position or employment during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be removed therefrom except for good cause and then only in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. L.1971, c. 218, s. 1, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-17
Action against officials in charge of institutions; notice; county prosecutor's duties
Status: in_force

30:1-17. The rights and powers conferred upon the State board and the commissioner by sections 30:1-14, 30:1-15 and 30:1-16 of this Title, so far as they relate to the investigation of the institutions and noninstitutional agencies enumerated therein may be enforced by a civil action against the officer or board having charge of the institution, brought in the Superior Court. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. If, in the opinion of the commissioner or the State board, any matter with regard to the management or affairs of any such institution or any inmate or person in any way connected with either required legal investigation or action of any kind, notice thereof may be given by the commissioner or the State board to the county prosecutor of the county, and he shall thereupon make inquiry and take such proceedings in the premises as he may deem necessary and proper. It shall be the duty of the county prosecutor when so required to furnish such legal assistance, counsel or advice as the commissioner or the State board may require in the discharge of his or its duties. Amended 1953,c.29,s.2; 1971,c.384,s.13; 1991,c.91,s.310.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.15a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.15a
Counties of first class having 700,000 to 900,000 population; admission of patients
Status: in_force

In any county of the first class having a population of more than 700,000 but less than 900,000 inhabitants, a person may be admitted to the county hospital on the application of his treating physician or on the application of any of the persons enumerated in section 7 of the act to which this act is a supplement, and, notwithstanding the provisions of said section 7, no such application shall be required to be in writing. L.1964, c. 200, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-13
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that in keeping with current State and national goals, increasing numbers of developmentally disabled persons are being placed into community residences as an alternative to institutional confinement. Such deinstitutionalization is highly desirable since it can lead to a fuller, richer, and more independent life for developmentally disabled persons. However, because of their disabilities, they may be vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation in the community unless appropriate safeguards are established and necessary services are delivered to them in a wholesome environment. Therefore, the well-being of developmentally disabled persons living under State sponsorship in the community requires clarification of their rights and the rights of family members and other persons interested in their welfare, and a delineation of the responsibilities of the Department of Human Services. L.1983, c. 524, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-39 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-39
Department of Human Services, Economic Development Agency, awarding of grants.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall award grants, on a competitive basis pursuant to criteria established by the Commissioner of Human Services, to licensed child care providers, registered family day care providers, and Head Start programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section. Providers and programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section shall be eligible for a one-time initial grant that may be used to: purchase equipment; recruit, train, or compensate staff for new infant and toddler slots or classrooms; and for other initiatives to support the expansion of infant and toddler child care capacity. The Department of Human Services may provide technical assistance to assist providers in meeting the requirements of the grant program. b. To be eligible for consideration for a grant award under this section, a licensed child care provider, registered family day care provider or Head Start program shall submit an application to the Department of Human Services, in a form and manner as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Human Services and in accordance with criteria established by the Commissioner of Human Services, which application shall outline the purposes for which a grant award would be used. Eligible providers shall include, but shall not be limited to, providers that receive a grant from the Economic Development Authority pursuant to section 2 of this act. To be eligible for consideration for a grant award under this section, an applicant shall additionally: (1) comply with the current child care licensing standards for infant and toddler child care, including, but not limited to, class size, child-to-staff ratios, and health and safety standards; (2) demonstrate that the grant funding will be used to support the expansion of infant and toddler child care capacity; and (3) participate or apply to participate in the State's child care quality rating and improvement system, Grow NJ Kids. c. The commissioner shall establish selection criteria for the awarding of grant funds under the program. One-time initial grants shall be awarded, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, based upon review of the applications and subject to the availability of funds. d. The department shall calculate the initial grant award for an eligible recipient based on the number of new infant or toddler child care slots that will be supported through the grant program created pursuant to this section. Initial grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be in an amount that is not less than $3,000 per new infant or toddler child care slot that will be supported through the grant program. e. (1) Subject to appropriation and the availability of funds, grant recipients not already participating in Grow NJ Kids at the time the grant recipient applied to the department for a grant award under this section, which recipients apply to participate in Grow NJ Kids as a condition of program eligibility, shall be eligible to apply for and receive up to two additional grant awards to allow for time for the recipient to join and become rated under Grow NJ Kids. A recipient shall not be eligible for an additional grant award under this subsection if the recipient has received a Grow NJ Kids rating. (2) A grant recipient shall apply for additional grant awards pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in a form and manner as shall be prescribed by the commissioner. The application for an additional grant award shall outline the purposes for which the grant would be used. Additional grant awards may be used for the same purposes as are authorized for grants awarded pursuant to subsection a. of this section. (3) The department shall calculate an additional grant award for an eligible recipient based on the number of new infant or toddler child care slots that are supported using the recipient's initial grant award. Additional grants awarded pursuant to this subsection shall be in an amount that is not less than $1,200 per infant or toddler child care slot that will be supported through the grant program. (4) A first additional grant awarded pursuant to this subsection shall be paid on the first day of the 12th month next following the date the initial grant award is paid. A second additional grant awarded pursuant to this subsection shall be paid on the first day of the 24th month next following the date the initial grant award is paid. f. In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner shall give preference to providers and programs that: (1) are located in communities identified as child care deserts with few or no options for high-quality child care for infants and toddlers; (2) are located in communities with high percentages of low-income families; and (3) can align their infant and toddler child care programs with high-quality preschool programs, support collaborations for shared services, and build upon existing early childhood education services. L.2022, c.25, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-129 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-129
Power to summon witnesses; resolution designating division chief
Status: in_force

The state board, the commissioner and one of the chiefs of the various divisions enumerated in section 30:1-9 of this title shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, to examine persons whose examination is deemed necessary or expedient, to investigate or cause to be investigated the record, health, ability and character of each patient, ward, or inmate, admitted, received or committed to any institution which is subject to the examination, supervision or jurisdiction of the state board, and on complaint of any person or upon its own initiative, to investigate the treatment or care of inmates and the conduct or management of any such institution. The state board shall from time to time by resolution filed with the secretary of state designate the chief of division to exercise such powers which designation so filed shall be deemed due notice thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-15
Commissaries for sale of commodities to inmates, visitors and personnel
Status: in_force

The board of managers of any institution or noninstitutional agency set forth in section 30:1-7 of the Revised Statutes may maintain a commissary or store for the sale of commodities to patients, inmates, visitors and personnel under rules adopted by the board. The cost of establishing the commissary or store may be defrayed out of any funds appropriated for current maintenance. Any profit accruing may be used by the board for the use, benefit and general welfare of the inmate or patient population as a whole. Amended by L.1966, c. 203, s. 1, eff. July 21, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6a
$35 monthly personal needs allowance
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible for medical assistance and health services under P.L. 1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-1 et seq.) and who receives medical assistance under subparagraph (4)(a) of subsection a. or under paragraph (11), (13) or (14) of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L. 1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-6), who is not eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 1382(e)(1)(B), is entitled to a $35.00 monthly personal needs allowance. L. 1985, c. 286, s. 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-62.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-62.2
"Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund" established.
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund." This fund shall be the repository for moneys provided pursuant to subsection f. of R.S.39:5-41. Moneys deposited in the fund, and any interest earned thereon, shall be allocated to the Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism established pursuant to P.L.1999, c.105 (C.30:6D-56 et seq.), to support grants and contracts awarded under subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.105 (C.30:6D-60), and any grants for pilot studies selected under subsection c. of section 6 of P.L.1999, c.105 (C.30:6D-61), provided that, if federal funds are available for the purpose, the grantee or contractor shall, as a condition of receiving any such grant or contract from the fund, apply for an amount of federal funds in support of that grant or contract. b. Any costs incurred by the department in the collection or administration of the fund may be deducted from the funds deposited therein, as determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. L.2003, c.144, s.1; amended L.2007, c.168, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7c — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7c
Submission of plan to enroll Medicaid recipients by health maintenance organizations
Status: in_force

Within one year of the effective date of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.24 et al.), every State approved or federally qualified health maintenance organization in the State shall submit a plan to the Commissioner of Human Services to enroll Medicaid recipients pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). The plan shall include the terms and conditions for enrolling Medicaid recipients, including the number of recipients that can reasonably be enrolled, the health care services that will be offered, and an estimate of the per capita cost for enrollment of these persons. The commissioner shall provide a health maintenance organization, upon written request, with any nonidentifying information about Medicaid recipients that is necessary to assist the health maintenance organization in preparing its plan. L.1991,c.187,s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-24
Deposit of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of said lands shall be paid into the treasury of the State of New Jersey. L.1956, c. 223, p. 788, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6u — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6u
Commissioner of Human Services, waivers, implementation, provisions, secure federal financial participation.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. Coverage to eligible beneficiaries of the community-based palliative care benefit established by the amendments made by section 1 of P.L.2023, c.187 (C.30:4D-6) to section 6 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-6) shall be contingent on securing federal financial participation pursuant to this section.
L.2023, c.187, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-8
Approval of project
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with due regard for the recommendations made by the community mental health board, shall approve for State financial participation community mental health projects which comply with all regulations of the department and which implement in an efficient and economic manner a community mental health program through educational, consultative, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitative and after care services for mental health problems of children and adults in the community. The commissioner shall notify the sponsoring agency and the county mental health board of his action and certify the amount of State financial participation allowed, if any. L.1957. c. 146, p. 551, s. 8. Amended by L.1967, c. 100, s. 8, eff. June 12, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-4.1
Nursing home security deposits; disposition
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a nursing home requires a security deposit advanced prior to the admission of a person to the nursing home, the money or other form of security, until repaid or applied to payments in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement, including the resident's portion of the interest or earnings accumulated thereon as hereinafter provided, shall continue to be the property of the resident and shall be held in trust by the nursing home and shall not be mingled with the personal property or become an asset of the nursing home. a. The nursing home shall: (1) invest that money in shares of an insured money market fund established by an investment company based in this State and registered under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 54 Stat. 789 (15 U.S.C. s. 80a-1 et seq.) whose shares are registered under the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74 (15 U.S.C. s. 77a et seq.) and the only investments of which fund are instruments maturing in one year or less, or (2) deposit that money in a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association in this State insured by an agency of the federal government in an account bearing a variable rate of interest, which shall be established at least quarterly, which is similar to the average rate of interest on active interest bearing money market transaction accounts paid by the bank or association, or equal to similar accounts of an investment company described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, less an amount not to exceed 1% per annum of the amount so invested or deposited for the costs of servicing and processing the accounts. b. Immediately after the security money is invested, the nursing home shall notify the resident in writing of the name and address of the investment company, State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association in which the deposit or investment of security money is made, and the amount of the deposit. c. All of the money so deposited or advanced may be deposited or invested by the nursing home in one interest-bearing or dividend yielding account as long as the nursing home complies with all the other requirements of this act. d. The nursing home is entitled to receive as administration expenses, a sum equivalent to 1% per annum thereon or 12.5% of the aggregate interest yield on the security deposit, whichever is greater, less the amount of any service fee charged by an investment company, a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association for money deposited pursuant to this section, which is in lieu of all other administrative and custodial expenses. The balance of the interest or earnings paid thereon by the investment company, State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association shall belong to the resident and shall be permitted to compound to the benefit of the resident, or be paid to the resident in cash, or be credited toward the payments due on the anniversary of the resident's admission to the nursing home in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement. e. If the nursing home fails to notify the resident of the name and address of the investment company, State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association in which the deposit or investment of the security is made, and the amount thereof, within 30 days after receipt of the money from the resident, the resident may give written notice to the nursing home that the security money shall be applied on account of payments due or to become due from the resident, and thereafter the resident shall be without obligation to make any further security deposit and the nursing home shall not be entitled to make further demand for a security deposit. f. Within 60 days after the person is no longer a resident of the nursing home, the nursing home shall return to the former resident or, if appropriate, to the resident's estate, by personal delivery, registered or certified mail the sum so deposited plus the former resident's portion of the interest or earnings accumulated thereon, less any charges expended in accordance with the terms of a contract or agreement. The interest or earnings and any such deductions shall be itemized and the resident or, if appropriate, the resident's estate, notified thereof by personal delivery, registered or certified mail. g. The Commissioner of Banking may promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the establishment of the method of computing the interest due to either the nursing home or to the resident pursuant to the provisions of this act in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) if the money is deposited in an account or in shares of an investment company upon which the interest varies on a periodic basis. L.1991,c.262,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.1 et seq.) and P.L.2009, c.112: a. "Chief executive officer" means the person who is the chief administrative officer of an institution or psychiatric facility. b. "Clinical certificate" means a form prepared by the division and approved by the Administrative Office of the Courts, that is completed by the psychiatrist or other physician who has examined the person who is subject to commitment within three days of presenting the person for involuntary commitment to treatment, and which states that the person is in need of involuntary commitment to treatment. The form shall also state the specific facts upon which the examining physician has based his conclusion and shall be certified in accordance with the Rules of the Court. A clinical certificate may not be executed by a person who is a relative by blood or marriage to the person who is being screened. c. "Clinical director" means the person who is designated by the director or chief executive officer to organize and supervise the clinical services provided in a screening service, short-term care or psychiatric facility. The clinical director shall be a psychiatrist; however, those persons currently serving in the capacity will not be affected by this provision. This provision shall not alter any current civil service laws designating the qualifications of such position. d. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. e. "County counsel" means the chief legal officer or advisor of the governing body of a county. f. "Court" means the Superior Court or a municipal court. g. "Custody" means the right and responsibility to ensure the provision of care and supervision. h. "Dangerous to self" means that by reason of mental illness the person has threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm, or has behaved in such a manner as to indicate that the person is unable to satisfy his need for nourishment, essential medical care or shelter, so that it is probable that substantial bodily injury, serious physical harm, or death will result within the reasonably foreseeable future; however, no person shall be deemed to be unable to satisfy his need for nourishment, essential medical care, or shelter if he is able to satisfy such needs with the supervision and assistance of others who are willing and available. This determination shall take into account a person's history, recent behavior, and any recent act, threat, or serious psychiatric deterioration. i. "Dangerous to others or property" means that by reason of mental illness there is a substantial likelihood that the person will inflict serious bodily harm upon another person or cause serious property damage within the reasonably foreseeable future. This determination shall take into account a person's history, recent behavior, and any recent act, threat, or serious psychiatric deterioration. j. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. k. "Director" means the chief administrative officer of a screening service, short-term care facility, or special psychiatric hospital. l. "Division" means the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services. m. "In need of involuntary commitment" or "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment" means that an adult with mental illness, whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or property and who is unwilling to accept appropriate treatment voluntarily after it has been offered, needs outpatient treatment or inpatient care at a short-term care or psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital because other services are not appropriate or available to meet the person's mental health care needs. n. "Institution" means any State or county facility providing inpatient care, supervision, and treatment for persons with developmental disabilities; except that with respect to the maintenance provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, institution also means any psychiatric facility for the treatment of persons with mental illness. o. "Mental health agency or facility" means a legal entity which receives funds from the State, county, or federal government to provide mental health services. p. "Mental health screener" means a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, registered professional nurse, licensed marriage and family therapist, or other individual trained to do outreach only for the purposes of psychological assessment who is employed by a screening service and possesses the license, academic training or experience, as required by the commissioner pursuant to regulation; except that a psychiatrist and a State licensed clinical psychologist who meet the requirements for mental health screener shall not have to comply with any additional requirements adopted by the commissioner. q. "Mental hospital" means, for the purposes of the payment and maintenance provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, a psychiatric facility. r. "Mental illness" means a current, substantial disturbance of thought, mood, perception, or orientation which significantly impairs judgment, capacity to control behavior, or capacity to recognize reality, but does not include simple alcohol intoxication, transitory reaction to drug ingestion, organic brain syndrome, or developmental disability unless it results in the severity of impairment described herein. The term mental illness is not limited to "psychosis" or "active psychosis," but shall include all conditions that result in the severity of impairment described herein. s. "Patient" means a person over the age of 18 who has been admitted to, but not discharged from a short-term care or psychiatric facility, or who has been assigned to, but not discharged from an outpatient treatment provider. t. "Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine in any one of the United States or its territories, or the District of Columbia. u. "Psychiatric facility" means a State psychiatric hospital listed in R.S.30:1-7, a county psychiatric hospital, or a psychiatric unit of a county hospital. v. "Psychiatrist" means a physician who has completed the training requirements of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. w. "Psychiatric unit of a general hospital" means an inpatient unit of a general hospital that restricts its services to the care and treatment of persons with mental illness who are admitted on a voluntary basis. x. "Psychologist" means a person who is licensed as a psychologist by the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners. y. "Screening certificate" means a clinical certificate executed by a psychiatrist or other physician affiliated with a screening service. z. "Screening service" means a public or private ambulatory care service, whether or not affiliated with a hospital, designated by the commissioner, which provides mental health services including assessment, emergency, and referral services to persons with mental illness in a specified geographic area. aa. "Screening outreach visit" means an evaluation provided by a mental health screener wherever the person may be when clinically relevant information indicates the person may need involuntary commitment to treatment and is unable or unwilling to come to a screening service. bb. "Short-term care facility" means an inpatient, community based mental health treatment facility that is designated to provide acute care and assessment services to a person with mental illness whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or property. A short-term care facility is authorized to serve persons from a specified geographic area, may be a part of a general hospital or other appropriate health care facility, and shall meet certificate of need requirements and be licensed and inspected by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). cc. "Special psychiatric hospital" means a public or private hospital licensed by the Department of Health to provide voluntary and involuntary mental health services, including assessment, care, supervision, treatment, and rehabilitation services to persons with mental illness. dd. "Treatment team" means one or more persons, including at least one psychiatrist or physician, and may include a psychologist, social worker, nurse, licensed marriage and family therapist, and other appropriate services providers. A treatment team provides mental health services to a patient of a screening service, outpatient treatment provider, or short-term care or psychiatric facility. ee. "Voluntary admission" means that an adult with mental illness, whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or property and is willing to be admitted to a facility voluntarily for care, needs care at a short-term care or psychiatric facility because other facilities or services are not appropriate or available to meet the person's mental health needs. A person may also be voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric facility if his mental illness presents a substantial likelihood of rapid deterioration in functioning in the near future, there are no appropriate community alternatives available, and the psychiatric facility can admit the person and remain within its rated capacity. ff. "County adjuster" means the person appointed pursuant to R.S.30:4-34. gg "Least restrictive environment" means the available setting and form of treatment that appropriately addresses a person's need for care and the need to respond to dangers to the person, others, or property and respects, to the greatest extent practicable, the person's interests in freedom of movement and self-direction. hh. "Outpatient treatment" means clinically appropriate care based on proven or promising treatments directed to wellness and recovery, provided by a member of the patient's treatment team to a person not in need of inpatient treatment. Outpatient treatment may include, but shall not be limited to, day treatment services, case management, residential services, outpatient counseling and psychotherapy, and medication treatment. ii. "Outpatient treatment provider" means a community-based provider, designated as an outpatient treatment provider pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.8), that provides or coordinates the provision of outpatient treatment to persons in need of involuntary commitment to treatment. jj. "Plan of outpatient treatment" means a plan for recovery from mental illness approved by a court pursuant to section 17 of P.L.2009, c.112 (C.30:4-27.15a) that is to be carried out in an outpatient setting and is prepared by an outpatient treatment provider for a patient who has a history of responding to treatment. The plan may include medication as a component of the plan; however, medication shall not be involuntarily administered in an outpatient setting. kk. "Reasonably foreseeable future" means a time frame that may be beyond the immediate or imminent, but not longer than a time frame as to which reasonably certain judgments about a person's likely behavior can be reached. ll. "Geographic area" means a distinct area of the State that is designated by the commissioner to be served by a screening service and may be a county, portion of a county, or multi-county area. L.1987, c.116, s.2; amended 1989, c.73, s.1; 1994, c.134, s.5; 1995, c.4, s.2; 2005, c.55, s.1; 2009, c.112, s.2; 2019, c.391, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-12.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-12.2
Findings, declarations relative to self-directed support services for persons with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There is a need for innovative approaches to meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities; b. While there are many fine group homes, supervised apartments and other supervised living arrangements for persons with developmental disabilities, there is a need for not only an expansion of the availability of such programs, but also the development of innovative programs that are self-directed by persons with developmental disabilities and their families and guardians; c. The availability of innovative self-directed programs will expand the capacity of the Department of Human Services to serve the needs of persons with developmental disabilities; and d. It is important to emphasize that persons with developmental disabilities who participate in these highly desirable self-directed approaches to care retain the rights guaranteed to them under the "Developmentally Disabled Rights Act," P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-1 et seq.). L.2008, c.128, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.4
Notification to inmate of outstanding fines, assessments, warrants, detainers.
Status: in_force

5. At the time of release from a State correctional facility, every inmate shall be notified in writing of all outstanding fines, assessments, and restitution charges ordered as part of that inmate's sentence, as well as any outstanding warrants or detainers. To assist in an inmate's transition and reentry into the community, no inmate shall be required to pay any portion of any outstanding fine, assessment, or restitution ordered as part of that inmate's sentence during the first 90 days following his release. During that 90-day period no warrant shall be issued against the inmate for any nonpayment of any such fine, assessment, or restitution. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish or in any way impair the inmate's responsibility for paying all such outstanding fines, assessments, and restitutions ordered by the court. L.2009, c.329, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.15
Procedures prior to admission to MSU.
Status: in_force

3. The procedures provided in this section shall be implemented prior to admission of an individual to the MSU. a. If the division is advised by a court of competent jurisdiction that an individual who may be developmentally disabled is involved in a criminal proceeding before the court, the division shall determine whether the individual is eligible for functional services provided by the division in accordance with sections 13 through 16 of P.L.1965, c.59 (C.30:4-25.1 through 30:4-25.4) and P.L.1985, c.145 (C.30:6D-23 et seq.). If the division determines that the individual is not eligible for services provided by the division, the individual may request a hearing to contest the decision pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). b. If the individual is determined eligible for services provided by the division, the director of the division shall request the Director of the MSU to determine whether the individual is appropriate for, and will benefit from, admission to the MSU and whether a vacancy exists at the facility. c. (1) If the individual is appropriate for, and will benefit from, admission to the MSU, and if a vacancy exists at the facility, the Director of the MSU shall so advise the court and request an order to require the individual to be housed at and participate in the program at the MSU. (2) If the Director of the MSU is not certain about the appropriateness of the admission of the individual, the director may recommend that the court order that the individual be admitted to the MSU for a time-specified period to evaluate the individual's appropriateness for the program at the MSU. L.2006,c.5,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-61.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-61.1
Proposal to return child home.
Status: in_force

8. a. If the division proposes to return a child home, although the return home is either prohibited by the placement plan approved by the court or expressly contingent upon certain conditions in the placement plan that have not been met, the division shall promptly notify the board and the court in writing. b. The board shall conduct a special review within 15 days of receipt of the notice provided pursuant to subsection a. or f. of this section to consider and evaluate the reasons for the proposed action and determine whether the action ensures the safety and serves the best interests of the child. The board shall provide written notice of the special review pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-59), except that the 15-day advance notice requirement is waived. The board shall submit its report to the court pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-60), except that the board shall submit the report within five days of completion of the special review. c. The court shall review the board's recommendations within 10 days and issue an order within five days unless a summary hearing is scheduled concerning the child's placement pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-61), except that if a party entitled to participate in the proceeding requests a hearing, the court shall hold a summary hearing within 15 days of receipt of the board's report unless the court determines that the request for the hearing is frivolous. The court shall issue its order within five days of the hearing. d. The division shall not return the child home unless the court approves the division's proposed action and orders the return home of the child. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, in an emergency situation, the court may waive the special review provisions of this section and approve the return home, upon the request of the division to do so. The request of the division for a court waiver of the special review provisions shall be accompanied by a written statement from the division declaring and finding that the out-of-home placement has been disrupted, that no appropriate alternative placement for the child can be found in the home of a relative, a resource family home, group home, shelter, residential care facility or other setting following the change in placement, and that the return home will not endanger the health, safety or welfare of the child. The written statement submitted with a request shall also outline the specific reasons for the findings made. The division shall conduct an on-site visit of the home of a child when in an emergency situation the division plans to request of the court a waiver of the special review provisions. A report of the on-site visit shall be included with the request. If the court approves the division's request, the division shall promptly notify the board of the court's approval of the request. The board shall conduct a review of the change in the placement plan within 15 days of the date the child is returned home. The division shall conduct a minimum of two on-site visits to the home of a child returned there in an emergency situation within the first 10 days of the return to ascertain the continued health, safety and welfare of the child. The court, upon granting a request for a waiver, may require additional on-site visits. A detailed written report of each on-site visit to the home of a child returned in an emergency situation shall promptly be submitted to the court and to the child placement review board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the court shall retain jurisdiction over the placement of the child after a child has been returned home in an emergency situation for up to six months unless there is a subsequent court hearing or court order. In any case where, following a court order for the implementation of a placement plan, the board determines upon re-review of the case that there has been insufficient effort on the part of the division or any other parties toward implementation of the court ordered plan, the board may petition the court for an order to show cause as to why the plan is not being implemented as ordered. f. If, subsequent to the review and approval of a plan by the court, the division proposes to change the long-term goal in the plan or otherwise substantially modify the plan, it shall notify the court and the board in writing, within five days. The board shall schedule review of the modification. The division shall continue to implement the current court ordered plan until the court orders a modified or new plan. g. Nothing in this section is intended to limit the court's authority to exercise its regular remedies for enforcement of an order. L.1984, c.85, s.8; amended 1987, c.252, s.10; 1999, c.53, s.49; 2004, c.130, s.90.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-43 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-43
Support of dependents
Status: in_force

When a prisoner has a wife, child or children or others legally dependent upon him, or her, for support, the earnings of such prisoner shall be disbursed through the county probation office to such dependents, or to the society or institution having the care or custody of such dependents, or any of them, as the court may direct, and the order of the court relative to payments of such earnings may be modified at any time thereafter as the court may determine, but the court may order that the fines, penalty assessments, restitution, and costs may be first charged against and deducted from the earnings of such prisoner. The county governing body shall make rules and regulations relative to the disposition of the earnings of all prisoners, and may designate an officer or employee of the county as the disbursing agent of such funds. When the earnings of any such prisoner have been unclaimed for a period of one year after the discharge of any such prisoner from imprisonment, the county probation officer shall pay to the county treasurer of the county such unclaimed sums of money, for the use of the county; provided, however, that at any time within two years after such moneys have been turned over to the use of the county, any person or persons claiming to own the said money, in addition to any other remedy now provided by law, may make application, upon giving ten days' prior notice thereof to the county treasurer, to the court for an order declaring such moneys to be the property of such person or persons, and ordering the same to be returned to such person or persons by the county treasurer. Upon proof that such person or persons are entitled to said moneys, the court shall issue an order directing the county treasurer to pay such moneys over to such person, which order and payment shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of the county treasurer. Amended by L. 1948, c. 17, p. 65, s. 1; L. 1953, c. 29, p. 536, s. 55; L. 1985, c. 251, s. 6, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-16
Denial, suspension or revocation of license
Status: in_force

The State Board of Control, after serving the licensee with specific charges in writing, at least 30 days in advance of a hearing, and after hearing, may deny, revoke, or suspend any and all licenses granted under authority of this act to any person violating the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. L.1968, c. 356, s. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-53.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-53.4
Petition to terminate parental rights.
Status: in_force

4. If the division is required to provide reasonable efforts toward family reunification, and if the parents or guardian of the child are unwilling or unable to remedy the problems or conditions outlined in the child's repeated placement plan within the specified time limit despite reasonable efforts by the division, and if the permanency plan for the child requires the termination of parental rights, the division shall file a petition to terminate the rights of the child's parents with the family part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15). The division shall concurrently provide services to facilitate the child's placement into an adoptive home. The court shall set a hearing, with notice to all parties, on the guardianship petition within 45 days from the date the petition was filed. L.1991,c.448,s.4; amended 1999, c.53, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.12
Establishment of community relations advisory board.
Status: in_force

4. a. Every contract between the Department of Corrections and the operator of a private facility shall provide for the establishment of a community relations advisory board in the municipality wherein the private facility is located. The board may include the following members: (1) the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality or a designee; (2) a member of the governing body of the municipality or a designee; (3) a representative of the operator of the private facility; (4) a representative of the Department of Corrections; and (5) public members, appointed by the governing body, to represent the community. If the private facility is within 2,500 feet of the border of an adjacent municipality, the board also may include the chief law enforcement officer of that adjacent municipality or a designee; a representative of the governing body of that adjacent municipality or a designee; and public members, appointed by the governing body of the adjacent municipality, to represent the community. In those cases where the board consists of representatives from more than one municipality, the number of public member appointees from each of the participating municipalities shall be the same. If an operator operates more than one private facility in a municipality, that operator may establish one community relations advisory board for all of that operator's private facilities within that municipality. b. The board shall monitor the operation of the private facility and shall provide the residents of the municipality with a forum for resolving community concerns relating to the facility's operation. L.1999,c.243,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-8.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-8.5
Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners
Status: in_force

Upon the arrival of a prisoner in any correctional institution in the State, he shall be furnished with a copy of the institution's rules and regulations and shall have the meaning of the same explained to him. Spanish language copies of the institutional rules and regulations shall be provided to Spanish-speaking prisoners not conversant with the English language. To the extent possible, foreign language speaking prisoners not sufficiently conversant with the English language shall also be provided with verbal explanations in their language of greatest facility of all institutional rules and regulations. L.1975, c. 95, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.18a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.18a
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Health as appropriate, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1993, c.16 (C.30:4D-17.16 et seq.) and section 2 of P.L.1998, c.41 (C.30:4D-17.17a); except that, notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Human Services, may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.1993, c.16 (C.30:4D-17.16 et seq.) and section 2 of P.L.1998, c.41 (C.30:4D-17.17a), which shall be effective for a period not to exceed six months and may thereafter be amended, adopted or re-adopted by the Commissioner of Human Services, in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1998, c.41, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.372.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-24
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1976, c. 98, s. 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1
Interstate compact on mental health; findings and purposes
Status: in_force

The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by New Jersey with all other States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting States solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party States find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by co-operative action, to the benefit of the patients, their families, and society as a whole. Further, the party States find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party States to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party States in terms of such welfare. L.1956, c. 178, p. 677, art. I.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7s — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7s
Definitions relative to "The County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program Act."
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Fee" means the local healthcare-related fee authorized pursuant to this act. "Hospital" means a hospital that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and is located within the borders of a participating county. "Medicaid program" means the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program" established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "Participating county" means, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, a county that chooses to participate in the program, has a population greater than 250,000, according to the federal decennial census immediately preceding the effective date of P.L.2018, c.136 (C.30:4D-7r et seq.), and contains a municipality which: (1) is classified, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:6-4, as a First or Second Class municipality, or a Fourth Class municipality whose population exceeds 20,000, and (2) has a Municipal Revitalization Index Distress score, as last calculated by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs prior to the effective date of P.L.2018, c.136 (C.30:4D-7r et seq.), that exceeds 55; or, based on the 2019 ACS 5 Year Survey Data, a county that chooses to participate in the program and contains a municipality with a population greater than 30,000 whose 2020 Municipal Revitalization Index Distress score is greater than or equal to 33 (1) excluding counties with a municipality with a population greater than 125,000, (2) excluding counties with a population less than 150,000, and (3) excluding counties with a median household income greater than $110,000. "Program" means "The County Option Hospital Fee Program" established pursuant to this act. "Proposed fee and expenditure report" means a written report by a participating county that describes how the fee will be imposed in the participating county; how the funds collected from the fee will be used by the participating county, including the amount and services the participating county plans to provide with the funds; and how the plan satisfies paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 3 of this act. L.2018, c.136, s.2; amended 2022, c.61, s.2; 2023, c.337; 2024, c.47, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-92.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-92.1
Mandatory workforce skills training program.
Status: in_force

1. The Commissioner of Corrections, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, shall establish a mandatory workforce skills training program in each State correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. a. The requirement of participating in a workforce skills training program shall apply to an inmate who: (1) is in the custody of the Department of Corrections on the effective date of P.L.2009, c.330 (C.30:4-92.1 et al.); (2) has 18 months or more remaining to be served before a mandatory release date; and (3) is not exempted due to a medical, developmental, or learning disability. b. The mandatory workforce skills training program requirement may be deferred for an inmate who is serving a sentence exceeding 10 years. c. The workforce skills training program shall contain a computer literacy component, including instruction on word processing, typing, Internet navigation, and use of e-mail. d. An inmate who satisfactorily participates in the mandatory workforce skills training program shall be eligible for commutation time for good behavior pursuant to R.S.30:4-140 or credits for diligent application to work and other institutional assignments pursuant to R.S.30:4-92. e. The commissioner shall report to the State Parole Board the progress of an inmate participating in the mandatory workforce skills training program. f. The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) the rules and regulations that are necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2009, c.330 (C.30:4-92.1 et al.). These rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions to: (1) determine when an inmate shall be exempted from the mandatory workforce skills training requirement due to a medical, developmental, or learning disability as authorized under paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section; and (2) authorize these exempted inmates to voluntarily participate in the mandatory workforce skills training program. L.2009, c.330, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-12a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-12a
Definitions relative to psychiatric facilities
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Clinical treatment staff" means a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, physical therapist or social worker licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, an occupational, recreation, art or music therapist or a substance use disorder counselor. "Nursing direct care staff" means a Human Services Assistant, Human Services Technician or a nurse licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. L.1997, c.68, s.1; amended 2023, c.177, s.90.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7.1
Attorney General to enforce rights against third party for recovery of medical assistance payments
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner may request the Attorney General to enforce any rights against any third party, institute legal proceedings against any third party, or intervene in any pending proceeding against a third party initiated by a recipient, his guardian, executor, administrator or other appropriate representative, either in the commissioner's own name, as subrogee of the rights of the recipient, or to enforce the commissioner's rights as assignee of the recipient established in this section. If such a legal proceeding is instituted by the Attorney General, written notice shall be given to the recipient or his guardian, executor, administrator or other appropriate representative, who shall then have the right to intervene in the proceeding. Any recovery by the recipient in excess of the outstanding claim of the division shall be treated as a resource of said individual for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance. No action taken on behalf of the commissioner pursuant to this subsection or any judgment rendered in such action shall be a bar to any action upon the claim or cause of action by a recipient, his guardian, executor, administrator or other appropriate representative against a third party, or shall operate to deny the recipient the recovery of that portion of his medical costs or other damages not covered under this act. b. When a recipient, his guardian, executor, administrator or other appropriate representative brings an action for damages against a third party, written notice shall be given to the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services. In addition, every recipient or his legal representative shall promptly notify the division of any recovery from a third party and shall immediately reimburse the division in full from the proceeds of any settlement, judgment, or other recovery in any action or claim initiated against any such third party subject to a pro rata deduction for counsel fees, costs, or other expenses incurred by the recipient or the recipient's attorney; provided, however, that the director may make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for an award of counsel fees and costs incurred in the pursuit of a claim under this subsection. Any settlement, judgment, dismissal, exchange of releases, or action affecting the disposition of a recipient's independent action against a third party shall not serve to bar a claim or cause of action brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the commissioner against that third party under this section. c. In addition to all other recovery methods set forth above, every recipient, as a condition of eligibility for medical assistance under this act, is hereby deemed to have assigned to the commissioner any rights to support for the purpose of medical care as determined by a court or administrative order and any rights to payment for medical care from any third party. L.1979, c. 365, s. 6, eff. Feb. 4, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-43 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-43
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." L.2001,c.96,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4B-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-7
Appropriation, transfer of employees
Status: in_force

For the purpose of defraying the costs of administering, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, the functions herein transferred to the State Department of Human Services and the Commissioner of Human Services, respectively, pursuant to section five of this act, the State Department of Human Services may expend, from the appropriation made to it for relief subsidies in the General Appropriations Law for the fiscal year, an amount not in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00); and in employing additional personnel, for the administration of the functions, powers and duties transferred under this act, the Commissioner of Human Services shall give preference, wherever possible but in his absolute discretion, to the present employees of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development and the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, who have been engaged in the administration of any of the functions, powers and duties in the departments, by transferring them to substantially similar positions and employments, having in mind the fitness of the employees for the performance of the duties to be assigned to them, in the Division of Economic Assistance in the State Department of Human Services and persons so transferred shall hold the positions and employments with the same civil service status and the same tenure and pension rights, as they formerly had in the respective departments from which they are so transferred. L.1950,c.166,s.7; amended 1989,c.88,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7C-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-10
Effect on arrangements with nonparty state and on laws of party state
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IX Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements. L.1973, c. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16.21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16.21
Peer counseling program development.
Status: in_force

13. The county reentry coordinator shall, in collaboration with the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of a county correctional facility, develop peer counseling programs in the county correctional facility that support the treatment of county inmates with substance use disorders. The warden, director, or administrator may additionally develop initiatives to provide inmates in the custody of the county correctional facility with access to professional substance use disorder counseling. L. 2021, c.312, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-4
Report; recommendations
Status: in_force

Six months after the effective date of this act, the Department of Human Services shall report to the chairman of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Institutions, Health and Welfare on its progress in establishing a home health care pilot program. The report may also include recommendations for appropriate legislation, rules, regulations and other actions which would enhance the availability, appropriate utilization, and coordination of home health care and homemaker services in this State. L.1980, c. 35, s. 4, eff. June 12, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-41 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-41
Establishment of inmate abuse reporting program for State correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall establish an inmate abuse reporting program for State correctional facilities. The program shall provide, at a minimum, that employees of a State correctional facility are: (1) trained in recognizing probable incidents of or behavior that constitutes inmate abuse and other abuse prevention strategies; (2) informed of the duty to report the suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act; and (3) provided with the name and telephone number of the person designated by the Commissioner of Corrections who shall be notified of any suspected inmate abuse. b. The Commissioner of Corrections shall designate one or more employees of the Department of Corrections who are not employees of any State correctional facility to serve as a contact person for an employee of a State correctional facility or any other person to notify if the employee or person has reasonable cause to suspect that an inmate is being or has been abused by any other employee of the correctional facility. c. The designated contact person shall transmit all reported incidents or allegations of inmate abuse to the Commissioner of Corrections or a designee. The commissioner shall cause a prompt investigation of any report of inmate abuse. d. The Commissioner of Corrections or a designee shall promptly report all instances of suspected inmate abuse, as determined by an investigation, to the county prosecutor of the county in which the State correctional facility is located. The report to the county prosecutor shall be in accordance with regulations or internal policies adopted by the commissioner in consultation with the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey and the Attorney General. e. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to subsection d. of this section, the county prosecutor may conduct a review of the suspected inmate abuse and take any appropriate action. f. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Special Investigations Division in the Department of Corrections from conducting an investigation. L.2019, c.408, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6f — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6f
Eligibility of aliens for medical assistance.
Status: in_force

2. An eligible alien as defined in section 3 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) who otherwise meets all eligibility criteria therefor is entitled to medical assistance provided pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-6). An alien who does not qualify as an eligible alien but who is a resident of New Jersey and would otherwise be eligible for medical assistance provided pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1968, c.413 is entitled only to care and services necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition as defined in section 1903(v)(3) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.1396b(v)(3)). L.1997,c.352,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-4.1
Consent and approval of actions or proceedings.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no action or proceeding, including an application for a writ of habeas corpus, in any court which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency is authorized by law to commence or maintain shall be commenced or maintained by the division, without the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Children and Families, as hereinafter provided. L.1962, c.140, s.1; amended 1964, c.102, s.18; 2006, c.47, s.120; 2012, c.16, s.57.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-48 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-48
New Jersey EASE program, provide information on prescription program
Status: in_force

6. The New Jersey EASE program established by the department shall provide information and assistance to members of the public and potential or actual applicants to the program, including, but not limited to, making general information about the program available to the public Statewide, answering specific inquiries about the program, assisting interested persons to ascertain their eligibility for the program or other State-funded prescription drug benefits, and further assisting program applicants to complete their application as necessary. L.2001,c.96,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.19
Interim financial assistance
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of a State or county psychiatric facility, or his designee, may authorize the payment of interim financial assistance to discharged patients for living expenses, pending determination of public benefits entitlements, when this assistance is necessary and appropriate pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner. When public benefit entitlements are received, discharged patients shall reimburse the psychiatric facility for all interim financial assistance provided. L. 1987, c. 116, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.5
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act." L.2019, c.288, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.21
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

13. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2000,c.77,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-107.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-107.2
Continuation of functional services after attainment by minor of majority
Status: in_force

An individual admitted as a minor under Class F, Class G or Class H may continue to receive uninterrupted functional services on and after becoming 21 years of age if: (1) he has been adjudicated mentally deficient and the guardian of his person has filed a written request for continuation of functional service; or (2) he has not been adjudicated mentally deficient and on his own behalf files a request for continuation of functional services. L.1965, c. 59, s. 76.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-107.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-107.4
Discharge of persons admitted to and receiving functional services as result of court order
Status: in_force

Discharge of individuals admitted to and continuing to receive functional services as a result of an order of court for commitment to custody shall be effected under the following circumstances: (1) upon attainment of age 21, provided that there has been no request for continuation of functional services; (2) upon determination by the commissioner or his designated agent that the circumstances which resulted in the order of commitment no longer justify further care or custody and that no further functional services by the department are required; provided, however, that prior to such discharge the committing court shall be given notice 1 week prior to the proposed action; or (3) by court order. L.1965, c. 59, s. 78.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-11.1
Health, safety of paramount concern in placement of child.
Status: in_force

23. a. In accordance with the provisions of subsections b., c., and d. of this section, when determining the reasonable efforts to be made and when making the reasonable efforts, the child's health and safety shall be of paramount concern. b. In any case in which the division accepts a child in care or custody, the division shall make reasonable efforts, prior to placement, to preserve the family in order to prevent the need for removing the child from his home. After placement, the division shall make reasonable efforts to make it possible for the child to safely return to his home. c. Reasonable efforts to place a child for adoption or with a legal guardian or in an alternative permanent placement may be made concurrently with reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify the child's family. d. In any case in which family reunification is not the permanency plan for the child, reasonable efforts shall be made to place the child in a timely manner and to complete the steps necessary to finalize the permanent placement of the child. L.1999,c.53,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-20
Governor to designate State administrative agency
Status: in_force

In the event that under or pursuant to any such Federal law it is required that a State agency in this State be designated to carry out the purposes of such law, including the administration, or the suspension of administration, of any plan pursuant thereto, the Department of Institutions and Agencies, or such other State agency as may be designated by the Governor, shall be the sole agency in this State for carrying out such purposes. The Governor is hereby authorized to make such designation, and the Department of Institutions and Agencies, or such other agency in the State so designated is hereby empowered to act as the sole agency in the State for carrying out such purposes. L.1947, c. 83, p. 464, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6m — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6m
Provision of benefits for certain treatments for substance use disorder.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any State law or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall ensure that the provision of benefits for methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone, combination drugs containing buprenorphine and naloxone, and, if authorized by the Commissioner of Human Services, other medications approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of substance use disorders, to eligible persons receiving services funded by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services as well as to eligible persons under the Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), shall be provided without the imposition of any prior authorization requirements, provided that the treatment is prescribed or administered by a licensed medical practitioner who is authorized to prescribe or administer that treatment pursuant to State and federal law. The Commissioner of Human Services may develop and issue guidelines to ensure the safety and efficacy of benefits provided pursuant to this section. b. As used in this act: "Substance use disorder" is as defined by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition and any subsequent editions and shall include substance use withdrawal. L.2019, c.163, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-13
Participation upon approval by governing body.
Status: in_force

3. Upon approval by the governing body of the county or municipality, as the case may be, a county police department or force established pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-106 or municipal police department or force established pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-118 may participate in a law enforcement assisted substance use disorder recovery referral program established in accordance with P.L.2016, c.58 (C.30:6C-11 et seq.). Law enforcement officers participating in a law enforcement assisted substance use disorder recovery referral program established pursuant to this section may refer or transport program participants to a program volunteer for support, guidance and assistance, and may transport program participants to a treatment provider for substance use disorder recovery services or health care services, but shall not otherwise be involved in the provision of such services. L.2016, c.58, s.3; amended 2023, c.177, s.103.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-93.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-93.1
Interstate sale of articles, goods manufactured by inmates
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Department of Corrections may enter into contracts with any other state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the sale of articles or goods manufactured or produced by the inmates of any correctional institution within its jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Corrections shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a notice setting forth a description and a price list of all the articles which are manufactured or produced by the inmates of the correctional institutions under his jurisdiction and which are available for sale to other states and their political subdivisions. In a manner the commissioner determines to be appropriate, the notice shall be made available to other states and their political subdivisions. b. The Department of Corrections may also enter into contracts with any other state, or political subdivision thereof, to purchase articles or goods manufactured or produced by the inmates of correctional institutions within that other state or political subdivision. L.1992,c.119.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.28 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.28
Initiation of court proceeding for involuntary commitment
Status: in_force

5. a. The Attorney General may initiate a court proceeding for involuntary commitment under this act of a person who is currently a patient in a short-term care facility, State or county psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital, by submitting to the court a clinical certificate for a sexually violent predator completed by a psychiatrist at the facility at which the person is a patient and the screening certificate which authorized admission of the person to the facility; but both certificates shall not be signed by the same psychiatrist unless the psychiatrist has made a reasonable but unsuccessful attempt to have another psychiatrist conduct the evaluation and execute the certificate. b. If civil commitment is not initiated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Attorney General may initiate a court proceeding for the involuntary commitment of a person by the submission to the court of two clinical certificates for a sexually violent predator, at least one of which is prepared by a psychiatrist. The person shall not be involuntarily committed pursuant to this act before the court issues a temporary court order. When the Attorney General determines that the public safety requires initiation of a proceeding pursuant to this subsection, the Attorney General may apply to the court for an order compelling the psychiatric evaluation of the person. The court shall grant the Attorney General's application if the court finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person named in the petition is a sexually violent predator. c. The Attorney General may initiate a court proceeding for involuntary commitment under this act of an inmate who is scheduled for release upon expiration of a maximum term of incarceration by submission to the court of two clinical certificates for a sexually violent predator, at least one of which is prepared by a psychiatrist. d. The Attorney General, in exercise of the State's authority as parens patriae, may initiate a court proceeding for the involuntary commitment of any person in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section by filing the required submission with the court in the jurisdiction in which the person whose commitment is sought is located. e. Any individual who is a relative by blood or marriage of the person being examined who executes a clinical certificate for a sexually violent predator, or any individual who signs such a clinical certificate for any purpose or motive other than for purposes of care, treatment and confinement of a person in need of involuntary commitment, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. f. Upon receiving these documents, the court shall immediately review them in order to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the person is a sexually violent predator. g. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that the person is a sexually violent predator in need of involuntary commitment, it shall issue an order setting a date for a final hearing and authorizing temporary commitment to a secure facility designated for the custody, care and treatment of sexually violent predators pending the final hearing. In no event shall the person be released from confinement prior to the final hearing. h. In the case of a person committed to a short-term care facility or special psychiatric hospital, after the facility's treatment team conducts a mental and physical examination, administers appropriate treatment and prepares a discharge assessment, the facility shall transfer the person to a secure facility designated for the custody, care and treatment of sexually violent predators pending the final hearing upon providing the person, the person's guardian if any, the person's next-of-kin and the person's attorney 24 hours' advance notice of the pending transfer. Such transfer is to be accomplished in a manner which will give the receiving facility adequate time to examine the person, become familiar with the person's behavior and condition, and prepare for the hearing. L.1998, c.71, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-11.2
Exceptions to requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent placement of child.
Status: in_force

24. In any case in which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasonable efforts to prevent placement of the child if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that both of the following criteria are met: a. One of the following actions has occurred: (1) the parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances of abuse, neglect, cruelty, or abandonment, (2) the parent has been convicted of murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of another child of the parent; aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, or soliciting to commit murder, aggravated manslaughter, or manslaughter of the child or another child of the parent; committing or attempting to commit an assault that resulted, or could have resulted, in the significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or committing a similarly serious criminal act which resulted, or could have resulted, in the death or significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent, (3) the rights of the parent to another of the parent's children have been involuntarily terminated or (4) removal of the child was required due to imminent danger to the child's life, safety or health; and b. Efforts to prevent placement were not reasonable due to risk of harm to the child's health or safety. When determining whether reasonable efforts are required to prevent placement, the health and safety of the child shall be of paramount concern to the court. L.1999, c.53, s.24; amended 2004, c.130, s.50; 2012, c.16, s.62.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-9
Services
Status: in_force

a. Individuals served by the Home Care Expansion Program shall receive a comprehensive assessment of the need for long-term home care services. A case manager shall develop a plan of care. In addition, the case manager shall provide ongoing monitoring of the individual's situation, services and cost of care. b. The program shall consist of the following services: home health care, medical day care, non-emergency medical transportation, case management, social adult day care, homemaker care and respite care. The commissioner may expand the scope of services by regulation. c. The commissioner shall determine that the services to be provided are medically necessary and will assist in avoiding institutionalization. d. The cost of care for each individual shall be limited to an annual amount that is based on a percentage of the cost of nursing home care. The payment for services received by an eligible person under this act shall not exceed a percentage, as established by the commissioner, of the payment for the comparable level of care that the person would receive in a skilled nursing home or intermediate care facility under the Medicaid program pursuant to P.L. 1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-1 et seq.). e. Eligible persons shall share in the cost of services, depending on the amount of their monthly income, in accordance with standards and criteria prescribed by the commissioner. L. 1988, c. 92, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-14
Board of managers
Status: in_force

a. The governing body of any municipality establishing and maintaining a hospital or hospitals under authority of section 30:9-13 of this Title shall have power to appoint a board to manage and operate its hospitals established pursuant to section 30:9-13 of this Title. The board shall consist of 12 persons, 10 of whom shall be citizens and residents of the municipality, who shall serve without compensation; 3 of whom shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, 3 of whom shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, and 4 of whom shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years. All appointed members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify, and any vacancy occurring in the appointed members of the board, due to expiration of term or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, for the unexpired term only, notwithstanding that the previous incumbent may have held over and continued in office as aforesaid. The board members may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The chief executive of the municipality and the officer having charge of its finances shall be ex officio members of the board. b. At its organization meeting the board shall annually elect a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall hold office until February 1 next ensuing, and until their respective successors have been elected and qualify. The treasurer may be an ex officio member of the board. The treasurer shall file a bond of indemnity with the board in an amount sufficient to cover the moneys from time to time under his custody and control. Such moneys shall be deposited to the account of the hospital in a separate bank account or accounts. c. The board or its members shall incur no expense or obligation in excess of the amount appropriated by the governing body for expenditure by them and of hospital funds subject to their disposition. Moneys borrowed under subsection f. for the purposes of the board under subsection e. shall be deemed hospital funds for the purposes of this subsection. d. The governing body may remove a member for cause after public hearing, which removal shall be in accordance with the civil service and tenure of office laws in municipalities operating under such laws. Such removal shall be reviewable in the Superior Court by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. e. The board shall have the following powers: (1) To exercise full and exclusive control over the hospital or hospitals owned by the municipality, but subject to State health and licensing laws; (2) To have a common seal and to alter the same in its discretion; (3) To sue and be sued as a public body, politic and corporate; (4) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the hospital, or to carry out any powers expressly granted in this section; (5) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any persons; (6) To make and enforce by-laws or rules and regulations for the business and affairs of the hospital and for the use, maintenance and operation of the hospital; (7) To fix the salaries of all employees and to create and establish such positions as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the hospital, and except as otherwise provided by section 30:9-13 of this Title and applicable law. All salaries shall be fixed as nearly as practicable in accordance with the schedule, if any, of the municipality for corresponding positions. Receipts and revenues of the hospital shall be retained and applied by the board for the purposes of the hospital. Prior to November 15 of each year, the board shall certify to the governing body any additional sums that may be necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year, which shall include the following items: (a) Payment of wages and salaries of employees; (b) Purchase of materials and supplies; (c) Purchase of necessary equipment and services. f. The governing body shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for said purposes within the amounts available therefor in accordance with applicable law. The board shall have the power to borrow money for any of its purposes. g. (1) Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, whenever the Commissioner of the Department of Health makes a determination pursuant to subsection a.(6) of section 5 of P.L.1977, c. 289 (C. 30:9-12:33), the Governor shall reconstitute the board of managers of the hospital by the appointment, with the advice and consent of the Senate; provided, however, that if no action has been taken within 45 days after the nominations for appointment have been submitted to the Senate, the nominations shall be deemed confirmed, of a board consisting of not less than five nor more than nine members, who shall receive reasonable compensation, as set by the Governor, and reimbursement of their expenses and who shall be appointed for terms not to exceed 5 years. The appointments of the reconstituted board shall be effective as of July 1, 1981. The existing board members shall continue to serve until the reconstituted board is appointed. (2) The reconstituted board shall have all the powers enumerated in subsection e. of this section and shall have power to appoint, retain and employ attorneys, with the approval of the Governor and the Attorney General. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) or any other Title of the Revised Statutes, the board may appoint, remove, promote and transfer employees in the following positions, which shall be in the unclassified service: executive director, associate executive director, assistant executive director. (4) In addition, the board shall be responsible for conducting a study of the management, finances and governance structure of the hospital and of the most feasible means of restoring the hospital to an efficient and financially solvent operation. The recommendations of the reconstituted board concerning the future governance of the hospital and the borrowing of money, sale of property and investment of assets for the current or future management and operation of the hospital, including the reestablishment of the original board of managers, if the hospital no longer meets the condition described in subsection a.(6) of section 5 of P.L.1977, c. 289 (C. 30:9-12.33), shall be submitted to the governing body and the Governor. The governing body shall take all necessary and proper action to effectuate such recommendations. (5) Prior to November 15 of each year, the board shall certify to the governing body any additional sums that may be necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year. The governing body shall appropriate such sums as the board has certified to be necessary within the amounts available in accordance with applicable law. (6) Upon the appointment of the reconstituted board, no action or proceeding in the nature of an attachment, garnishment or execution shall be commenced or maintained in the courts of this State against the hospital or its assets for a period of 1 year from the date of appointment of the board by the Governor. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 539, s. 59; L.1971, c. 268, s. 1, eff. July 21, 1971; L.1981, c. 26, s. 4, eff. Feb. 9, 1981; L.1983, c. 62, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-6
Consolidation of county psychiatric hospitals.
Status: in_force

30:9-6. The board of chosen freeholders or governing body of a county, by a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the full authorized membership of the board may consolidate its county psychiatric hospitals in one place on suitable lands owned by the county and erect, furnish, and maintain suitable hospital buildings thereon. County bonds for this purpose may be issued to an amount not exceeding six-tenths of one per cent of the ratables of the county. amended 2013, c.103, s.97.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.31 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.31
Tracking of expenditures.
Status: in_force

9. The commissioner shall track Medicaid long-term care expenditures necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.2006, c.23, s.9; amended 2012, c.17, s.379.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7C-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-12
Powers
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority to some other appropriate official. L.1973, c. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.24
Reporting system for physical assaults, unexpected deaths at State psychiatric hospitals.
Status: in_force

2. a. The department shall establish a reporting system for compiling information about physical assaults and unexpected deaths that occur at State psychiatric hospitals, and shall summarize the information in a report which, at a minimum, shall separately identify for each State psychiatric hospital: (1) the number of major and moderate injuries among patients; (2) the number of major and moderate injuries between patients and staff members; and (3) the number of unexpected deaths. b. The report prepared pursuant to this section shall not contain any identifying information about a patient or staff member. c. The report shall be considered a public or government record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), and shall be posted on the official website of the department and updated quarterly. L.2009, c.161, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-12.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-12.4
No placement of individuals in facilities which were suspended or in violation of license.
Status: in_force

5. Upon notification of a violation or license suspension of a residential health care facility pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 12 of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-12), a rooming or boarding house pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-9), or an emergency shelter for the homeless pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-3), the Commissioner of Human Services, or the commissioner's designee, and the director of a county board of social services or county welfare agency, as appropriate, shall not place or refer an individual to that residential health care facility, rooming or boarding house, or emergency shelter for the homeless, until such time as the violation has been corrected and any suspension of a license, if applicable, has been lifted. L.2015, c.6, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-53.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-53.1
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest, whereby the safety of children shall be of paramount concern, to afford every child placed outside the child's home by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families with permanency through return to the child's own home, if the child can be returned home without endangering the child's health or safety; through adoption, if family reunification is not possible; or through an alternative permanent placement, if termination of parental rights is not appropriate: a. Due to the severity of health and social problems such as AIDS, drug abuse, and homelessness, the division often works with families over a period of many years, and the children of these families often spend a majority of their young lives in resource family care; and b. Research has shown that the longer children remain in the resource family care system, the greater number of placements they experience. As a result of these multiple placements, from birth family to resource family home, and from one resource family home to another resource family home, children develop emotional and psychological problems, making it more difficult for them to develop a positive self-image; and c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2004, c.130). d. The obligation of the State to recognize and protect the rights of children in the child welfare system should be fulfilled in the context of a clear and consistent policy which limits the repeated placement of children in resource family care and promotes the eventual placement of these children in stable and safe permanent homes. L.1991, c.448, s.1; amended 1999, c.53, s.40; 2004, c.130, s.84; 2006, c.47, s.142; 2012, c.16, s.108.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.8
Posting, distribution of law
Status: in_force

Each skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility shall post a statement of the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act that apply to that facility in a prominent place in the facility, and a copy of the statement shall be given to each person who applies for admission, at the time of application. L. 1985, c. 303, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.25 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.25
Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks.
Status: in_force

11. The department shall be responsible for the cost of processing and funding all criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks required pursuant to this act. The department shall also be responsible for paying the cost of obtaining the fingerprints or other identifier authorized by the Division of State Police, unless that service is available at no cost to the employee or individual seeking employment. L.2003,c.186,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7.9
Payment to pharmacy for certain forged, fraudulent prescriptions under State Medicaid program.
Status: in_force

1. a. A pharmacy shall receive full payment and shall not be penalized for dispensing a forged or fraudulent prescription that has been approved by the State Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), unless the pharmacist or an employee or agent of the pharmacy has committed the forgery or fraud or has knowingly facilitated the commission of a forgery or fraud, or has failed to comply with the requirements set forth in subsection c. of this section. b. As used in this section, "has committed the forgery or fraud or has knowingly facilitated the commission of a forgery or fraud" means that a person: (1) knowingly and willfully made or caused to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any document or electronic transmission necessary to receive payment by the program for the prescription; (2) knowingly and willfully made or caused to be made any false statement, written or oral, of a material fact for use in determining the right to payment by the program for the prescription; or (3) concealed or failed to disclose a fact or the occurrence of an event that affects the right to payment by the program for the prescription.
c. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as relieving a pharmacist of his obligation to comply with any requirements provided under any State or federal statute or regulation for the pharmacist: (1) to seek verification of a prescription from an authorized prescriber or the latter's authorized agent before filling the prescription whenever the pharmacist has reason to question the authenticity, accuracy, or appropriateness of the prescription; and (2) to not fill the prescription when the authenticity, accuracy, or appropriateness of the prescription is in question and no such verification has been provided. A pharmacist who fails to comply with these requirements shall be subject to exclusion or debarment as a provider under the State Medicaid program, and the recovery of monies improperly expended by the State due to the dispensing of the forged or fraudulent prescription. If these monies cannot be recovered from the pharmacist, the pharmacy shall be subject to the recovery.
d. The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General shall make every reasonable effort to identify an individual who has committed the forgery or fraud or has knowingly facilitated the commission of a forgery or fraud and collect from the individual the amount paid by the program for the dispensed prescription, in addition to any other penalties that may apply. If the forgery or fraud involves the misuse or theft of a Medicaid eligibility identification card, the card shall be subject to a pharmacy restriction process under which the Medicaid recipient is permitted to use the card only at a single pharmacy of the recipient's choosing. e. The pharmacist and each employee and agent of the pharmacy shall cooperate fully with the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General in any investigation of forged or fraudulent prescriptions and shall respond fully to any request for information or other assistance by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services in regard to such prescriptions. L.2009, c.309, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-18 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-18
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: (a) "Blind person" means a person whose vision in his better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in his better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. (b) "Goods or articles made by blind persons" shall be construed to mean goods or articles in the manufacture of which not less than 75% of the total hours of direct labor is performed by a blind person or persons. (c) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation, processing and assembling goods or articles including the packaging and packing thereof, but not including time spent in the supervision, administration, inspection and shipping of such operations, or in the production of component materials by other than blind persons. L.1964, c. 290, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-22
Direct contract with provider.
Status: in_force

9. A consumer shall be free to contract directly with a provider of the consumer's choice, including a vendor providing services on the effective date of P.L.2009, c.160 if the vendor so agrees. L.2009, c.160, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.10
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Developmentally Disabled Uniform Application Act." L.2000,c.112,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7x — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7x
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The commissioner shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act which shall include appropriate methodologies for the county proposed fee and expenditure report. Participating counties shall not submit the proposed fee and expenditure plan to the department prior to the adoption of rules and regulations. L.2018, c.136, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-125 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-125
Case records of patients
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of each state charitable, hospital, relief or training institution shall, within three days after the reception of a patient, cause to be made a descriptive entry of the case, in a book or other systematic form of case records with card index exclusively set apart for that purpose. He shall also cause to be made from time to time entries as to the mental state, bodily condition and medical treatment of the patient, together with the forms of restraint employed, and in the event of the discharge or death of the patient, the circumstances appertaining thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-8.1
Deputy commissioners; appointment, powers and duties; compensation, acting commissioner.
Status: in_force

1. The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties by three deputy commissioners. Each deputy commissioner shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Each deputy commissioner shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the commissioner shall prescribe. Unless otherwise provided by law, each deputy commissioner shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. The commissioner may designate one of the deputy commissioners to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commissioner during his disability or absence. L.1974, c.44, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.44; 2008, c.29, s.88.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6.6
Rules and regulations; application of Medical Assistance and Health Services Act
Status: in_force

a. After consulting with the Commissioner of Human Services, the Commissioner of Health is authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out his functions and duties under this act and to effectuate its purposes. b. The provisions of the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act" and all rules, regulations and administrative orders issued thereunder shall apply, where applicable. L.1981, c. 134, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-7
Temporary license; renewal; expiration
Status: in_force

If the department determines that, although in substantial compliance, a child care center does not meet all the applicable provisions of this act and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, but that the extent of the center's deviation from legal requirements is not deemed hazardous to the education, health, safety, general well-being, and physical and intellectual development of the children, the department may issue a temporary license which may be issued for a period up to six months. The department may renew the temporary license as often as it deems necessary; but no child care center may operate with a temporary license for more than a total of 18 months. L.1983, c. 492, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7zz — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7zz
State plan amendments, waivers, apply as necessary for implementation, step therapy.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. Prior to the implementation of this act, the Commissioner of Human Services shall provide a separate rate certification for this program and benefit change within the acute care and managed long-term services and supports programs in compliance with federal standards, including, but not limited to, 42 C.F.R. 438.4. Implementation of this program and benefit change during the course of a state fiscal year shall require a mid-year managed care rate adjustment for the acute care and managed long term services and supports program. L.2025, c.50, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7.3
Form; liens and certificates of debt
Status: in_force

All liens and certificates of debt under section 7 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be in a form to be prescribed by the commissioner, and shall be signed by the commissioner or director, or by such person designated by the commissioner or director. L.1979, c. 365, s. 8, eff. Feb. 4, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-8
Payments for maintenance exempt from tax
Status: in_force

All amounts paid for maintenance under the provisions of this act, except such amounts as are paid for medical, dental and hospital care, shall be exempt from any tax levied by the State or by any subdivision thereof. L.1951, c. 138, p. 578, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-45.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-45.2
Information regarding sexual abuse, harassment of incarcerated persons to be provided at orientation, corrections.
Status: in_force

8. The Commissioner of Corrections shall require information regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment of incarcerated persons to be provided to every incarcerated person at orientation upon intake and periodically thereafter. The information shall include, but not be limited to: a. duties and responsibilities of the Department of Corrections under State and federal law regarding zero tolerance for sexual abuse and sexual harassment of incarcerated persons; b. definitions of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, gender, gender identity, trauma-informed searches, and privacy; c. official duties of correctional police officers related to allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment by an incarcerated person and mandatory reporting requirements; d. the rights of incarcerated persons related to sexual abuse or sexual harassment; e. methods for reporting sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and retaliation as a result of the report; f. how to access emotional support and trauma-informed services; g. identifying and addressing retaliatory actions and the commissioner’s responsibility to protect against retaliation; and h. confidentiality requirements regarding the report of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. L.2025, c.305, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-33.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-33.1
Follow-up communication to minors.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in New Jersey, and the State faces a growing youth mental health crisis that has been further exacerbated by social, academic, and public health stressors. b. The New Jersey Suicide Hopeline, operated in partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and the State Department of Human Services, provides immediate, compassionate, and confidential support to youth in crisis and plays a critical role in preventing suicide across the State. c. Current law allows minors aged 16 years and older to consent to certain behavioral health and substance use disorder services, but does not expressly permit follow-up communication from a suicide prevention hotline, even when the minor has been identified as high risk following an initial call for help. d. Allowing a follow-up call, text, or chat message from a trained operator, with the minor’s voluntary consent and without requiring parental authorization, is a narrowly tailored response that ensures access to continued support during moments of acute vulnerability. e. A follow-up call, text, or chat message conducted pursuant to P.L.2025, c.238 (C.30:9A-33.1 et al.) shall be understood as brief, supportive communication solely for suicide prevention purposes and is not intended to constitute behavioral health treatment, diagnosis, or clinical care. L.2025, c.238, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-3b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-3b
Establishment of enrollment simplification practices.
Status: in_force

9. No later than January 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Human Services shall, at a minimum, establish the following enrollment simplification practices for dependent children and their parents or specified caretaker relatives who are applicants for or recipients of the Medicaid program: a. A streamlined application form as established pursuant to subsection k. of section 5 of P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-12); b. Require new applicants to submit one recent pay stub from the applicant's employer, or, if the applicant has more than one employer, one from each of the applicant's employers, to verify income. In the event the applicant cannot provide a recent pay stub, the applicant may submit another form of income verification as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. If an applicant does not submit income verification in a timely manner, before determining the applicant ineligible for the program, the commissioner shall seek to verify the applicant's income by reviewing available Department of the Treasury and Department of Labor and Workforce Development records concerning the applicant and such other records as the commissioner determines appropriate. The commissioner shall establish retrospective auditing or income verification procedures, such as sample auditing and matching reported income with records of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and such other records as the commissioner determines appropriate. In matching reported income with confidential records of the Department of the Treasury, the commissioner shall require an applicant to provide written authorization for the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury to release applicable tax information to the commissioner for the purposes of establishing income eligibility for the program. The authorization, which shall be included on the program application form, shall be developed by the commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer; c. Online enrollment and renewal, in addition to enrollment and renewal by mail. The online enrollment and renewal forms shall include electronic links to other State and federal health and social services programs; d. Continuous enrollment; e. Simplified renewal by sending a recipient a preprinted renewal form and requiring the recipient to sign and return the form, with any applicable changes in the information provided in the form, prior to the date the recipient's annual eligibility expires. The commissioner shall establish such auditing or income verification procedures as provided in subsection b. of this section; and f. Provision of program eligibility-identification cards that are issued no more frequently than once a year. L.2005, c.156, s.9; amended 2008, c.53, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-78.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-78.1
County to submit financial and management plan for psychiatric facility
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county that operates a county psychiatric facility shall submit to the Commissioner of Human Services no later than December 31, 1991 a financial and management plan, in accordance with guidelines established by the Commissioner of Human Services. The plan shall ensure that the county incur all financial obligations necessary for improvements to bring the facility in compliance with all State and federal standards. L.1990,c.73,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16.8
Authority of governing body of county
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of centralized administration and control of county correctional services under subsection b. (4) of section 5, and the provisions of agreements between cooperating counties permitted pursuant to subsection b. of section 4, the governing body of a participating county shall retain all authority for the expenditure of funds, including grants of financial assistance received from the State under this act, and for the implementation and operation of county correctional facilities according to the comprehensive plan approved by the commissioner. L.1981, c. 498, s. 6, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.