N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7xx — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7xx
Prescription drug coverage restriction, step therapy protocol, exception process, managed care organization.
Status: in_force

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary: a. When coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of any medical condition is restricted for use by a managed care organization pursuant to a step therapy protocol, the managed care organization shall provide the enrollee and prescribing practitioner a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process to request a step therapy exception. A managed care organization may use its existing medical exceptions process to satisfy this requirement. An explanation of the process shall be made available on the managed care organization's website. A managed care organization shall disclose all rules and criteria related to the step therapy protocol upon request to all prescribing practitioners, including the specific information and documentation required to be submitted by a prescribing practitioner or patient for an exception request to be complete. b. A step therapy exception shall be granted if the prescribing health care provider determines that: (1) the required prescription drug is contraindicated or is likely to cause an adverse reaction or physical or mental harm to the patient; (2) the required prescription drug is expected to be ineffective or less effective than an alternative based on the known clinical characteristics of the patient and the known characteristics of the prescription drug regimen; or (3) all formulary drugs used to treat each disease state have been ineffective or less effective than an alternative in the treatment of the enrollee's disease or condition or all such drugs have caused or are reasonably expected to cause adverse or harmful reactions in the enrollee. If requested by a managed care organization, the prescribing health care provider shall provide documentation to support the determinations made by the provider pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection. c. When a step therapy exception is granted, the managed care organization shall authorize coverage for the prescription drug prescribed by the patient's treating health care provider at least 180 days or the duration of therapy if less than 180 days, provided that the prescription drug is covered under the managed care organization's formulary. d. Any step therapy exception shall be eligible for appeal by an enrollee. The managed care organization shall grant or deny a step therapy exception request or an appeal of a step therapy exception request within a time frame appropriate to the medical exigencies of the case, but no later than 24 hours for urgent requests and 72 hours for non-urgent requests after obtaining all necessary information to make the approval or adverse determination. e. Any step therapy exception pursuant to this section shall be eligible for appeal by an enrollee. f. This section shall not be construed to prevent: (1) a managed care organization from requiring a patient to try an AB-rated generic equivalent, biosimilar, or interchangeable biological product prior to providing coverage for the equivalent branded prescription drug; (2) a managed care organization from requiring a pharmacist to effect substitutions of prescription drugs consistent with the laws of this State; or (3) a health care provider from prescribing a prescription drug that is determined to be medically appropriate. L.2025, c.50, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-72 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-72
Principles of system of care
Status: in_force

7. The individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care may embody the following principles: a. Services are to be child and family driven, with priority given to keeping children in their own homes. A child and his family or his primary caregiver, if no family is living, shall be fully involved in all aspects of the planning and delivery of services; b. Services are to be community-based and are to be provided in the least restrictive setting consistent with the unique needs and potential of each child and family; c. Services are to promote early identification and intervention; d. Services are to be culturally and ethnically competent; e. Services should be based upon the child's potential and reflect a continuum of care that includes out-of-home placement when appropriate; f. The rights of children and their families are to be protected; and g. A case coordinator should be assigned to each child and family to insure that service plans are implemented. L.1992,c.111,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-3
Program for use of home health care and homemaker services
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services, in consultation with the task force, shall establish a pilot program which provides for the use of home health care and homemaker services as an alternative to nursing home care and other forms of institutional care. The program shall be aimed specifically at eliminating barriers which exist at the State and Federal levels that act to inhibit the use of home health care and homemaker services. L.1980, c. 35, s. 3, eff. June 12, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-4
Licensing of child care centers.
Status: in_force

4. No person shall conduct, maintain or operate a child care center unless a license has been obtained from the department pursuant to the terms of this act. A separate license shall be obtained for each location. The license shall be posted and displayed by the sponsor at all times in a prominent location within the center. No license issued pursuant to this act shall be transferable. A change in the sponsor of a licensed child care center shall require notification to the department within 14 calendar days and reapplication for licensure. L.1983,c.492,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-32.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-32.1
Findings, declarations relative to community care residential providers.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Community care residential providers for adults with developmental disabilities in the State of New Jersey, as defined by N.J.A.C.10:44B-1.3, provide an essential service by providing care and training to adults with developmental disabilities; b. The State, through the Department of Human Services, is vested with the regulatory authority, including but not limited to the establishment of reimbursement rates, and the administrative oversight responsibility for the licensing of facilities and operation of community care residential provider homes; c. Pursuant to its statutory and regulatory authority, the Department of Human Services is authorized to contract with a qualified third party agency or entity to provide oversight with respect to various administrative functions, including but not limited to the processing of board payments and/or cost-of-care payments to community care residential providers; d. To ensure quality standards of care, it is in the public interest for the State to maintain community care residential provider homes for adults with developmental disabilities and to encourage the recruitment and retention of community care residential providers that are delivering these vital services; and e. A majority of community care residential providers have authorized the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (CWA) to be their exclusive representative through individually-signed authorizations and the New Jersey State Board of Mediation has certified CWA to represent community care residential providers. L.2009, c.270, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-9
Annual report
Status: in_force

The council shall report annually, not later than July 1, to the Governor and the Legislature as to its activities and including any recommendations for administrative and legislative action it deems appropriate. L.1979, c. 105, s. 9, eff. May 31, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-107.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-107.3
Discharge of persons receiving functional services without court order.
Status: in_force

77. Discharge of individuals admitted to and continuing to receive functional services without an order of the court shall be effected under the following circumstances: (1) upon written application by the parent or guardian of the person of a minor or by the guardian of the person of an adult; (2) upon written application by the person with a developmental disability on his own behalf, after receiving services on his own application or request; (3) upon determination by the commissioner or his designated agent that functional services of the department are no longer required; (4) upon attainment of the age of 21 years in the absence of a valid request for continuation of functional services; or (5) upon determination by the commissioner that no condition of developmental disability exists. Discharge of individuals under the circumstances described in class (1) and (2) of this section shall be effected as promptly as practicable, under rules promulgated by the Department of Health and Senior Services. L.1965, c.59, s.77; amended 2010, c.50, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.8
Notice of review for community release of certain inmates.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever an inmate who has been convicted of murder; manslaughter; vehicular homicide; aggravated sexual assault; sexual assault; aggravated assault; aggravated criminal sexual contact; robbery; kidnapping pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:13-1; endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:24-4; endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4; luring or enticing pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.291 (C.2C:13-6); or any crime of the first or second degree involving serious bodily injury is subject to a review by an Institutional Classification Committee which may result in participation in any residential community release program, the Department of Corrections shall provide written notice of that review in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section. b. (1) Upon the scheduling of a review subject to the notification requirement of this section, the Department of Corrections shall so notify the prosecutor of the county in which the inmate was convicted or, if the matter was prosecuted by the Attorney General, the Attorney General. Upon receipt of such notice, the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, shall have 10 working days in which to submit comments. If the county prosecutor or Attorney General does not provide comments within those 10 working days, the Department of Corrections may presume that the prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, does not wish to submit any comments on the matter. The notice shall include the inmate's name, identifying factors and offense history. (2) Immediately upon receipt of such notice, the county prosecutor or Attorney General in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall notify the Office of Victim and Witness Advocacy of the county in which the inmate was convicted and that office shall use any reasonable means available to it to give notice within 10 working days to the victim of the crime or the victim's nearest relative if the crime resulted in death. The notice required under this paragraph shall be given only if a request for such notification has been made by the victim or the victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, to the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, at the time the inmate was sentenced. Upon receipt of such notice, the victim or the victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, shall have 10 working days in which to submit comments. If the victim or the victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, does not provide comments within those 10 working days, the Department of Corrections may presume that the victim or victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, does not wish to submit any comments on the matter. (3) Any comments provided pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Department of Corrections. Comments submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not authorized to receive or review them. c. Whenever the Department of Corrections receives comments from a prosecutor or the Attorney General, as the case may be, or from a victim or a victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, concerning the participation of an inmate in accordance with this act, it shall give all due consideration to the information contained in those comments when considering the participation of that inmate. d. The Commissioner of Corrections, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1998, c.68, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7.6
County clerk; register of deeds; recording liens and certificates of debt
Status: in_force

The clerk of the county or register of deeds and mortgages, or clerk of the superior court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which he shall enter the liens and certificates of debt filed hereunder properly indexed in the name of the party against whom the lien or certificate of debt has been filed. All liens and certificates of debt and other papers incidental thereto required hereunder shall be received and recorded by the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, or clerk of the superior court, as the case may be, without payment of fees by the department or the division. L.1979, c. 365, s. 11, eff. Feb. 4, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6v — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6v
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Human Services 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 including guidance on the medical conditions and prognoses that render a beneficiary eligible for community-based palliative care services. L.2023, c.187, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-1
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the human suffering and social and economic loss caused by substance use disorder are matters of grave concern to the people of the State and it is imperative that a comprehensive program be established and implemented through the facilities of the State, the several counties, the Federal Government and local and private agencies to prevent substance use disorder and to provide diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation for persons who have substance use disorder to the end that these unfortunate individuals may be restored to good health and again become useful citizens in the community. L.1964, c. 226, s. 1; amended 2023, c.177, s.101.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-27.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-27.1
Division of Development Disabilities administrators, duties
Status: in_force

31. The director or other chief administrative officer of any public office of the Division of Developmental Disabilities shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions provided for under subsections e. and f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at each such office to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided thereby or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the person wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form will be retained by the employee. If the person wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the applicant that the applicant may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and if the applicant chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the Secretary of State. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every office which provides assistance under section 2 of P.L.1985, c.145 (C.30:6D-24); c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to the offices which are located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the office for the transmittal of the forms to the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any person with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an employee of the office; f. inform each employee of the office who assists in registering a person to vote that that employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at any office is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1994,c.182,s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-134 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-134
Institutions supported by county funds; proceeds of unclaimed property
Status: in_force

Unclaimed personal property of deceased patients and of other former patients of any charitable hospital which is supported in whole or in part by county funds shall be held at each institution, awaiting claim therefor, for a period of one year, after which time under the direction of the county treasurer of the county maintaining such institution, and at a time to be named by him, the property may be sold at public or private sale. The proceeds of the sale shall be turned over to the treasury of the county.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7E-5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7E / Section 7E-5
Inmates entitled to health care
Status: in_force

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2, 3 and 4 this act, no inmate shall be denied medical care, surgery, dental care, hospitalization, treatment or prescription or nonprescription drugs or medicine because he is not covered under a health insurance plan or because that inmate is unable to reimburse the State or county for the costs of those services, drugs or medicines. L.1995,c.254,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-24.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24.5
Study of management and handling of moneys; regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall, in consultation with the State Auditor, conduct a detailed study of the management and handling of the moneys described in section 1 of this act and shall adopt regulations to improve present systems and procedures where appropriate. L.1983, c. 223, s. 2, eff. June 27, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.12
Definitions relative to employees of State psychiatric hospitals.
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of 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. "Immediate family member" includes the staff member's spouse and children, the staff member's siblings and parents, the staff member's spouse's siblings and parents and the spouses of the staff member's children. "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.69, s.1; amended 2023, c.177, s.92.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.59 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.59
Legal custody and supervision; conditions.
Status: in_force

15. a. Each adult parolee shall at all times remain in the legal custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and under the supervision of the State Parole Board, except that the Commissioner of Corrections, after providing notice to the Attorney General, may consent to the supervision of a parolee by the federal government pursuant to the Witness Security Reform Act, Pub.L.98-473 (18 U.S.C. s.3521 et seq.). An adult parolee, except those under the Witness Security Reform Act, shall remain under the supervision of the State Parole Board and in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections in accordance with the policies and rules of the board. b. (1) (a) Each parolee shall agree, as evidenced by his signature to abide by specific conditions of parole established by the appropriate board panel which shall be enumerated in writing in a certificate of parole and shall be given to the parolee upon release. Such conditions shall include, among other things, a requirement that the parolee conduct himself in society in compliance with all laws and refrain from committing any crime, a requirement that the parolee will not own or possess any firearm as defined in subsection f. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 or any other weapon enumerated in subsection r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1, a requirement that the parolee refrain from the unlawful use, or the possession or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, controlled substance analog or imitation controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.2C:35-2 and N.J.S.2C:35-11, other than possession of marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (3) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10, and distribution of marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (12) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:35-5, a requirement that the parolee obtain permission from his parole officer for any change in his residence, and a requirement that the parolee report at reasonable intervals to an assigned parole officer. In addition, based on prior history of the parolee or information provided by a victim or a member of the family of a murder victim, the member or board panel certifying parole release pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.55) may impose any other specific conditions of parole deemed reasonable in order to reduce the likelihood of recurrence of criminal or delinquent behavior, including a requirement that the parolee comply with the Internet access conditions set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. Such special conditions may include, among other things, a requirement that the parolee make full or partial restitution, the amount of which restitution shall be set by the sentencing court upon request of the board. In addition, the member or board panel certifying parole release may, giving due regard to a victim's request, impose a special condition that the parolee have no contact with the victim, which special condition may include, but need not be limited to, restraining the parolee from entering the victim's residence, place of employment, business or school, and from harassing or stalking the victim or victim's relatives in any way. Further, the member, board panel or board certifying parole release may impose a special condition that the person shall not own or possess an animal for an unlawful purpose or to interfere in the performance of duties by a parole officer. (b) The member or board panel certifying parole release shall not impose on any parolee any condition that would prohibit or restrict manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing or having under control with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (12) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:35-5, or possession of marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (3) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10. (2) In addition, the member or board panel certifying parole release may impose on any person who has been convicted for the commission of a sex offense as defined in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2), and who is required to register as provided in subsections c. and d. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2), or who has been convicted for a violation of N.J.S.2C:34-3 any of the following Internet access conditions: (a) Prohibit the person from accessing or using a computer or any other device with Internet capability without the prior written approval of the court, except the person may use a computer or any other device with Internet capability in connection with that person's employment or search for employment with the prior approval of the person's parole officer; (b) Require the person to submit to periodic unannounced examinations of the person's computer or any other device with Internet capability by a parole officer, law enforcement officer or assigned computer or information technology specialist, including the retrieval and copying of all data from the computer or device and any internal or external peripherals and removal of such information, equipment or device to conduct a more thorough inspection; (c) Require the person to submit to the installation on the person's computer or device with Internet capability, at the person's expense, one or more hardware or software systems to monitor the Internet use; and (d) Require the person to submit to any other appropriate restrictions concerning the person's use or access of a computer or any other device with Internet capability. c. The appropriate board panel may in writing relieve a parolee of any parole conditions, and may permit a parolee to reside outside the State pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision (N.J.S.2A:168-14 et seq.) and, with the consent of the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections after providing notice to the Attorney General, the federal Witness Security Reform Act, if satisfied that the change will not result in a substantial likelihood that the parolee will commit an offense which would be a crime under the laws of this State. The appropriate board panel may revoke permission, except in the case of a parolee under the Witness Security Reform Act, or reinstate relieved parole conditions for any period of time during which a parolee is under its jurisdiction. d. The appropriate board panel may parole an inmate to any residential facility funded in whole or in part by the State if the inmate would not otherwise be released pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.53) without such placement. But if the residential facility provides treatment for mental illness or mental retardation, the board panel only may parole the inmate to the facility pursuant to the laws and admissions policies that otherwise govern the admission of persons to that facility, and the facility shall have the authority to discharge the inmate according to the laws and policies that otherwise govern the discharge of persons from the facility, on 10 days' prior notice to the board panel. The board panel shall acknowledge receipt of this notice in writing prior to the discharge. Upon receipt of the notice the board panel shall resume jurisdiction over the inmate. e. Parole officers shall provide assistance to the parolee in obtaining employment, education, or vocational training or in meeting other obligations to assure the parolee's compliance with meeting legal requirements related to sex offender notification, address changes and participation in rehabilitation programs as directed by the assigned parole officer. f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2019, c.363) g. If the board has granted parole to any inmate from a State correctional facility and the court has imposed a fine on the inmate, the appropriate board panel shall release the inmate on condition that the parolee make specified fine payments to the State Parole Board. For violation of these conditions, or for violation of a special condition requiring restitution, parole may be revoked only for refusal or failure to make a good faith effort to make the payment. h. Upon collection of the fine the Department of Corrections shall forward it to the State Treasury. L.1979, c.441, s.15; amended 1986, c.33; 1987, c.116, s.26; 1992, c.156, s.1; 1995, c.280, s.39; 1997, c.218; 2001, c.79, s.10; 2003, c.249; 2007, c.219, s.5; 2019, c.363, s.12; 2021, c.19, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-9.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-9.3
Provision of notification of injuries of developmentally disabled individual; specification.
Status: in_force

3. a. A provider or licensee of a community-based residential program or day program shall provide notification, in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section, of any major physical injury, moderate physical injury, or minor physical injury, as prescribed by department regulation, that is suffered by an individual with a developmental disability who is receiving services from the provider or licensee. b. Except as otherwise provided by subsection c. of this section, the notification required under this section shall be provided: (1) as soon as possible, but no later than two hours after the occurrence of the injury, except that if there is an extraordinary circumstance that prevents such notification, the provider or licensee shall provide notification as soon as possible, but no later than eight hours after the occurrence of the injury and shall provide a written, detailed explanation of the extraordinary circumstance causing the delay to the commissioner and to the guardian of the injured individual with a developmental disability or, if there is no guardian of the individual, to a family member who requests such notification, within 14 days of the incident; (2) to the guardian of the injured individual with a developmental disability, or, if there is no guardian of the individual, to a family member who requests such notification unless the individual has expressly prohibited the family member from receiving such notification; and (3) through in-person means or by telephone. Electronic means may be used to engage in follow-up communications after the initial notification. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, notification pursuant to this section shall not be required if the guardian or family member expresses, in a written document filed with the caretaker, that they do not want to receive notification of injury pursuant to this section. L.2017, c.238, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.15
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1988, c. 97, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-8
Isolation or quarantine of inmates having communicable disease
Status: in_force

Each board of managers shall have power, in case of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease, to establish such quarantine regulations as they may deem necessary and may provide for the isolation of inmates suffering from such disease, either within or without the institution in an isolation camp, or in a hospital for the care and treatment of such diseases, with power either to pay the expenses of establishing and maintaining the quarantine and isolation camp, or to pay for the board and treatment of the inmates in a regularly established hospital. The custody of all inmates in any hospital or quarantine camp shall remain in the chief executive officer of the institution of which such persons are inmates. No inmate shall be placed in any hospital outside the limits of the institution without the approval of the commissioner first had and obtained.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-27 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-27
Injunctions
Status: in_force

The department may, in the manner provided by law maintain an action in the name of the State of New Jersey for injunction against any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, continuing to conduct, manage or operate a convalescent home or private nursing home under the supervision of an administrator who is without a license, or after the suspension or revocation of such license. L.1968, c. 356, s. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-14
Reports by Commissioner of Human Services; requirements.
Status: in_force

11. The Commissioner of Human Services shall report to the Chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the Chairmen of the Assembly Health and Human Services and Assembly Family, Women and Children's Issues committees on the implementation of this act. The commissioner shall issue an interim report six months after the effective date of this act and shall issue an annual report six months later and once each year thereafter. The report shall include the number of persons who are enrolled in the Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs pursuant to the provisions of this act, the cost of providing coverage for these persons, the status of any Medicaid plan amendments or waivers necessary for implementation of this act, the status of implementing the enrollment simplification practices for both the NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs, and such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate. The commissioner may also include any recommendations for legislation he deems necessary to further the purposes of this act. L.2005,c.156,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.7
Child abuse record information check.
Status: in_force

5. a. The division shall, upon receipt of written consent from the resource family parent applicant and any other adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.2001, c.419 (C.30:4C-27.6): (1) conduct a child abuse record information check of the division's child abuse records to determine if an incident of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11), against a resource family parent applicant or any adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household; and (2) request a child abuse record information check from the applicable authority in each state in which the prospective resource family parent and any other adult residing in the prospective parent's home has resided in the preceding five years. The department shall consider, for the purposes of this act, any incidents of child abuse or neglect that were substantiated on or after June 29, 1995, to ensure that a resource family parent applicant or adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household has had an opportunity to appeal a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect pursuant to department regulations, except that the department may consider substantiated incidents prior to that date if the department, in its judgment, determines that the resource family parent applicant or adult household member poses a risk of harm in a resource family home. In cases involving incidents substantiated prior to June 29, 1995, the department shall offer the resource family parent applicant or adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household an opportunity for a hearing to contest its action restricting the resource family parent applicant from providing resource family care to a child. b. (1) The department shall conduct an annual on-site inspection of a resource family home and evaluate the resource family home to determine whether it complies with the provisions of this act. (2) The department may, without prior notice, inspect and examine a resource family home and inspect all documents, records, files or other data required to be maintained by a resource family parent pursuant to this act. c. If an applicant meets the requirements of this act, the department shall issue a license to that person. d. (1) The license shall be valid for the time period designated by the commissioner, subject to the resource family parent's continued compliance with the provisions of this act. (2) The department shall determine if the license shall be renewed based upon the results of the annual on-site inspection and evaluation of the resource family home conducted pursuant to this section. If the on-site inspection and evaluation indicate the resource family home's full or substantial compliance with the provisions of this act, the department shall renew the license. L.2001, c.419, s.5; amended 2004, c.130, s.74; 2007, c.228, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-4
Enlargement of or additions to psychiatric hospital.
Status: in_force

30:9-4. If a psychiatric hospital is owned and maintained by the county, and it becomes necessary either to enlarge the hospital by the building of additions or extensions, or to erect additional buildings for the accommodation of the patients, the board of chosen freeholders or governing body of the county may, upon a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, to be adopted by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the full authorized membership of the board, build additions, extensions, additional building or buildings, and properly fit, furnish, and equip them. amended 1940, c.7, s.1; 2013, c.103, s.95.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-101 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-101
"Tuition" defined.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Tuition" means the charges imposed by a New Jersey public institution of higher education or county vocational school providing post-secondary vocational education, for enrollment at the institution or school. L.2003,c.132,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-17
Annual report on Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance; contents.
Status: in_force

1. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Health, Labor and Workforce Development, and Banking and Insurance, as appropriate, shall prepare, to the extent data are available, an annual report on Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance, as provided in this act. a. The report shall include the following information about each employer in the State with an aggregate of 50 or more NJ FamilyCare enrollees or Medicaid recipients: (1) the employer's name and address, unless the employer has more than one work site, in which case the employer's name and the number of work sites and the counties in which the work sites are located; (2) the number of NJ FamilyCare enrollees and Medicaid recipients who are employed by the employer; (3) the number of NJ FamilyCare enrollees and Medicaid recipients who are spouses or dependents of employees of the employer; (4) whether the employer offers health insurance coverage to its employees; and (5) the cost to the State of providing NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid coverage for the employer's employees and their dependents. The commissioner may include comparable information about recipients of other public health care coverage programs, and such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate regarding employer-based coverage for persons covered under public insurance programs. The commissioner shall also include the information compiled by the Commissioner of Health concerning recipients of charity care pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2006, c.87 (C.26:2H-18.55a). With respect to the information provided by the Commissioner of Health, the commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioners of Labor and Workforce Development and Banking and Insurance, shall ascertain whether the employer of a recipient of charity care offers health insurance coverage to its employees. The commissioner shall include that information about employers in the report. In addition, the commissioner may make any recommendations the commissioner deems appropriate for legislative action. b. The report shall not include the name of any NJ FamilyCare enrollee or Medicaid recipient or any family member of an enrollee or recipient. c. The commissioner shall submit the report by September 1 of each year to the Governor and the chairmen of the Senate and Assembly standing reference committees on human services, health, and appropriations. L.2006, c.87, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.396.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-9
Voluntary admissions
Status: in_force

Any agency of the State, county or municipal government, desiring to utilize the services of the diagnostic center, upon good cause shown, may arrange for the voluntary admission of the subject for whom the diagnosis is required by securing the execution by said person of a voluntary admission application on forms to be furnished by the center; provided, that such person has attained majority. If such person is a minor then the voluntary admission may be secured by having a parent, person standing in loco parentis or the guardian of such minor, execute the voluntary admission application. L.1946, c. 118, p. 553, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-84.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-84.3
Temporary or indefinite transfers
Status: in_force

The transfers as heretofore provided may be temporary or indefinite; if temporary, the status of the individual shall be governed by the statutory provisions covering admission and discharge under which he was receiving care or treatment in the sending institution or service; if indefinite, the status of the individual shall be governed by the statutory provisions applicable to the receiving institution, to which he shall be considered to have been admitted in the same or most comparable class as that under which he was receiving care or treatment in the sending institution or service, unless a new court order shall supervene. Admission to any institution or service on indefinite transfer shall constitute discharge from the sending institution or service. L.1965, c. 59, s. 73.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.6
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2003,c.191,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.8
Report to Governor, Legislature
Status: in_force

8. The Commissioner of Human Services shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than three years from the effective date of this act on the effectiveness of the child abuse record information checks in screening staff members and sponsors of child care centers. The commissioner shall include in the report recommendations for modifying the provisions of this act which he believes to be necessary and appropriate. L.1997,c.254,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.55b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.55b
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Earn Your Way Out Act." L.2019, c.364, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-13.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-13.3
Repeal; effective date of act
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. L.1949, c. 34, p. 113, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.8
Application for relief.
Status: in_force

1. Any person who has been, or shall be, committed to any institution or facility providing mental health services, or has been determined to be a danger to himself, others, or property, or determined to be an incapacitated individual as defined in N.J.S.3B:1-2, by order of any court or by voluntary commitment and who was, or shall be, discharged from such institution or facility as recovered, or whose illness upon discharge, or subsequent to discharge or determination, is substantially improved or in substantial remission, may apply to the court by which such commitment was made, or to the Superior Court by verified petition setting forth the facts and praying for the relief provided for in this act. L.1953, c.268, s.1; amended 1976, c.108, s.1; 1978, c.163; 1991, c.91, s.317; 2009, c.183, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-3.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3.2
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

4. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the provisions of P.L.1976, c.120 (C.30:13-1 et seq.) and section 3 of P.L.1997, c.241 (C.30:13-3.1) shall apply to any applicant for admission to a nursing home or any resident of the facility, whether the applicant or resident is eligible for benefits under the Medicare or Medicaid program or is a private pay patient, or may in the future convert from a private pay patient to a Medicare or Medicaid patient. L.1997,c.241,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.12
Court hearing.
Status: in_force

12. a. A patient who is involuntarily committed to treatment and assigned to an outpatient treatment provider or involuntarily committed to treatment and admitted to a short-term care or psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital shall receive a court hearing with respect to the issue of continued need for involuntary commitment within 20 days from initial commitment unless the patient has been administratively discharged pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.17). However, if a person is involuntarily committed pursuant to subsection c. or d. of section 10 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.10), that person immediately shall be committed to the Ann Klein Forensic Center in Trenton or other facility designated for the criminally insane for the duration of the 20-day waiting period. b. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, the assigned county counsel is responsible for presenting the case for the patient's involuntary commitment to the court, unless the county adjuster is licensed to practice law in this State, in which case the county adjuster shall present the case for the patient's involuntary commitment to the court. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section and upon notice to the county adjuster: (1) The Attorney General, or the county prosecutor acting at the request of the Attorney General, may supersede the county counsel or county adjuster and assume responsibility for presenting any case for involuntary commitment to treatment or may elect to participate with the county counsel or county adjuster in presenting any such case; and (2) The county prosecutor may supersede the county counsel or county adjuster and assume responsibility for presenting any case for involuntary commitment to treatment initiated by the county prosecutor pursuant to subsection c. of section 10 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.10) or may elect to participate with the county counsel in the presentation of any such case. d. A patient subject to involuntary commitment to treatment shall have counsel present at the hearing and shall not be permitted to appear at the hearing without counsel. L.1987, c.116, s.12; amended 1989, c.73, s.2; 1994, c.134, s.7; 2009, c.112, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.100 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.100
Public health emergency credits.
Status: in_force

1. a. In addition to credits awarded pursuant to R.S.30:4-92; section 3 of P.L.2009, c.330 (C.30:4-92a); and R.S.30:4-140, whenever a public health emergency, pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), has been declared by the Governor and is in effect, the commissioner also shall award inmates public health emergency credits in accordance with this section if the public health emergency: (1) arises as a result of a communicable or infectious disease; and (2) results in substantial modifications to department-wide correctional facility operations. b. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, public health emergency credits shall be awarded to any inmate in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections who:
(1) is serving a sentence or receiving jail credits applicable to the sentence; and (2) is scheduled to be released from the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections within 365 days. c. The public health emergency credits awarded pursuant to this section shall provide further remission from both the maximum and minimum term of the inmate's sentence, including the statutory mandatory minimum term, at the rate of 122 days for each month, or portion thereof, served during the declared emergency. An inmate shall not be awarded public health emergency credits in excess of 244 days of remission for any declared emergency. d. Public health emergency credits shall not be awarded to an inmate serving a sentence in a State correctional facility for: (1) murder pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-3; (2) aggravated sexual assault pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:14-2; or
(3) any offense enumerated in N.J.S.2C:47-1 and whose conduct was characterized by a pattern of repetitive, compulsive behavior. e. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit an inmate's eligibility for parole consideration as provided for in section 10 of P.L.1948, c.84 (C.30:4-123.1 et seq.). f. An inmate who was in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020 concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic shall receive public health emergency credits in accordance with this section. g. An inmate scheduled to be released from the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to this section shall be released on the scheduled release date based on the award of public health emergency credits.
h. An inmate who is released from custody following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to this section shall be prohibited from making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate was serving a sentence, as set forth in section 5 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.103), which prohibition shall remain in force until the time that the inmate was scheduled to be released from custody prior to the award of public health emergency credits. i. Prior to releasing an inmate from the custody of the commissioner following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100), the commissioner shall: (1) notify the inmate in writing of the prohibition against making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.103); (2) notify the inmate in writing that a violation of the prohibition against contact with a victim is a crime of the fourth degree;
(3) require the inmate to acknowledge in writing the receipt of the written notifications related to the contact prohibition provided pursuant to this subsection. j. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection i. of this section and any other relevant provision under current law related to the provision of information and services to inmates, prior to releasing an inmate from the custody of the commissioner following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100), the commissioner shall compile and disseminate to inmates information concerning organizations and programs, whether faith-based or secular programs, which provide assistance and services to inmates reentering society after a period of incarceration. k. Within 30 days prior to an inmate's release from the custody of the commissioner following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100), the commissioner shall provide any available information related to the inmate's:
(1) eligibility for Medicaid; (2) housing information; (3) identification information; and (4) eligibility for any other benefits and services. l. Subject to the availability of the testing resources of the Department of Corrections, an inmate shall be tested for COVID-19 prior to the inmate's release from the custody of the commissioner following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100) if the inmate is released during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020 concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
L.2020, c.111, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-38 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-38
Repeal
Status: in_force

The following acts and statutes together with all amendments thereof and supplements thereto are repealed: Articles one, two and three of chapter five of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes; "An act defining the guardianship of the State Board of Children's Guardians and providing for the administration thereof," approved May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight (P.L.1938, c. 160); "An act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning the care, maintenance, supervision and guardianship of dependent and neglected children, promoting home life therefor, providing penalties for violation thereof, and amending sections 30:5-1, 30:5-33, 30:5-36, 30:5-43 and 30:5-44 of the Revised Statutes.' approved May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight," approved June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight (P.L.1938, c. 400); "An act concerning checks, drafts or warrants issued by the State Board of Children's Guardians which remain uncashed for a period of one year, and providing for the disposition of moneys held for payment thereof," approved July twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine (P.L.1939, c. 213); "An act concerning the care, maintenance, supervision and guardianship of dependent and neglected children, promoting home life therefor, providing penalties for violation thereof, and amending section 30:5-4 of the Revised Statutes," approved July eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine (P.L.1939, c. 245); "An act concerning the care, maintenance, supervision and guardianship of dependent and neglected children, promoting home life therefor, providing penalties for violation thereof, and amending sections 30:5-7 and 30:5-8 of the Revised Statutes," approved May sixth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (P.L.1942, c. 140); "An act concerning the care, maintenance, supervision and guardianship of dependent and neglected children, promoting home life therefor, providing penalties for violation thereof, and amending sections 30:5-19, 30:5-21 and 30:5-26 of the Revised Statutes," approved May fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (P.L.1942, c. 223); "An act concerning grants of home life assistance by the State Board of Children's Guardians, and amending section 30:5-33 of the Revised Statutes," approved April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five (P.L.1945, c. 264); "An act to change the name of the State Board of Children's Guardians to the State Board of Child Welfare, and supplementing chapter five of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes," approved June eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven (P.L.1947, c. 257); Chapter five A of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. L.1951, c. 138, p. 591, s. 38.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-31 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-31
Disability after age 22
Status: in_force

Within the limits of available funding and services, the director may declare as eligible for services under this act individuals who meet the criteria for developmental disability pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of this act except that their disability was manifested after the age of 22 but before the age of 55. L. 1985, c. 145, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-8
Benefits, application rejections, guest removal
Status: in_force

30:7-8. A person admitted to the New Jersey Firemen's Home shall be entitled to all its benefits and shall be furnished with clothing, subsistence, medical and surgical attendance and whatever may be suitable and necessary to promote his health or recovery and contribute to his comfort in accordance with the rules and regulations of the home. An applicant for admission may be rejected and a guest or patient may be removed by resolution of the board of managers for want of the proper qualifications, to become or remain a guest or patient, or on being restored to health, or on becoming of sufficient ability to promote and provide for his own support or for neglect to comply with the rules and regulations of the home or for conduct adverse to the operation of the home. Amended 2000, c.149, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-21.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-21.2
Reparations to Japanese Americans not counted as income for PAAD eligibility
Status: in_force

1. Funds received from the federal government pursuant to sections 105 and 106 of the "Civil Liberties Act of 1988," Pub.L.100-383 (50 U.S.C. App. s. 1989b-4 and s. 1989b-5) shall not be counted as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled program established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.). L.1992,c.30.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-1
Establishment of diagnostic center
Status: in_force

The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make suitable arrangements, by the acquisition, purchase or condemnation of existing buildings and lands, or by the construction of appropriate buildings on acquired lands, for the establishment of a unit, which shall be centrally located in the State and not adjacent or contiguous to any existing mental, penal or correctional institution, to be known as the Diagnostic Center. L.1946, c. 118, p. 549, s. 1. Amended by L.1947, c. 238, p. 909, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.5
Pension funds; persons paid partly by county and partly by municipality; transfer of credits
Status: in_force

Any person heretofore or hereafter appointed pursuant to the act of which this act is a supplement whose compensation is paid partly by the county and partly by the municipality, shall, by reason of such appointment, immediately become entitled to participate in all benefits of the respective retirement systems and pension funds of such county and municipality based upon the financial contributions by such person made to such retirement systems or funds. If such person, at the time of such appointment, is already a member of either a county or municipal retirement system or fund, and as such is entitled to benefits under such retirement system or fund, and shall desire to transfer any portion of such benefits either from a county retirement system or fund to a municipal retirement system or fund, or from a municipal retirement system or fund to a county retirement system or fund, such person under the direction of the administrative heads of such two systems or funds may cause any financial credits to which he may be entitled in either one of said retirement systems or funds, to be transferred to the other retirement system or fund and thereafter shall enjoy the benefits arising out of such credits thus transferred, in the retirement system or fund to which they have thus been transferred, in the same manner as if they had originally accrued therein; credits thus transferred to be deducted in the system or fund in which they originated and the benefits of such person in such original system or fund to be reduced accordingly. L.1943, c. 58, p. 255, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-17
Orders, rules and regulations; continuance after transfer
Status: in_force

This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, division, bureau, board or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Corrections or to any agency designated, continued or constituted hereunder; but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law. L.1976, c. 98, s. 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-69 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-69
Development of interdepartmental plan.
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall develop an interdepartmental plan for the implementation of an individualized, appropriate child and family driven care system for children with special emotional needs and for the reduction of inappropriate use of out-of-home placements of these children. The plan shall first address children ready to be returned from in-State and out-of-State residential facilities, and those at imminent risk of extended out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall consult with appropriate representatives from the State departments of Education, Human Services, Corrections, Health and Senior Services and Community Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the Statewide Children's Coordinating Council in the Department of Children and Families, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and Statewide family advocacy groups, in the development of the plan. L.1992, c.111, s.4; amended 1994, c.58, s.51; 2005, c.155, s.90; 2006, c.47, s.144; 2010, c.34, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-53 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-53
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Medicaid Program Integrity and Protection Act." L.2007,c.58,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-4
Responsibilities as inclusive but not limitation
Status: in_force

The responsibilities of nursing homes shall include, but shall not be limited to, those enumerated in this act. L.1976, c. 120, s. 4, eff. Nov. 30, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.10
Inapplicability of act, exception.
Status: in_force

3. This act shall not apply to any case in which the defendant was found not guilty of a crime because of insanity or from a determination that the defendant was incompetent to stand trial, except for the purpose of applying to the court pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-180, for relief from a federal firearms disability to possess a firearm imposed under 18 U.S.C. ss. 922(d)(4) and (g)(4). L.1953, c.268, s.3; amended 1976, c.108, s.3; 2009, c.183, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.7
Review of validity of lien; discharge
Status: in_force

2. Any person affected in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, by any lien filed hereunder, and desiring to examine into the validity thereof or the facts and circumstances surrounding the entry thereof, may do so in an action brought in the court wherein the judgment of commitment of the patient was made. In the case of a voluntary patient, an action may be brought in the Superior Court. The action shall be brought against the institution claiming the lien, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and enter such judgment as it may deem appropriate. Any person desiring to secure immediate discharge of any lien may deposit with the court cash in sufficient amount to cover the amount of the lien or post a bond in an amount and with sureties to be approved by said court. Upon proper notice of this fact being given to the institution claiming the lien, a satisfaction of said lien shall be filed forthwith with the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages as the case may be. L.1946,c.306,s.2; amended 1953,c.29,s.39; 1991.c.91,s.316.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24
General principles, applicability.
Status: in_force

30:4-24. The provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes shall govern the admission and commitment of persons with mental illness, tuberculosis, and developmental disabilities to the several institutions designated therefor and govern and control all phases of the relationship between such patients and such institutions including payments, maintenance, custody, treatment, parole, and discharge as though each provision of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes has been specifically enacted, unless otherwise specified in law, with relation to each institution, its board of managers and officials, and to all other officials, boards, and authorities. Title 30 of the Revised Statutes is to be administered in accordance with the general principles laid down in this section, which are declared to be the public policy of this State that: (1) adequate residential and nonresidential facilities be provided for the prompt and effective diagnosis, care, treatment, training and rehabilitation of individuals with diseases and disorders of the brain, mind, and nervous system, including the various forms of mental illness and developmental disability; (2) such facilities be closely integrated with other community health, welfare, and social resources; (3) the human dignity and the moral and constitutional rights of such individuals be upheld and protected by appropriate statutes; (4) family and community ties and mutual responsibilities be reinforced; (5) inasmuch as such mental disorders may in some cases substantially impair the individual's ability to guide the individual's actions in the individual's own best interests or with due regard for the rights of others, provision be made for the due process of law by which such an individual may be placed under protection, treatment, or restraint in the individual's own or the public interest; (6) the primary responsibility for the costs of services provided to an individual rests with the individual and the individual's responsible relatives; (7) it is in the public interest that facilities be available to all persons without limitation because of economic circumstances, and that extraordinary hardships to any individual or the individual's relatives which may result from severe or prolonged disability be mitigated; (8) means and facilities be provided by the State for scientific studies directed toward expanding knowledge of the causes, prevention, control, management, and cure of diseases and disorders of the brain, mind, and nervous system; and (9) as an intrinsic part of the program established by the State, provision be made for the instruction of professional and nonprofessional personnel in the skills required for the proper diagnosis, care, training, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with impairments of the brain, mind, and nervous system, and for the pursuit of relevant research. amended 1965, c.59, s.8; 1995, c.155, s.2; 2010, c.50, s.30; 2017, c.131, s.115.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-16.1
Personal assistance consumer bill of rights.
Status: in_force

10. There is established a personal assistance consumer bill of rights. Each consumer, and, as appropriate, each applicant: a. Shall be treated with courtesy, respect, and full recognition of one's dignity, individuality, and right to control one's own household and lifestyle, including the identification and determination of one's own needs, schedules and the services necessary to meet these needs; b. Shall be served by personal assistants or vendors who are properly trained and competent to perform their duties; c. Shall receive services in compliance with all State laws and regulations without discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, creed or disability in the provision or quality of services; d. Shall be free from mental and physical abuse, neglect and exploitation, and shall be free from chemical and physical restraints; e. Shall be accorded privacy while receiving services in communications and in all daily activities; f. Shall be accorded respect for one's property rights; g. Shall have one's personal, financial and medical records treated as confidential; h. Shall be free to fully exercise one's civil and due process rights and to be assisted by a personal assistant or vendors as appropriate and necessary; i. Shall receive in a timely manner all decisions regarding eligibility and amount and kind of services and the reasons therefor in writing and, if appropriate, orally, along with administrative hearings and appeals procedures; j. Shall have access to a fair appeals process through which disputes can be resolved; k. Shall receive written information regarding consumer standards and responsibilities in the personal assistance services program and to have them verbally explained as needed; l. Shall have as few personal assistants entering one's home as possible; m. Shall have the right to interview, screen and select one's personal assistant; and n. Shall dismiss those personal assistants who do not respect consumer rights. L.1993, c.215, s.10; amended 2009, c.160, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4B-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-10
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty. L.1950, c. 166, p. 358, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7y — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7y
Perinatal Risk Assessment form for certain pregnant women.
Status: in_force

1. An obstetrical provider, nurse midwife, or other licensed health care professional, approved as a provider under the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), shall complete the Perinatal Risk Assessment form, as used by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, for each pregnant Medicaid recipient and for each individual eligible for Emergency Medical Services for Non-Qualified Aliens who receives prenatal care from the provider. The Perinatal Risk Assessment form shall be the uniform document used by all providers and Medicaid managed care plans. The form shall be completed by the provider during the first prenatal visit with the pregnant Medicaid recipient or other eligible individual and updated by the provider in the third trimester of the recipient or other eligible individual. L.2019, c.88, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-44 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-44
Work release or vocational training of certain prisoners or incarcerated persons.
Status: in_force

1. In any county in which the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, approves the application of this act and designates a county work release administrator who may be the sheriff, warden or other person, a person convicted of any offense, except as otherwise provided in section 2 of P.L.1994, c.153 (C.30:8-44.1) and sentenced to the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary of the county or a person incarcerated in the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary pursuant to the Rules of Court for contempt of an order or judgment issued by the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may be placed at outside labor or permitted to attend a vocational training course operated or sponsored by a public or private agency in the county by order of the court by which the sentence or order of incarceration was imposed, or by the assignment judge of the county in which the sentence or order of incarceration was imposed, at the time such person is sentenced or incarcerated or at any time thereafter during the term of the sentence or term of incarceration. A work release order may include permission for release from confinement during specified hours to care for the offender's family. Such order may be revoked by the court which granted it at any time. The Department of Corrections shall prepare and enforce regulations for the operation of this act in accordance with the provisions thereof. L.1968,c.372,s.1; amended 1969, c.243; 1994, c.153, s.1; 1997, c.425.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.10
Compliance by licensee required.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Department of Human Services shall require a licensee, as a condition of maintaining a license to operate a community care residence, to comply with the following provisions: (1) A licensee shall, annually, undergo an examination by a physician to ascertain whether the licensee is physically and mentally capable of fulfilling the job duties of a licensee, as specified on the form listing a licensee's job duties prepared by the department pursuant to section 5 of this act and completed by the physician pursuant to this subsection. Upon conclusion of the examination, the physician shall provide the licensee with a statement as to whether the licensee is capable of fulfilling the duties of a licensee, and complete and attach the form on which the physician shall indicate, for each duty, whether the licensee is capable of fulfilling the duty. The department may, at its discretion, require further physical or mental health examinations of the licensee. (2) Upon receipt of the physician statement and completed form, a licensee shall provide the statement and form to the department. If a licensee fails to provide the statement and form, the commissioner shall have the authority to: stop any payments to the licensee; seek recovery of any payments to the licensee from the date that the statement and form were due; and not resume payment until such time as the licensee submits the statement and form. (3) If, after undergoing the examination, a licensee is unable to provide the physician's statement and the completed form, the licensing agency shall take negative licensing action against the licensee. b. (1) In the event that an individual with a developmental disability is not capable of managing the individual's own funds, a licensee who is responsible for making purchases and disbursements on the individual's behalf shall not make such a purchase or disbursement unless that purchase or disbursement reflects the specific needs of the individual with a developmental disability. (2) Over a four-year period, the Office of Auditing in the department shall review a random sample of one month's worth of receipts or records for purchases and disbursements made on behalf of each individual with a developmental disability. The case manager and the case manager's supervisor shall also review a random sample of receipts and records of such purchases and disbursements. If it is determined that a purchase or disbursement does not reflect the specific needs of the individual with a developmental disability, that fact shall be documented and the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall be so advised. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may instruct the licensing agency to take negative licensing action. (3) (a) If there is evidence that an inappropriate purchase or disbursement entailed an egregious amount of money, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall report the purchase or disbursement to the Attorney General. (b) If there is evidence that a case manager was aware of an egregious inappropriate purchase or disbursement and failed to document that fact or notify the case manager's supervisor, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall notify the Attorney General. c. A licensee shall annually attend a continuing education program conducted or approved by the department, as provided for in section 5 of this act. d. A licensee shall annually take a two-week leave from providing services to an individual with a developmental disability residing in a community care residence, during which time an alternate shall provide care or training, or both, to the individual with a developmental disability. e. A licensee shall demonstrate to the case manager the licensee's ability to provide any physical assistance that individuals in the licensed home may require. f. A licensee shall immediately notify the responsible placing agency in the event of a lapse in the individual's participation or attendance in the individual's day program that exceeds a duration of five consecutive days, with the exception of a planned vacation or a documented medical reason. L.2012, c.69, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-32.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-32.9
Annual notification to persons receiving services.
Status: in_force

4. The division shall annually notify, in writing, persons receiving services of the following: a. the services the person is currently receiving from the division and, in the case of an individual budget to purchase services, the amount of that budget and the services that are being purchased with the funds from that budget; b. the person's status on a waiting list, if any, and how many persons with developmental disabilities on the list are expected to be served in the next 12 months; c. the manner in which the person can easily correct or update, as applicable: the person's contact information; information concerning how the person is spending funds in an individual budget, if any; the person's expected future service needs; and any other relevant information that requires updating; and d. information about where the person with a developmental disability or family member or guardian can find information about services for persons with developmental disabilities, including the link to the department's official website. L.2011, c.163, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-9
Services from other agencies
Status: in_force

The shelter staff shall advocate the delivery of services from such agencies as county welfare departments and law enforcement and legal services agencies to those served by the shelters. L.1979, c. 337, s. 9, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-29a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-29a
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Equitable Outcomes in Child Support Collection Act." L.2025, c.5, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-18 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-18
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Certificate of registration" means a certificate issued by the department to a family day care provider, acknowledging that the provider is registered pursuant to the provisions of this act. b. "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. c. "Family day care home" means a private residence in which child care services are provided for a fee to no less than three and no more than five children at any one time for no less than 15 hours per week; except that the department shall not exclude a family day care home with less than three children from voluntary registration. A child being cared for under the following circumstances is not included in the total number of children receiving child care services: (1) The child being cared for is legally related to the provider; or (2) Care is being provided as part of an employment agreement between the family day care provider and an assistant or substitute provider where no payment for the care is being provided. d. "Family day care provider" means a person at least 18 years of age who is responsible for the operation and management of a family day care home. e. "Family day care sponsoring organization" means an agency or organization which contracts with the department to assist in the registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area. f. "Monitor" means to visit a family day care provider to review the provider's compliance with the standards established pursuant to this act. L.1987, c.27, s.3; amended 1991, c.278, s.3; 1992, c.13, s.2; 2004, c.130, s.103; 2006, c.47, s.166.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.14
Persons admitted and treated
Status: in_force

3. The institute shall admit, retain and provide care and treatment for individuals suffering from diseases and dysfunctions of the brain and nervous system, including acute substance use disorder, cerebral palsy cases and minors with a mental illness, and who require hospital care, and without which their health and welfare and that of others in the community will be jeopardized, subject to availability of facilities for hospitalization and treatment thereof. L.1953, c. 122, p. 1307, s. 3; amended 2023, c.177, s.96.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-8
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Family Health Care Coverage Act." L.2005,c.156,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.20
Written informed parental consent
Status: in_force

2. The Children's Hospital of New Jersey shall obtain written informed consent of a parent or guardian for the provision of primary health care and dental services prior to providing any health care services to a child at a designated school pursuant to this act. L.2001,c.333,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26.7
Application for adoption of child by resource family parent.
Status: in_force

2. Any person, who, as a resource family parent, has cared for a child continuously for a period of 15 months or more, may apply to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, for the placement of the child with them for the purpose of adoption and if the child is eligible for adoption, the division shall give preference and first consideration to their application over all other applications for adoption placements. L.1962, c.139, s.2; amended 1964, c.102, s.16; 2004, c.130, s.64; 2012, c.16, s.83.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-42 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-42
Adoption Resource Exchange.
Status: in_force

2. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the availability of appropriations therefor, to establish an Adoption Resource Exchange, the services of which shall be available only to approved agencies as a further resource to facilitate placement of children for adoption by and through the agencies. L.1962, c.206, s.2; amended 1964, c.102, s.26; 2012, c.16, s.100.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7ll.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7ll.4
State plan amendments, waivers.
Status: in_force

5. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to ensure federal financial participation for State expenditures under the federal Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program. L.2023, c.181, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-13
Referral to legally responsible person or agency.
Status: in_force

13. If in the course of verifying and investigating any applications or complaints, as provided for in sections 11 and 12 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-11 and C.30:4C-12), it shall appear that there is a person legally responsible for the support of the child who is willing and able to provide the care and support required by the child; or it shall appear that the needs of the child can properly be provided for by financial assistance as made available by the laws of this State; then, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, before accepting and providing care or custody, shall first make proper referral of the matter to such legally responsible person, or to the agency charged with the administration of such financial assistance. If it shall appear that the welfare of the child is endangered, and that such condition can be eliminated or ameliorated by making available to or for the child any one or more of whatever specific services the Division of Child Protection and Permanency may be authorized, within the limits of legislative appropriations, to provide for all children in similar circumstances, the child shall be found eligible for care or custody, and the division shall proceed to furnish the services either by direct provision or, if the division so determines in the specific case, by purchasing services from any appropriate privately sponsored agency or institution which complies with whatever rules and regulations, established pursuant to P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), may govern such arrangements for purchase of service. L.1951, c.138, s.13; amended 1962, c.197, s.16; 2012, c.16, s.65.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7a
County welfare agency to provide adequate employees to determine Medicaid eligibility
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services shall require that a county welfare agency provide adequate employees to determine Medicaid eligibility to any hospital in the county that has been designated by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.32). The Commissioner of Human Services shall bill the designated hospital quarterly for the nonfederal share of costs associated with a county welfare agency employee stationed at the hospital, and reimburse the county welfare agency upon receipt of payment from the hospital. L.1991,c.187,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-60.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-60.2
"Estate," "patient" defined
Status: in_force

15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever the term "estate" appears in any provision of Chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes for the purpose of describing the mechanism for satisfying or contributing to the costs of maintaining a patient, the term shall mean and include only those payments made directly to the State or county by the patient or his legally responsible relative, payments made on behalf of a deceased patient, payments made on behalf of the patient to the State or county in its capacity as a representative of the patient, or payments made on behalf of the patient to the State or county in its capacity as a representative of the patient and which would otherwise be due and payable directly to the patient. No other payments to the State, regardless of their source or the circumstances of their receipt, shall be considered to be a part of the patient's estate. As used in this section, "patient" includes a person over the age of 18 who has been admitted to, but not discharged from, a short-term care or psychiatric facility and a developmentally disabled person of any age who is receiving functional services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities. L.1995,c.155,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-144 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-144
Eight hours a day's service
Status: in_force

Eight hours' service shall constitute a full day's labor for deputy keepers and guards employed in or about the state prison, the state reformatory, and the state prison farm at Leesburg, and no deputy keeper or guard shall be required to work regularly longer than eight hours in any day of twenty-four hours.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6F-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6F / Section 6F-3
New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established in the Department of Human Services the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury. b. The council shall be composed of 26 members as follows: the Commissioners of Human Services, Education, Health and Senior Services, Community Affairs, Labor and Banking and Insurance, the Attorney General and the State Treasurer, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio and 18 public members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of the public members, eight shall be survivors of traumatic brain injury or the family members of these persons and at least five shall be representatives of the following groups: public or private health-related organizations, disability advisory or planning groups within the State, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, injury control programs at the State or local level, and the Center for Health Statistics in the Department of Health and Senior Services for data research purposes. c. Public members shall serve for a term of three years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified; except that of the members first appointed, six shall serve for a term of one year, six shall serve for a term of two years and six shall serve for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments were made. A member of the council shall be eligible for reappointment. d. The public members who are serving on the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury established by Executive Order No. 84 of 1998, on the effective date of this act may complete the duration of their term as members of the council established pursuant to this act and are eligible for appointment to the council established pursuant to this act. e. The members of the council shall meet quarterly and the Commissioner of Human Services, or his designee, shall serve as chair of the council. f. The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the council for this purpose. L.2001,c.332,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-5.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-5.5
Posting of drinking water test reports by child care centers.
Status: in_force

5. a. The sponsor of a child care center who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,"42 U.S.C.s.300f et al., or who receives a Consumer Confidence Report from the owner or operator of a public community water system, shall post each Consumer Confidence Report it prepares or receives in at least one conspicuous location in the child care center. b. The sponsor of a child care center who is a supplier of water but is not required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996," and who is required to conduct tests of its drinking water by the Department of Environmental Protection, shall post a chart setting forth the results of the water tests, including the level of detection and, as appropriate for each contaminant, the maximum contaminant level, highest level allowed, action level, treatment technique, or other expression of an acceptable level, for each contaminant, in at least one conspicuous location in the child care center. The chart also shall include in bold print the statement required to be included in a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to 40 CFR s.141.154(a). The chart shall not include contaminants that are not detected. c. As used in this section, "child care center" shall mean any child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) and "sponsor" shall have the same meaning as in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-3). d. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall not be required to conduct on-site inspections to determine compliance with this section more frequently than any on-site inspections of child care centers are conducted by the department pursuant to any other law. L.1999,c.362,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-20
Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.
Status: in_force

10. The Commissioner of Health, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall appoint a Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board which shall consist of the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services; the Commissioner of the Department of Health, and seven nursing home administrators of recognized ability, two of whom shall be registered nurses who are graduates of accredited schools of nursing, licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing to practice nursing in this State, one of whom shall be a fellow of the American College of Health Care Administrators, one of whom shall be a member of the American College of Health Care Administrators, one of whom shall be an administrator of a governmentally operated nursing home, one of whom shall be an administrator of a nonprofit home for the aged with a licensed infirmary, and one of whom shall be an administrator of a proprietary nursing home. There shall be appointed six additional members who shall be representative of the professions and institutions concerned with the care and treatment of patients who are elderly and who have a chronic illness or infirmity other than nursing home administrators or persons associated with nursing homes, one of whom shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State, but in no event shall a majority of the board be representative of a single professional or institutional category. Any noninstitutional member of the board, which does not include nursing home administrators, shall have no direct financial interest in nursing homes. Each member of the board who is a nursing home administrator shall have a minimum of not less than five years' experience as an administrator in the supervision of a convalescent home or private nursing home and shall at all times be licensed as a nursing home administrator pursuant to the terms of this act. The board shall be appointed for terms of four years, except when appointed to complete an unexpired term. Members whose terms shall expire shall hold office until appointment of their successors. Members may be reappointed for one additional term. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. L.1968, c.356, s.10; amended 1969, c.174; 1975, c.8; 2017, c.131, s.129.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-9.1
Definitions relative to community-based residential programs.
Status: in_force

1. As used in sections 1 through 6 of P.L.2017, c.238 (C.30:6D-9.1 et seq.): "Abuse" means the same as that term is defined by section 2 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-74). "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Community-based residential program" or "residential program" means a group home or supervised apartment, which is licensed and regulated by the department. "Day program" means a program that is certified to provide day habilitation services or sheltered workshops for individuals with developmental disabilities. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Department employee" means a direct employee of the Department of Human Services, or an employee of a department-funded case management agency. "Developmental disability" means the same as that term is defined by section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3). "Direct care staff member" means a person 18 years of age or older who is employed by a program, facility, or living arrangement identified in subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.2017, c.238 (C.30:6D-9.5), and who may come into direct contact with individuals with developmental disabilities during the course of such employment. "Exploitation" means the same as that term is defined by section 2 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-74). "Group home" means a living arrangement that is operated in a residence or residences leased or owned by a licensee; which provides the opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to live together in a home, sharing in chores and the overall management of the residence; and in which staff provides supervision, training, or assistance in a variety of forms and intensity as required to assist the individuals as they move toward independence. "Licensee" means an individual, partnership, or corporation that is licensed by the department, and is responsible for providing services associated with the operation of a community-based residential program. "Major physical injury" means an injury that requires treatment that can only be performed at a general hospital or special hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), and which may additionally include admission to the hospital for further treatment or observation. "Minor physical injury" means an injury that does not constitute a major physical injury or a moderate physical injury, and which can be treated with basic first aid, and without the assistance of a health care professional. "Moderate physical injury" means an injury that does not constitute a major injury, but which requires treatment, beyond basic first aid, that can only be performed by a health care professional. "Neglect" means the same as that term is defined by section 2 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-74). "Program" means any program that is licensed or funded by the department for the purpose of providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. "Program" includes, but is not limited to, a day program or a community-based residential program. "Supervised apartment" means an apartment that is occupied by individuals with developmental disabilities; is leased or owned by a licensee; and in which staff provides supervision, guidance, and training, as needed, to assist individual occupants in the activities of daily living, in accordance with each individual's needs and targeted future goals. L.2017, c.238, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-56 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-56
Administrative procedures to provide for needs of children and to obtain federal aid
Status: in_force

The division shall be responsible for establishing such administrative procedures as will enable it to effectively provide for the needs of children placed outside their homes and to secure such Federal funding as is available to meet these needs. Such procedures shall provide for: a. Appropriate planning and regular review of each child's case by the division; b. Collection and analysis of data regarding the division's caseload to facilitate the continuing evaluation of the division's services, policies and procedures with regard to children placed outside their homes; and, c. Provision of such information as may be required by the courts or the placement review boards. L.1977, c. 424, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-55 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-55
Definitions relative to the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Abuse" means provider practices that are inconsistent with sound fiscal, business, or medical practices and result in unnecessary costs to Medicaid or in reimbursement for services that are not medically necessary or that fail to meet professionally recognized standards for health care. The term also includes recipient practices that result in unnecessary costs to Medicaid. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Fraud" means an intentional deception or misrepresentation made by any person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some unauthorized benefit to that person or another person, including any act that constitutes fraud under applicable federal or State law. "Investigation" means an investigation of fraud, waste, abuse, or illegal acts perpetrated within Medicaid by providers or recipients of Medicaid care, services, and supplies. "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) and the NJ FamilyCare Program established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.). "Medicaid Fraud Control Unit" means the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Office" means the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General created by this act. L.2007,c.58,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-6
Employment and promotion of developmentally disabled by agency or institution providing services
Status: in_force

Every public or private agency, organization or institution providing services for persons with developmental disabilities shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment persons with developmental disabilities to the extent feasible and practicable. L.1977, c. 82, s. 6, eff. May 5, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-33 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-33
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

5. The commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2011, c.166, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11A-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-13
Additional officers and employees; costs of administration
Status: in_force

The department is authorized, directed and empowered to employ, in compliance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, such additional officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The costs of administration of this act shall be provided for in the annual appropriation law. L.1953, c. 212, p. 1611, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.12
Liability of officers, employees and board members
Status: in_force

No action at law shall lie or be maintained against any officer or employee or member of the board of managers for refusing to admit any person as a patient or for admitting, receiving, keeping, detaining, transferring or discharging any patient as provided by this act or as directed by any order made in accordance with this act, whether such person made his own application or the application was made by a friend or relative, or an order was made by a judge or court of the county or State, or any municipality thereof in any of which cases any such application or other, or certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient warrant and authority for the admission, keeping, detention, transfer, discharge and for the reasonable care, treatment, management and control of any patient received or committed under the terms of this act. L.1947, c. 34, p. 93, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-5
Chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and other officers
Status: in_force

The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from among the public members to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Governor. The members shall elect annually from among themselves a vice-chairperson and other such officers as may be necessary, and may appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the council. L.1979, c. 105, s. 5, eff. May 31, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 115, s. 15, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.3
Qualified residents; insufficient number
Status: in_force

If the appointing authority of such a State correctional institution determines, after ample advertising, that an insufficient number of qualified residents exists for available positions, the appointing authority shall take such action as is necessary pursuant to Title 11 of the Revised Statutes to fill those positions. L.1982, c. 44, s. 3, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-8.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-8.15
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is the responsibility of the State to ensure respect for the human rights and civil rights of all people detained within New Jersey. b. It is the responsibility of the State to protect the health and safety, including the physical and mental health, of individuals detained within New Jersey. c. Detention centers and correctional facilities in New Jersey have a history of poor conditions, including inadequate medical and mental health care, use of isolated confinement, and incidents of violence and retaliation against people in detention. d. In keeping with its obligation to protect and advance the health and just treatment of all people within the State of New Jersey, it is therefore the intent of the Legislature to prevent new, expanded, or renewed agreements to detain people for civil immigration purposes. L.2021, c.199, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-16
Instruction of certain persons; children; rates.
Status: in_force

30:6-16. An annual sum, the per capita amount of which for each pupil shall be fixed by the State House Commission, when appropriated by the Legislature, may be applied by the commission mentioned in R.S.30:6-1 for the instruction or placing for instruction in a suitable and convenient institution or elsewhere, persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf blind, blind, visually impaired, or with a developmental disability or mental deficiency and who are residents of the State as the board may select. Whenever deemed necessary by the commission, blind babies and young children with physical or intellectual disabilities whose needs cannot be met in other institutions for the blind shall be sent to some convenient and suitable institution in the State where special hospital care, instruction and support can be provided but the rate to be paid by the State including clothing and necessary transportation shall not exceed the rate fixed by the State House Commission. The rate to be paid for any blind child placed in an institution outside the State, including clothing shall not exceed the per capita rate fixed by the State House Commission. amended 1944, c.241, s.4; 1965, c.59, s.90; 2010, c.50, s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-35.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-35.4
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

4. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act and to ensure that the rebate amounts for pharmaceutical products covered under this program do not have the effect of establishing a new federal "best price," as that term is defined pursuant to section 1927 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.1396r-8). L.1992,c.83,s.4; per s.6 as amended by 1993, c.97, s.2, expired June 30, 1994.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-22.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-22.4
Community retail pharmacy practice site, display, Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled information.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a community retail pharmacy practice site shall prominently display at the point of sale for pharmaceuticals signage or promotional materials, promulgated by the Commissioner of Human Services, providing information about the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" program established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.). Payments to the pharmacy pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-22) may be withheld for any day that the pharmacy fails to display the signage or promotional materials required under this section, as determined by the commissioner. L.2023, c.79, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-16
Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

6. a. A county or municipal entity, official or employee that approves participation in a law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program in accordance with P.L.2016, c.58 (C.30:6C-11 et seq.), shall not, as a result of any acts or omissions, be subject to any criminal or civil liability related to approval of participation in the law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program. b. A county or municipal law enforcement department, chief law enforcement officer, officer or personnel, volunteer or treatment provider, that participates in good faith in a law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program in accordance with P.L.2016, c.58 (C.30:6C-11 et seq.), shall not, as a result of any acts or omissions, be subject to any criminal or civil liability related to participation in the law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program. L.2016, c.58, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-52 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-52
Rebates to DHS for program.
Status: in_force

10. Amounts received as rebates under rebate payment contracts executed pursuant to section 9 of this act are appropriated to the Department of Human Services for the support of the Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program. L.2001, c.96, s.10; amended 2012, c.17, s.391.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.14
Consolidation of county hospitals with other agencies and facilities
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders in any such county establishing a hospital pursuant to this act by resolution, may consolidate its county hospitals, homes for the aged, almshouses, psychiatric wards and other similar county agencies and facilities on suitable lands owned by the county and erect, enlarge, furnish and maintain suitable buildings thereon for such purpose. Upon the adoption of any such resolution such county hospitals, homes for the aged, almshouses, psychiatric wards and other similar county agencies and facilities shall be regulated by the provisions of this act and the terms of all members of boards of managers, superintendents, and other officers, not being civil service employees, shall cease. The rights of all persons having civil service status shall not be impaired by this act. L.1947, c. 34, p. 93, s. 14. Amended by L.1950, c. 238, p. 809, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.15a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.15a
Court determination of assignment of patient to involuntary commitment to treatment.
Status: in_force

17. a. The court shall determine whether a patient who has been found to need continued involuntary commitment to treatment pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.15) should be assigned to an outpatient setting or admitted to an inpatient setting for treatment, and shall issue the order authorizing such placement pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.15), in accordance with this section. In determining the commitment placement, the court shall consider the least restrictive environment for the patient to receive clinically appropriate treatment that would ameliorate the danger posed by the patient and provide the patient with appropriate treatment. b. If the court determines that the least restrictive environment for the patient to receive clinically appropriate treatment would be in an outpatient setting and that there is a likelihood of the patient responding to outpatient treatment, the court shall obtain from a designated outpatient treatment provider a proposed plan of outpatient treatment for the patient which the court shall review. The plan of outpatient treatment shall be approved by the court. c. If the court determines that the least restrictive environment for the patient to receive clinically appropriate treatment would be in an inpatient setting, the court shall issue an order for admission to a psychiatric facility. d. Between the time periods for periodic court review hearings pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.16), the chief executive officer of a psychiatric facility may recommend changing the placement of the patient from an inpatient to outpatient setting, in order to ensure that the patient receives clinically appropriate treatment in the least restrictive environment. The chief executive officer of the facility shall notify the court of the recommendation for the change in placement. e. At the time the court sets the date for a hearing on the change in placement, notice of the hearing shall be served upon the patient, the patient's guardian, if any, the patient's next-of-kin, the patient's attorney and the county adjuster of the county in which the patient has legal settlement. f. The provisions of section 14 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.14) concerning patient rights at a hearing shall apply to the hearing pursuant to this subsection. L.2009, c.112, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.12
Appointment of guardian
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of a complaint for the appointment of a guardian, the court shall determine the necessity of the appointment. Disposition of the matter shall be in accordance with Title 3B of the New Jersey Statutes and the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. In any case where a guardian is to be appointed, the court shall follow the priorities for choosing a guardian set forth in N.J.S. 3B:12-25. The court shall give due consideration to the religious preference of the proposed ward. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services in his official capacity may be appointed guardian in cases under this amendatory and supplementary act, except that the commissioner shall only serve as guardian of the person. L. 1985, c. 133, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.19
Report on status of Residential Community Release Program beds.
Status: in_force

9. The Commissioner of Corrections shall certify on a monthly basis to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting that all available Residential Community Release Program beds in the State of New Jersey are filled to contract capacity with eligible State inmates who are within 18 to 24 months of release, pursuant to the eligibility requirements for community release programs provided under the administrative code, prior to the incarceration of any inmate in any county penal facility. L.2009, c.330, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11A-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-8
Denial, revocation or suspension of certificates of approval
Status: in_force

The State Board of Control may deny, revoke or suspend any and all certificates of approval granted under the authority of this act, because of violation of or failure to comply with the provisions of this act or the rules, regulations and standards promulgated hereunder. Prior to the revocation, suspension or denial of any certificate of approval hereunder, the department, if requested, shall afford the establishment an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing before the department. The procedure governing such hearings shall be in accordance with rules and regulations of the department adopted for that purpose. Either party may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance on forms furnished by the department. Notice of revocation, suspension or denial of a certificate of approval shall be sent to the establishment by registered mail and the notice shall set forth the particular reasons for the denial, suspension or revocation of the certificate. Such denial, suspension or revocation shall become effective thirty days after mailing, unless the establishment, within such thirty-day period shall meet the requirements of the department or shall give written notice to the department of its desire for a hearing, in which case the denial, suspension or revocation shall be held in abeyance until the hearing has been concluded and a final decision rendered. The Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies is hereby empowered to arrange for prompt and fair hearings on all such cases and to render written decisions stating conclusions and reasons therefor upon each matter so heard, and to enter orders of denial, suspension or revocation consistent with the circumstances in each case. L.1953, c. 212, p. 1608, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.4
Reimbursement for retroactive eligibility
Status: in_force

If an applicant is determined to be eligible under P.L. 1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-1 et seq.) retroactively and the provider bills the applicant directly for the services and benefits rendered during the retroactive period, the provider shall, upon notification of the applicant's retroactive eligibility, submit claims for reimbursement for covered services or benefits rendered during the retroactive period. Upon certification that the applicant is so eligible, the provider shall reimburse the applicant or other person who has made prior payment to the provider. L. 1985, c. 303, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-117 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-117
Retaking of patients of county mental hospital
Status: in_force

The medical superintendent or chief executive officer of a county mental hospital may, without warrant arrest and return to the institution an inmate duly committed by court order who leaves without first obtaining a parole or discharge. For that purpose such officer may go to any place within the State where the inmate may be. Amended by L.1965, c. 59, s. 81.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-6
Transportation of patients
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VI The duly accredited officers of any State party to this compact, upon the establishment of their authority and the identity of the patient, shall be permitted to transport any patient being moved pursuant to this compact through any and all States party to this compact, without interference. L.1956, c. 178, p. 681, art. VI.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1.4
Individuals with developmental disabilities, provision of timeline listing activities appropriate for receipt of benefits.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Human Services, or the commissioner's designee, in consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, and the Commissioner of Transportation, or their designees, shall develop a timeline that lists activities that an individual with a developmental disability may engage in, at a certain age or range of ages, in order to gain the benefit of a State or federal program or fulfill an obligation, as applicable. The timeline shall be arranged by age, as appropriate, and include information about where to access information about the activity, if applicable. b. The activities to be included on the timeline developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include, but not be limited to: (1) applying for adult services for individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) determining if guardianship is necessary and the type of guardianship services appropriate for the individual; (3) applying for assistance from State or federal housing programs; (4) applying for benefits from the federal Social Security Administration; (5) applying for benefits under the "Personal Assistance Services Act," P.L.1987, c.350 (C.30:4G-13 et seq.); (6) if male, registering with the federal Selective Service System; (7) applying for financial aid for admission to institutions of higher education; (8) applying for employment or for assistance with job searches; and (9) contacting the Department of Transportation to learn about transportation services for individuals with developmental disabilities. c. The Commissioner of Human Services shall: post the timeline developed pursuant to this section on the official website of the Department of Human Services; share the timeline with the Commissioner of Education and Commissioner of Children and Families; and update the timeline as new information becomes available. L.2016, c.72, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6.1
Prosecutor notified by institution or parole board of inmate release; process.
Status: in_force

3. a. The chief executive officer of the institution in which an inmate is confined shall notify the prosecutor of the release of an inmate, unless the inmate is released on parole, in which case the State Parole Board shall notify the prosecutor of the release. The notification shall occur as follows: (1) Written notification shall be provided 90 days before the inmate's anticipated release whenever possible, but in no event fewer than 30 days before release if such release is due to the expiration of the inmate's maximum term or is authorized by the State Parole Board or order of the Governor upon commutation of a sentence of incarceration; (2) Immediate telephone notification shall be provided whenever possible, followed by written notification within 48 hours, of pre-trial release, escape from custody or return to custody following an escape of a defendant detained or incarcerated in a county or State penal institution, including the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center; and (3) Advance written notification shall be provided whenever possible of any other release of an inmate from custody, including placement in an Intensive Supervision Program or other alternative disposition. If advance notification is not provided, notification shall be provided within 48 hours following release. All notice provided pursuant to this section shall include the inmate's name, identifying information, and anticipated residence. L.1994,c.131,s.3; amended 2001, c.79, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-20
Order terminating parental rights; committing child to guardianship.
Status: in_force

20. If upon the completion of the hearing the court is satisfied that the best interests of the child require that the child be placed under proper guardianship, the court shall make an order terminating parental rights and committing the child to the guardianship and control of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, and the child shall thereupon become the legal ward of the division, which shall be the legal guardian of the child for all purposes, including the placement of the child for adoption. If the court shall have made an interlocutory order as provided in section 17 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-17), but at the final hearing a further order of commitment shall not be made as provided in this section, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall return the child forthwith to the parent or parents, guardian, or person having had custody of the child immediately prior to the filing of the petition; provided, however, that if the return does not ensure the safety of the child or if the parent or parents, guardian, or person having had custody cannot be found or, for other reason satisfactory to the court, is unable to accept the child, the division, upon order of the court, may place the child with such other person or persons who, at the time of final hearing, expressed willingness to accept the child, but the order shall in no wise be construed as a grant of custody or guardianship. In all such cases the interlocutory order shall continue in full force and effect until the division shall have made disposition of the child as provided herein or as otherwise provided by law, but in no case for a period longer than 30 days after the final hearing. L.1951, c.138, s.20; amended 1962, c.197, s.21; 1999, c.53, s.32; 2012, c.16, s.71.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.19b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.19b
Contract with Rutgers for administration, management and supervision of operation
Status: in_force

The Department of Institutions and Agencies is authorized to contract with Rutgers for the administration, management and supervision by Rutgers of the operation of the whole or any part of the new Institute and of its activities and services. L.1967, c. 32, s. 2, eff. April 26, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-2
Equipment, staff and administration
Status: in_force

The diagnostic center shall be fully equipped with all modern scientific equipment and shall be provided with a staff of competent specialists in the field of medicine, psychiatry and psychology, to the end that full and complete diagnostic services will be available to any governmental agency desiring to secure a complete diagnosis of any individual having need for such services, prior to a final disposition of the case of such person, consistent with the best interests of the welfare of the person and the community. The diagnostic center shall be so administered as to furnish a complete physical and mental inventory of each individual committed to the care and custody of the department, thereby assuring commitment to the institution best suited to care for his particular case, development of the most effective curative or rehabilitative procedures in such case, and the most effective co-ordination of all the institutional facilities provided by the State. Any person may apply for voluntary admission to the diagnostic center and shall be admitted upon good cause shown, after execution of the voluntary admission application and payment in advance of the full per capita cost for the period covered by the diagnostic services to be rendered. L.1946, c. 118, p. 550, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-88 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-88
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

11. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2001, c.250, s.11; amended 2006, c.47, s.155.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10.1
Written explanation of Medicare, Medicaid provisions required.
Status: in_force

5. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall provide a written explanation of the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1997, c.241 (C.30:13-3.1) to each nursing home which participates in the Medicare or Medicaid program, and the nursing home shall include the written explanation in the contract or agreement which it furnishes to a prospective resident or the resident's family or guardian prior to or upon admission. L.1997,c.241,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.103 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.103
Prohibition against making contact with victim.
Status: in_force

5. a. An inmate who is released from the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections or a juvenile who is released from the custody of the Youth Justice Commission following an award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.100), from the date of release until the date the inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, was scheduled to be released prior to the award of public health emergency credits, shall be prohibited from purposely or knowingly making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate or juvenile was serving a sentence. For purposes of this subsection, making contact with a victim shall include contact made personally by the inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, or through an agent, and shall include but not be limited to: personal, written, electronic, or telephone contact or communication; or entering the residence, property, school, or place of employment of the victim. b. A violation of subsection a. of this section shall be a crime of the fourth degree. c. (1) A petition may be filed with the court to dissolve the prohibition established pursuant to the provisions of this section prohibiting an inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, from making contact with the victim in accordance with procedures established by the court. (2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide the Department of Corrections, Youth Justice Commission, and Attorney General with information concerning the procedures established by the court for filing a petition to dissolve the prohibition established pursuant to this section prohibiting an inmate or juvenile, as the case may be, from making contact with any victim of the crime for which the inmate or juvenile was serving a sentence. L.2020, c.111, s.5; amended 2025, c.35, s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7C-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-4
Contracts for confinement of inmates on behalf of sending state
Status: in_force

ARTICLE III a. Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states, or with the Federal Government, for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for: (1) Its duration. (2) Payments to be made to the receiving state or to the Federal Government, by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance. (3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom. (4) Delivery and retaking of inmates. (5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states. (b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith. L.1973, c. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-9
Residence at institution; maintenance
Status: in_force

The board of managers may require officers and employees whose continuous presence is deemed necessary, to reside at or contiguous to the institution and by resolution, allow to such officer or employee maintenance and sustenance or commutation thereof, in such amount or to such extent, as it shall in each case determine.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-80 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-80
Immunity from liability, discrimination.
Status: in_force

8. A person acting pursuant to this act in the making of a report under this act shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Such a person shall have the same immunity with respect to testimony given in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report. A person who reports or causes to report in good faith an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to this act and as a result thereof is discharged from employment or in any manner discriminated against with respect to compensation, hire, tenure, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment, may file a cause of action for appropriate relief in the Superior Court in the county in which the discharge or alleged discrimination occurred or in the county of the person's primary residence. If the court finds that the person was discharged or discriminated against as a result of the person's reporting an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to this act, the court may grant reinstatement of employment with back pay or other legal or equitable relief. L.2010, c.5, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7E-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7E / Section 7E-1
Definitions relative to inmate health care
Status: in_force

1. As used in sections 2 thru 6 of this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. b. "County" includes any person acting pursuant to a contract with a county who provides services for which a county is entitled to reimbursement or a nominal fee under the provisions of this act. c. "Covered person" means a person who is covered by a plan for health benefits and expenses but not as an enrollee. d. "Enrollee" means the person who receives a certificate or other proof of coverage from a health insurance plan that covers the person for health benefits and expenses. e. "Health insurance plan" means any hospital and medical expense insurance policy; health, hospital or medical service corporation contract or certificate; or health maintenance organization subscriber contract or certificate or dental or vision plan. f. "Inmate" means a person sentenced to imprisonment, or ordered to pretrial or investigative detention, in a State correctional facility or county jail. g. "State" includes any person acting pursuant to a contract with the State who provides services for which the State is entitled to reimbursement or a nominal fee under the provisions of this act. L.1995,c.254,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-57 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-57
If no settlement in any county
Status: in_force

If the patient shall be found to be mentally ill and to have no legal settlement in any county in this State, the court may commit him to a mental hospital owned by the State. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 518, s. 24; L.1965, c. 59, s. 46.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-56 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-56
Doula services, incarcerated persons.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall provide doula services to incarcerated females who are pregnant. A support person providing doula services shall be permitted to attend and provide assistance during labor and childbirth with the approval of the commissioner. b. The commissioner shall allow an incarcerated female to have a support person present during labor and childbirth. c. The commissioner shall provide support services to incarcerated mothers, including, but not limited to, parenting classes. The incarcerated mother may participate in all prenatal and parenting classes made available by the commissioner. d. The commissioner shall make parenting classes and family reunification programs available to any incarcerated person in this State who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within six months. e. As used in this section, “doula services” means services provided by a trained doula for physical, emotional, or informational support to a pregnant woman before, during, and after the delivery of a child, including, but not limited to, support and assistance during labor and childbirth, prenatal and postpartum education, breastfeeding assistance, parenting education, and support in the event that an incarcerated female has been or will become separated from the incarcerated female’s child. L.2025, c.305, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-68 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-68
Patients unable to pay cost of hospitalization supported by county of legal settlement
Status: in_force

In all cases where a patient is found to have a legal settlement in any county in this State, and he and his legally responsible relatives are unable to pay the cost of his hospitalization, then the cost of his care and maintenance shall be borne by such county from the beginning of his confinement, as provided by law, except that part which may be collected on account of his board, as provided in section 30:4-60 of this Title. Amended by L.1965, c. 59, s. 53.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-8.13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-8.13
Certain licensure requirements waived.
Status: in_force

13. Notwithstanding the requirements of P.L.1999, c.409 (C.17:48H-1 et seq.), a Medicaid ACO certified pursuant to this act shall not be required to obtain licensure or certification from the Department of Banking and Insurance as an organized delivery system when providing services to Medicaid recipients. L.2011, c.114, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7oo — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7oo
Per diem reimbursement rate, pediatric medical day care services, on-site.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, the per diem reimbursement rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by a pediatric medical day care provider offering on-site services shall be as follows: Beginning July 1, 2023, and annually adjusted in each subsequent fiscal year, the per diem reimbursement rate shall be equal to 45 percent of the average prevailing Medicaid fee-for-service per diem rate for all pediatric skilled care nursing facilities in the State. b. The provisions of this act shall apply to pediatric medical day care services provided under the Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems. c. As used in this section, "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "Pediatric medical day care services" means a health care service designed to meet the medical, developmental, educational, nutritional and psycho-social needs of medically complex or technology-dependent children whose medical condition requires treatment and services beyond the scope provided to children with special health care needs by day care centers or preschool programs. L.2023, c.85, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6s — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6s
State Medicaid program, coverage for family planning services.
Status: in_force

11. Coverage for family planning services under the State Medicaid program shall include prescriptions for dispensing contraceptives for up to a 12-month period at one time. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicare expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2021, c.376, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.15
Manner of admission
Status: in_force

Patients may be admitted to the institute in the following manner: a. By transfer from other institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Institutions and Agencies by order of transfer signed by the commissioner thereof; b. On application of the next of kin by blood or marriage of any adult, and by the parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of any minor, whose admission is sought, in the manner provided for herein; c. By voluntary application to be approved by the superintendent. L.1953, c. 122, p. 1308, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.9
Sharing of facilities and costs
Status: in_force

Any contract authorized by this act may provide for the sharing of hospital facilities and services and of the cost or expense of such facilities and services as may be reasonably required in the performance of said contract or agreement. L.1955, c. 22, p. 75, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.23 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.23
Board of managers; appointment; term; vacancies; compensation; expenses
Status: in_force

The board of freeholders of any such county establishing and maintaining a county institution under authority of this act may appoint a board of managers consisting of 9 residents of the county, irrespective of religious or political belief. Appointed annually to the board of managers shall be the county physician, the director of the county welfare board and one member of the board of chosen freeholders of the county. Of the remaining 6 members, who shall be first appointed, at least one of whom shall be a woman, 2 members shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 2 members for a term of 2 years, and 2 members for a term of 3 years. All such members thereafter appointed shall serve for the term of 3 years and all vacancies shall be filled by the board of chosen freeholders for the unexpired term only. No physician member of the board of managers shall treat patients in said county institution. The members of the board of managers shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the county institution. L.1966, c. 178, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11B-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-3
Assistance in self-care, developing potential
Status: in_force

3. Every community residence for the developmentally disabled, every community residence for the mentally ill and every community residence for persons with head injuries shall provide to every person admitted assistance in maintaining a basic level of self-care and in developing the potential to live independently in the community. L.1977,c.448,s.3; amended 1987,c.112,s.4; 1993,c.329,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-71 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-71
Change of status from contributing patient; change of rate of payment
Status: in_force

When any patient shall be committed to any State or county institution as a contributing patient and an order has been made directing the payment of all or part of the cost of the care and maintenance of such patient out of his estate, or by the person or persons chargeable by law with his care and maintenance, and such estate shall subsequently become exhausted or such person or persons chargeable as aforesaid shall become unable to continue such payments, or if such payments so due cannot be collected by the management of the institution, the guardian of such patient, or the person or persons chargeable as aforesaid, or the chief executive officer of such institution may apply in writing to the judicial officer for the reopening of the matter, and such judicial officer shall have power, in his discretion, upon notice to the proper parties, to inquire into the facts, if necessary, and change the status of such patient, and make such further order of directions as may be necessary. When any patient shall have been or shall be committed to any State or county institution on an order directing the payment of part of the cost of the care and maintenance of such patient out of his estate or by the person or persons chargeable by law with his care and maintenance, it shall be lawful for the judicial officer, upon application of the management of the institution or the Attorney General or county counsel, as the case may be, upon notice to the representative of the estate or to the person or persons chargeable by law with his care and maintenance, upon proof of the ability of the estate of such patient or such person or persons legally liable, to pay the whole or greater portion of the cost of such care and maintenance, not exceeding the per capita cost of maintenance in such institution, to enter an order directing that such new rate be paid by such estate or by such person or persons chargeable by law with the care and maintenance of such patient. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 522, s. 34; L.1965, c. 59, s. 56; L.1969, c. 258, s. 5, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7uu — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7uu
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. To address the increasingly high cost of prescription drug utilization and to address patient safety, health insurance carriers and other plan sponsors use step therapy protocols that require patients to try one or more prescription drugs before coverage is provided for a drug selected by the patient's health care provider. b. Step therapy protocols, if based on well-developed scientific standards and administered in a flexible manner that takes into account the individual needs of patients, can play an important role in controlling health care costs. c. Requiring a patient to follow a step therapy protocol may have adverse and even dangerous consequences for the patient, who may either not realize a benefit from taking a prescription drug or may suffer harm from taking an inappropriate drug. d. It is imperative that step therapy protocols in the State preserve the heath care provider's right to make medically necessary treatment decisions in the best interest of the patient. e. The Legislature declares, therefore, that it is a matter of public interest that the State Health Benefits Program, the School Employers Health Benefits Program, and NJ FamilyCare be required to base step therapy protocols on appropriate clinical practice guidelines or published peer-reviewed data developed by independent experts with knowledge of the condition or conditions under consideration; that patients be exempt from step therapy protocols when those protocols are inappropriate or otherwise not in the best interest of the patients; and that patients have access to a fair, transparent, and independent process for requesting an exception to a step therapy protocol when the patient's physician deems appropriate. L.2025, c.50, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.11
Preparation, transmittal of information regarding background of inmate.
Status: in_force

3. Whenever an eligible inmate is authorized for confinement in a private facility, the Commissioner of Corrections or a designee shall prepare a summary of all relevant information relating to that inmate's criminal history and background. The summary, along with a picture of the inmate, shall be transmitted by the operator of the private facility to the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality wherein the private facility is located within five working days of the inmate's transfer to that facility. If the private facility is within 2,500 feet of the border of an adjacent municipality, the inmate summary and picture also shall be transmitted by the operator of the private facility to the chief law enforcement officer of that adjacent municipality within five working days of the inmate's transfer to the facility. L.1999,c.243,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7ee — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7ee
Pharmacy benefits management services, information disclosure
Status: in_force

1. a. Any contract or other arrangement entered into by a managed care organization, or by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, for the provision of pharmacy benefits management services under the Medicaid program shall require the pharmacy benefits manager to disclose to the department: (1) all sources and amounts of income, payments, and financial benefits received by the pharmacy benefits manager in relation to the provision and administration of pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of the managed care organization, including, but not limited to, any pricing discounts, rebates of any kind, inflationary payments, credits, clawbacks, fees, grants, chargebacks, reimbursements, or other benefits; (2) all ingredient costs and dispensing fees or similar payments made by the pharmacy benefits manager to any pharmacy in connection with the contract or other arrangement; and (3) the pharmacy benefits manager's payment model for administrative fees. b. Information disclosed by a pharmacy benefits manager to the division pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be confidential and not be subject to public disclosure under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.). In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who is authorized to access information submitted by a pharmacy benefits manager to the division who knowingly discloses such information to any person or entity who is not authorized to access the information shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree and shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000. A civil penalty imposed under this subsection shall be collected by the director pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). c. As used in this section: "Pharmacy benefits manager" means a corporation, business, or other entity, or unit within a corporation, business, or other entity, that administers prescription drug benefits on behalf of a managed care organization. "Pharmacy benefits management services" mean the provision of any of the following services on behalf of a managed care organization: the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation within this State; the processing of prescription drug claims; or the administration of payments related to prescription drug claims. L.2021, c.257.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-15.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-15.4
Notice to parent of right to counsel; public defender appointments; law guardian, selection
Status: in_force

54. a. In any action concerning the termination of parental rights filed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15), the court shall provide the respondent parent with notice of the right to retain and consult with legal counsel. If the parent appears before the court, is indigent and requests counsel, the court shall appoint the Office of the Public Defender to represent the parent. The Office of the Public Defender shall appoint counsel to represent the parent in accordance with subsection c. of this section. If the parent was previously represented by counsel from the Office of the Public Defender in a child abuse or neglect action filed pursuant to chapter 6 of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes on behalf of the same child, the same counsel, to the extent practicable, shall continue to represent the parent in the termination of parental rights action, unless that counsel seeks to be relieved by the court upon application for substitution of counsel or other just cause. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the parent from retaining private counsel. b. A child who is the subject of an application for the termination of parental rights pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) shall be represented by a law guardian as defined in section 1 of P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21). If the child was represented by a law guardian in a child abuse and neglect action filed pursuant to chapter 6 of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes, the same law guardian, to the extent practicable, shall continue to represent the child in the termination of parental rights action, unless that law guardian seeks to be relieved by the court upon application for substitution of counsel or other just cause. c. The Office of the Public Defender is authorized to provide representation to children and indigent parents in termination of parental rights proceedings under Title 30 of the Revised Statutes pursuant to the provisions of this section. (1) In selecting attorneys to serve as law guardians or counsel for indigent parents, the Office of the Public Defender shall take into consideration the nature, complexity and other characteristics of the cases, the services to be performed, the status of the matters, the attorney's pertinent trial and other legal experience and other relevant factors. The Office of the Public Defender also shall take into consideration an attorney's willingness to make a commitment to represent a child or parent, as applicable, in any actions taken under Titles 9 and 30 of the Revised Statutes related to child abuse and neglect and termination of parental rights. (2) The Office of the Public Defender shall ensure that an attorney selected pursuant to this section has received training in representing clients in child abuse and neglect and termination of parental rights actions from the Office of the Public Defender or will receive such equivalent training, as soon as practicable, from other sources. (3) The Office of the Public Defender shall provide for an internal administrative unit with the responsibility to supervise, evaluate and select non-staff counsel who will represent indigent parents independently from the Law Guardian Program staff in the Office of the Public Defender. All decisions of the Office of the Public Defender concerning the representation of indigent parents in particular cases shall be made by staff who have no actual involvement with the day-to-day legal representation being provided by the Law Guardian Program in the Office of the Public Defender. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the powers of the Public Defender pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1967, c.43 (C.2A:158A-7). L.1999,c.53,s.54; amended 1999, c.213, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-25.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-25.7
Denial, revocation of registration.
Status: in_force

3. a. The department shall not issue a certificate or renewal of registration to a prospective or current family day care provider and shall revoke the existing registration held by a current family day care provider, as the case may be, if the provider, or any other relevant person listed in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.6): (1) refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check; (2) knowingly makes a materially false statement in connection with a criminal history record background check; (3) is registered, or is required to be registered, on a State sex offender registry or repository or on the National Sex Offender Registry established under the "Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006," 42 U.S.C. s.16901 et seq.; or (4) is found by a criminal history record background check to have a record of conviction for any of the following crimes and offenses: (a) 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 and child molestation as set forth in N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq.; (b) abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child pursuant to R.S.9:6-3; (c) endangering the welfare of an incompetent person pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-7; (d) sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, or lewdness pursuant to N.J.S.2C:14-2 through N.J.S.2C:14-4; (e) murder pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-3 or manslaughter pursuant to N.J.S.2C:11-4; (f) stalking pursuant to P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10); (g) 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 C.2C:13-6; (h) 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; (i) terroristic threats pursuant to N.J.S.2C:12-3; (j) aggravated assault, which would constitute a crime of the second or third degree pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1; (k) robbery, which would constitute a crime of the first degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:15-1; (l) burglary, which would constitute a crime of the second degree pursuant to N.J.S.2C:18-2; (m) domestic violence pursuant to P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et seq.); (n) any drug related offense committed within the preceding five-year period; or (o) an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the crimes or offenses listed in paragraphs (a) through (n) of this subsection. b. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to have a disqualifying record of conviction if the person has been convicted in New Jersey of any of the crimes listed in subsection a. of this section or if the person has been convicted in any other state or jurisdiction, of conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in that subsection. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, a prospective or current provider's application for a certificate or renewal of registration shall not be denied under this act on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal history record background check performed pursuant to this act without an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the disqualifying criminal history record pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.9). L.2017, c.89, s.3; amended 2024, c.92, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-90 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-90
Findings, declarations relative to kinship legal guardianship.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. An increasing number of relatives in the State, including grandparents, find themselves providing care on a long-term basis to children who cannot reside with their parents due to the parent's incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support of the child; b. The State law allows for the appointment of an individual as a kinship legal guardian; a kinship legal guardian has the same rights, responsibilities, and authority relating to a child as a birth parent, with the exception of consenting to the adoption of the child or a name change for the child, while the birth parent retains the obligation to pay child support and the right to court-approved visitation or parenting time with the child; c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2012, c.16); d. The Department of Children and Families has established the Kinship Navigator program, which is a referral service designed to help kinship caregivers coordinate the various government and community resources that may be available to them; and e. It is appropriate for the State to ensure that individuals who may be eligible to become kinship legal guardians are aware of the eligibility requirements for, and the responsibilities of, kinship legal guardianship, and that both individuals who may be eligible to become kinship legal guardians and current kinship legal guardians are aware of the services available to kinship legal guardians in the State. L.2005, c.95, s.2; amended 2012, c.16, s.111.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-54 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-54
Annual appropriation of funds by counties
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county may appropriate annually funds to provide for the rehabilitation and re-establishment as law-abiding citizens, of indigent persons discharged from the county jail, county penitentiary or other county institution for the confinement of persons charged with, or convicted of, crime, in order to better control the menace of the repeated commission of crime by such persons and for the protection of the public from recidivism. L.1973, c. 24, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-88 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-88
Public bidding exemption
Status: in_force

Any purchase, contract or agreement described in section 1 of this act may be made, negotiated or awarded by the board of managers or the governing body of the facility without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, except that the board of managers or the governing body of the facility shall pass a resolution supporting the reasons for its action, and immediately after awarding of the contract shall once in a newspaper authorized by law to publish official public notices in the municipality or the county in which the hospital or long term care facility is situated, publish a public notice with respect to the duration of the contract, to whom it has been awarded including the name of the primary supplier or manufacturer, the material, supply or service purchased, and the amount of the contract. A copy of the contract shall be provided to the clerk of the municipality or county in which the facility is located and shall be available for public inspection immediately after it has been awarded. L. 1985, c. 287, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-24.3a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24.3a
Submission of certain mental health records required.
Status: in_force

1. In compliance with the federal NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub.L. 110-180 and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-159, the Attorney Generalshall direct the Superintendent of the State Police to collect, in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, such data as may be required to make a determination as to whether a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm under 18 U.S.C. s.922 or applicable State law , and to transmit such data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. L.2013, c.115, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-2
Department of corrections; establishment; department defined
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of Corrections. As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, "department" means the Department of Corrections. L.1976, c. 98, s. 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6d — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6d
Third party, certain; primary payer
Status: in_force

3. If a person who is eligible for continued Medicaid benefits pursuant to section 2 of this act obtains employment which provides health insurance coverage through a third party as defined in section 3 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-3), the third party shall be the primary payer and the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) shall be the secondary payer. L.1987,c.283,s.3; amended 1995,c.292,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-6
Recipients of payments not deemed paupers; certain treatments permitted.
Status: in_force

6. No person to whom or for whom payments for maintenance are made under P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) shall be deemed to be or classified as a pauper by reason thereof. The provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 shall not be construed to deny treatment by spiritual means or prayer, of any child, in accordance with the religious faith of the parent or parents of such child. The provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 shall not be construed to authorize or empower the Division of Child Protection and Permanency to compel a child to undergo medical or surgical treatment, if the child, or parent or guardian of the child, objects thereto in a signed statement upon the ground that the proposed action interferes with the free exercise of his religious principles. L.1951, c.138, s.6; amended 1956, c.44, s.1; 1962, c.197, s.12; 2012, c.16, s.59.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1
Sheriffs and jailers to receive prisoners; penalty
Status: in_force

Sheriffs and jailers shall receive from constables or other officers all persons apprehended by such constables or officers for offenses against this state. A sheriff or jailer refusing to receive any such offenders shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined at the discretion of the court.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1.1
Boards of trustees; powers and duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the local boards of trustees to advance long-range planning for the medical care, correctional and training programs at their respective institutions; and maintain general oversight of the institution. The board shall not administer the individual institutions. The board of trustees shall have power to: a. Review institutional needs; b. Exercise visitorial supervision over the institution under the supervision or control of the department. Its visitorial general powers of supervision are hereby defined as visiting such institution to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to advise the commissioner on the observance and enforcement of the laws of the State; c. Develop with the commissioner and his staff and jointly promulgate and maintain a comprehensive master plan which shall be long-range in nature and be regularly revised and updated, including priorities for the construction of new institutions and the development of new programs; d. Recommend and advise the commissioner on building programs of the institution as required by the master plan, provided that provision is made therefor in the annual or a supplemental or special appropriation act of the Legislature or otherwise; e. Review and comment upon budget requests from the institution; f. Encourage harmonious and cooperative relationships with other similar institutions in the area, public and private; g. Review periodically existing programs of care, training, rehabilitation, research and public service in the institution, and in similar institutions of other states, and advise the State board and the commissioner as to any desirable change; h. Make to the commissioner such recommendations as it deems necessary with regard to services, lands, buildings, and equipment to be furnished by the institution; i. Authorize such studies and require such reports from the chief executive officer of the institution as it may deem necessary from time to time; j. Advise the institutional head; k. Control and determine the use of patient or inmate welfare funds within the general regulation of the State board; l. Interpret the mandate and work of the institution to the public; m. Carry out such other duties as the commissioner or the State board may assign to the board or to its individual members; n. Periodically review existing rules, regulations and policies of the State parole board and advise the parole board as to any desirable or necessary changes; o. Review the cases of such inmates as may be eligible for parole consideration and provide the appropriate parole board panel with a written recommendation regarding the case. The State parole board shall, prior to considering any inmate for release, provide the boards of trustees with a written notice of all such inmates to be considered. The boards of trustees may, in addition, review the cases of such inmates as may appeal decisions pursuant to section 14 of this amendatory act and provide the parole board with a written recommendation regarding the case, which shall be considered by the board. The State parole board shall state on the record its reasons for rejecting any recommendation made pursuant to this section. L.1971, c. 384, s. 18, eff. Jan. 5, 1972. Amended by L.1972, c. 58, s. 2, eff. June 6, 1972; L.1979, c. 441, s. 25, eff. Feb. 21, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.11c — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.11c
Patient not deprived of rights through receiving assessment, treatment.
Status: in_force

3. a. Subject to any other provisions of law and the Constitutions of New Jersey and the United States, a patient shall not be deprived of a civil right solely by reason of receiving assessment or treatment under the provisions of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.1 et seq.), nor shall the assessment or treatment modify or vary a legal or civil right of that patient, including, but not limited to, the right to register for and to vote at elections, or rights relating to the granting, forfeiture, or denial of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit pursuant to any law. b. A patient shall be entitled to all rights set forth in this act and shall retain all rights not specifically denied under P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.1 et seq.) and P.L.1989, c.170 (C.26:2H-12.7 et seq.). c. A patient shall not be presumed to be mentally incapacitated solely because of an examination or treatment for mental illness. d. A patient shall be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by the patient, a relative, or a friend to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the patient is detained and shall further be entitled to enforce, by civil action or other remedies otherwise available by common law or statute, any of the rights provided in P.L.1991, c.233 (C.30:4-27.11a et seq.). L.1991, c.233, s.3; amended 2013, c.103, s.82.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-5.1
Inapplicability of requirement for licensed administrator
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the requirement in section 1 of P.L.1968, c. 356 (C. 30:11-11) concerning licensure of a nursing home administrator, the New Jersey Firemen's Home established pursuant to R.S. 30:7-1 et seq. shall not be required to have a licensed administrator in order to operate as a nursing home. L.1981, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Aug. 3, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-25 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-25
Regulations.
Status: in_force

10. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1987, c.27, s.10; amended 2006, c.47, s.167.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-30 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-30
Eligibility continued.
Status: in_force

8. Notwithstanding any provisions of this act to the contrary, the eligibility of persons with intellectual disabilities for services of the division shall continue as provided in chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. L.1985, c.145, s.8; amended 2010, c.50, s.55.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-58.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-58.1
References to Council.
Status: in_force

7. Whenever the term "Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the "Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism." L.2007, c.168, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-43 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-43
Penalty for failure to report.
Status: in_force

5. a. After all administrative appeals are exhausted and a final adjudication is made, any person required to report suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act who fails to make the report shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $5,000. The penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). Each violation of this act shall constitute a separate offense. b. Notwithstanding the penalty imposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, any person required to report suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act who fails to make the report shall be subject to internal departmental disciplinary action by the Department of Corrections. L.2019, c.408, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.1
Residency requirement
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law relating to required residence for State employees in Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, the appointing authority of any State correctional facility located in a municipality with a population of more than, 84,000, but less than 90,000, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall appoint to positions of employment with the facility only residents of the municipality in which the facility is located, provided that: a. The municipality, on the effective date of this act, is operating under the provisions of P.L.1947, c. 151 (C. 52:27BB-1 et seq.); b. The residents permanently appointed possess at least the minimum qualifications required by Civil Service specifications for the available positions, have lived in the municipality for at least 6 months and have complied with other requirements of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes; and c. A sufficient number of qualified residents exists for permanent appointment to available positions. L.1982, c. 44, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-11
Offices may be changed or abolished
Status: in_force

Each board of managers shall have power, subject to the approval of the state board, to abolish any office or employment which they may find to be unnecessary, to combine and consolidate the functions of any office or employments as they may determine, to transfer officers and employees and to promote and reduce the same, subject to the provisions of the civil service law.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-11.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-11.3
Exceptions to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent.
Status: in_force

25. 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 reunify the child with a parent if a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that: a. The parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances of abuse, neglect, cruelty, or abandonment; b. 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 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 of or significant bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent; or c. The rights of the parent to another of the parent's children have been involuntarily terminated. When determining whether reasonable efforts are required to reunify the child with the parent, the health and safety of the child and the child's need for permanency shall be of paramount concern to the court. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the division from providing reasonable efforts to reunify the family, if the division determines that family reunification is in the child's best interests. A permanency plan for the child may be established at the same hearing at which the court determines that reasonable efforts are not required to reunify the child with the parent, if the hearing meets all of the requirements of a permanency hearing pursuant to section 50 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-61.2). L.1999, c.53, s.25; amended 2004, c.130, s.51; 2012, c.16, s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-28 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-28
Regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this act. L.2003,c.214,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-7.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-7.7
Definitions relative to testing of blood of patients at State psychiatric facilities.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: a. "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service. b. "HIV infection" means infection with the human immunodeficiency virus or any other related virus identified as a probable causative agent of AIDS. L.1997,c.361,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-29.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-29.3
Books for recording certificates of lien; index
Status: in_force

The clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county, or the clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which all certificates of lien and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorded without the payment of any fee, which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the person or persons against whom the lien is claimed. L.1962, c. 142, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-8.27 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-8.27
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

12. The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.517, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-1.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-1.6
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired administrators, duties
Status: in_force

33. The director or other chief administrative officer of any public office of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions provided for under subsections e. and f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at each such office to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided thereby or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the person wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form will be retained by the employee. If the person wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the applicant that the applicant may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and if the applicant chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the Secretary of State. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every office of the commission which provides assistance; c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages in those offices which are located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the office and for the transmittal of the forms to the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any person with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an employee of the office; f. inform each employee of the office who assists in registering a person to vote that that employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at any office is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1994,c.182,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-62 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-62
Findings, declarations relative to county rehabilitative programs for juvenile offenders.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds that specialized rehabilitation programs which utilize proven military techniques of regimentation and structured discipline have been shown to develop positive attitudes and behavior traits in juvenile offenders; such programs foster self-control, self-respect, and dramatically improve a juvenile offender's potential for rehabilitation and re-integration into the community; and, by complementing that regimen and structure with education, vocational training, counseling, and aftercare services, such a program can significantly reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders. The Legislature, therefore, declares that the counties of this State should be authorized to establish and maintain specialized rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders; these specialized programs should be designed as short-term incarcerations during which the juvenile offender is exposed to a highly structured routine of discipline, intensive regimentation, exercise and work therapy, together with substance use disorder treatment, self-improvement counseling, and educational and vocational training; and following the term of incarceration, the program should provide a period of intensive aftercare supervision or mentoring for the juvenile offender. L.1997, c.81, s.2; amended 2023, c.177, s.107.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.35 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.35
Management, direction and control
Status: in_force

The management, direction and control of such facilities shall be vested in the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies. No board of managers shall be appointed and the commissioner shall perform those duties and functions which would otherwise be performed by such board. L.1957, c. 90, p. 177, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-13
Youth suicide prevention program
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall establish a program of youth suicide prevention projects which shall be administered by community mental health services providers in consultation with local boards of education. The objectives of the program shall include but are not limited to the following: a. Classroom instruction or materials designed to achieve the following objectives: to teach students facts about adolescent suicide and how to recognize signs of suicidal tendencies; to inform students of available community services aimed at prevention of suicide; and to increase students' awareness of the relationship between adolescent suicide and drug and alcohol use. b. Training programs for classroom teachers and other teaching staff members in suicide prevention. c. Nonclassroom school or community based programs such as a 24-hour "hotline" telephone service staffed by trained professional counselors, crisis intervention and postintervention services, parent education programs and programs for the families of suicide victims. L. 1985, c. 195, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-30 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-30
Findings, declarations on child care services
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to develop comprehensive child care policies in order to establish a uniform system of subsidized child care services and to secure the maximum funding available under federal law authorizing grants to the states for child care services. L.1993,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6E / Section 6E-7
Duties relative to voter registration in the office.
Status: in_force

9. The director or other chief administrative officer of any public office of the Office of Disability Services shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions provided for under subsections e. and f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at each such office to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided thereby or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the person wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form shall be retained by the employee. If the person wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the applicant that the applicant may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and if the applicant chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the Secretary of State. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every office which provides assistance to persons with disabilities pursuant to P.L.1999, c.91 (C.30:6E-1 et al.); c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to the offices which are located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the office for the transmittal of the forms to the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any person with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an employee of the office; f. inform each employee of the office who assists in registering a person to vote that that employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at any office is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1999,c.91,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.11
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services. b. "Division" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services. c. "Preadmission screening" means: (1) an initial evaluation to determine eligibility for the preadmission screening program; (2) preparation of an assessment of the individual's need for care in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility and of the individual's formal and informal support systems; and (3) preparation of an initial care plan and arrangement of, or referral to, needed services. L. 1988, c. 97, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-33 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-33
Rules, regulations; procedures.
Status: in_force

3. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not limited to: a. Procedures for a unified child care agency to follow in submitting a request for a child abuse record information check on a prospective approved home provider or any adult member of the prospective provider's household; b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a denial of a prospective approved home provider's application to provide child care services based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; and c. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing a unified child care agency with the results of the check. L.2003,c.185,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.22
Construction of act relative to P.L.2012, c.16.
Status: in_force

3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to preempt any provision of P.L.2012, c.16. L.2014, c.78, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-16
Cooperation with school boards
Status: in_force

The community mental health services provider shall prepare its funding proposal in cooperation with two or more local boards of education which are interested in participating in the suicide prevention program. The provider also shall agree to provide information and training within the limits of available funds to other local boards of education that are interested in providing for suicide prevention programs, upon their request. L. 1985, c. 195, s. 5, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-10.1
Schools under control of department; teacher's certificate
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of both the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies the work of a school under the control and management of the State Department of Institutions and Agencies is equivalent to that of the public schools, the State Department of Institutions and Agencies shall be empowered in its discretion to require any or all of the teachers in such a school to hold a teacher's certificate of the same type as that held by a teacher in the public schools doing similar teaching. L.1946, c. 100, p. 323, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15
Powers granted deemed additional
Status: in_force

The powers granted by sections 30:9-13 and 30:9-14 of this title are in addition to the powers granted by other laws and said sections shall not limit or be limited by other laws granting similar powers.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6E / Section 6E-8
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

15. The commissioner 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.1999,c.91,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7E-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7E / Section 7E-2
Liability of inmate for costs
Status: in_force

2. a. An inmate shall be liable for the cost of, and be charged a nominal fee for, any medical care, surgery, dental care, hospitalization or treatment provided to the inmate during the inmate's term of incarceration or detention by the State or a county. If the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a State correctional facility or State contracted half-way house, the amount due and payable and the nominal fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the State Treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. If the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a county jail, the amount due and payable and the nominal fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the county treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the county adjustor. b. An inmate may be charged either the full cost of or a nominal fee for any prescription or nonprescription drug or medicine provided to the inmate during the inmate's term of incarceration or detention by the State or a county. If the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a State correctional facility or State contracted half-way house, the cost or nominal fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the State Treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. If the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a county jail, the amount due and payable and the nominal fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the county treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the county adjustor. L.1995,c.254,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.16
Assistance with applications for enrollment in certain programs.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall ensure that an inmate is assisted with completing, obtaining any required signatures or authorizations for, and forwarding for processing to the Department of Human Services as soon as practicable but not less than 30 days prior to an inmate's release from incarceration, an online application for enrollment in the Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). b. In addition to the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the Commissioner of Corrections shall also ensure that the inmate is assisted in completing, obtaining any required signatures or authorizations for, and forwarding for processing to the appropriate county welfare agency or board of social services, as soon as practicable but not less than 30 days prior to an inmate's release from incarceration, online applications for enrollment in the following programs: (1) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C.s.2011 et seq.); and (2) the Work First New Jersey program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.), which shall include, for inmates who are unable to identify a residence at the time of release, the application for emergency assistance benefits issued to Work First New Jersey recipients pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1997, c.14 (C.44:10-51). c. The Department of Human Services shall be required to accept and process the online applications for Medicaid received from the Department of Corrections pursuant to subsection a. of this section. d. If an inmate is unable to identify a residence at the time of application for benefits pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Corrections shall, with the inmate's consent, ensure that the address of a reentry organization is used for the purposes of establishing proof of residence to meet any applicable eligibility requirements. The commissioner shall ensure that all inmates who are unable to identify a residence at the time of application for benefits are educated on their ability to select the address of the reentry organization as a residential address pursuant to this subsection. e. All State, county, and municipal agencies, for the purposes of establishing applicable eligibility requirements, shall: (1) accept the address of the reentry organization for an inmate who is unable to identify a residence at the time of application for benefits in accordance with subsection d. of this section; and (2) accept an inmate's Department of Corrections identification card to establish the inmate's identity. f. An inmate who appears to be eligible for Work First New Jersey assistance shall be screened for immediate need assistance. L.2020, c.45, s.4; 2021, c.312, s.4.