N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-1.1
Findings, declarations relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Disability is a natural part of the human experience that does not diminish the right of individuals with developmental disabilities to live independently, exert control and choice over their own lives, and fully participate in and contribute to their communities through full integration and inclusion in the economic, political, social, cultural and educational mainstream of United States society; b. Recent studies indicate that individuals with developmental disabilities comprise between 1.2 and 1.65% of the United States population, and individuals whose disabilities occur during their developmental period frequently have severe disabilities that are likely to continue indefinitely; c. Individuals with developmental disabilities often encounter discrimination in the provision of critical services and are at greater risk than the general population of abuse, neglect, financial and sexual exploitation, and the violation of their legal and human rights; d. A substantial portion of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families do not have access to appropriate support and services, including access to assistive technology, from generic and specialized service systems, and remain unserved or underserved; e. Individuals with developmental disabilities often require lifelong community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance that are most effective when provided in a coordinated manner; f. There is a need to ensure that services, supports and other assistance are provided in a culturally competent manner, which ensures that individuals from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds are fully included in all activities provided under P.L.2003, c.54 (C.30:1AA-1.1 et al.); g. Family members, friends and members of the community can play an important role in enhancing the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, especially when the family members, friends and community members are provided with the necessary community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance; h. Current research indicates that 88% of individuals with developmental disabilities live with their families or in their own households, and many service delivery systems and communities are not prepared to meet the impending needs of the adults with developmental disabilities who are living at home with parents who are 60 years of age or older and serve as the primary caregivers of these adults; i. Individuals with developmental disabilities are waiting for appropriate services in their communities, and the public needs increased awareness of the capabilities and competencies of individuals with developmental disabilities, particularly in cases in which the individuals are provided with necessary services, supports and other assistance; j. As increasing numbers of individuals with developmental disabilities are living, learning, working and participating in all aspects of community life, there is an increasing need for a well trained workforce that is able to provide the services, supports and other forms of direct assistance that are required to enable the individuals to carry out those activities; k. There needs to be greater effort to recruit individuals from minority backgrounds into professions serving individuals with developmental disabilities and their families; l. The goals of the State properly include providing individuals with developmental disabilities with the information, skills, opportunities and support to: make informed choices and decisions about their lives; live in homes and communities in which these individuals can exercise their full rights and responsibilities as citizens; pursue meaningful and productive lives; contribute to their families, communities, the State and the nation; have interdependent friendships and relationships with other persons; live free of abuse, neglect, financial and sexual exploitation, and violations of their legal and human rights; and achieve full integration and inclusion in society, in an individualized manner, consistent with the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities and capabilities of each individual; m. As the nation, states and communities maintain and expand community living options for individuals with developmental disabilities, there is a need to evaluate the access to those options by individuals with developmental disabilities and the effects of those options on those individuals; and n. Therefore, the purpose of this act is to assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of, and have access to, needed community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance which promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life, through culturally competent advocacy, capacity-building and systemic-change activities conducted by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, as required by the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," Pub.L.106-402, 42 U.S.C. s.15001 et seq. These activities shall: (1) be consistent with the purpose described in this subsection and the public policy described in section 2 of P.L.2003, c.54 (C.30:1AA-1.2); and (2) contribute to a coordinated, consumer- and family-centered and consumer- and family-directed comprehensive system which includes needed community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. L.2003,c.54,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-4
Division of medical assistance and health services
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the Department of Human Services a Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services. The division shall perform those administrative and operational functions vested in the department pursuant to the provisions of this act and any other functions that the commissioner may, from time to time, elect to assign to such division. The division shall consult with and coordinate programs related to medical assistance and health care services being furnished by other State agencies to avoid duplication of effort. L.1968, c. 413, s. 4. Amended by L.1979, c. 365, s. 3, eff. Feb. 4, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-126 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-126
Reports; by boards of managers to commissioner; by state board to governor; requisitions for appropriations
Status: in_force

Each board of managers and each division chief shall, at such time as shall be fixed by the state board, file with the commissioner a written report concerning the conduct of the institution or the phase of work or agency intrusted to it during the preceding year, which report shall contain such detail of information as the commissioner shall prescribe, including estimates for the conduct of the institution or agency during the coming year. From these reports, with such other matter regarding the continuous development of the charitable, hospital, relief and training institutions and correctional institutions and noninstitutional agencies of this state or matters allied thereto as the state board or commissioner shall see fit to include, the report of the state board shall be compiled and filed with the governor at such time as may be provided by law. Such report shall set forth the true condition of each and every such institution and noninstitutional agency, with such recommendations with reference thereto, or the extension and development thereof, as the state board may determine. The state board shall make the requisition for the annual state appropriation to be made in behalf of the department, in such form and at such time as may be prescribed under the present or any future budget system of this state.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-21
Transfer only if consistent with best interests of developmentally disabled person; failure to adjust; transfer
Status: in_force

A transfer shall be made only when consistent with the best interests of the developmentally disabled person. The department shall ensure that a developmentally disabled person who fails to adjust to life in a community residential facility may return to the institution or other facility from which he was transferred or to a more suitable community residential facility. L.1983, c. 524, s. 9, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-10
Compact administrator; powers and duties
Status: in_force

ARTICLE X (a) Each party State shall appoint a "compact administrator" who, on behalf of his State, shall act as general coordinator of activities under the compact in his State and who shall receive copies of all reports, correspondence, and other documents relating to any patient processed under the compact by his State either in the capacity of sending or receiving State. The compact administrator or his duly designated representative shall be the official with whom other party States shall deal in any matter relating to the compact or any patient processed thereunder. (b) The compact administrators of the respective party States shall have power to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact. L.1956, c. 178, p. 683, art. X.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-54 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-54
Imposition of health care related fee, assessment, tax prohibited.
Status: in_force

12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be no health care related fee, assessment or tax as defined in 42 CFR s.433.55 imposed on any ICF-MR by any State board, bureau or agency without prior notice to and approval by the State Treasurer and the commissioner. Any fee or assessment imposed on an ICF-MR without express approval of the State Treasurer and the commissioner shall be void. L.1998,c.40,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-18.1
Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution
Status: in_force

No person shall be appointed as a corrections officer of any county correctional institution unless that person: a. Is a citizen of the United States; b. Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently and has a high school diploma or its equivalent; c. Is sound in body and of good health; d. Is of good moral character; e. Has not been convicted of any offense which would make him unfit to perform the duties of his office. L.1991,c.110,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.97 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.97
Additional penalty for certain sex offenders.
Status: in_force

7. a. In addition to any fine, fee, assessment or penalty authorized under the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for a sex offense, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2), shall be assessed a penalty of $30 per month. b. All penalties provided for in this section, collected as provided for the collection of fines and restitutions in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:46-4), shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in the "Sex Offender Supervision Fund" established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2013, c.214 (C.30:4-123.98). A person shall not be assessed the penalty established in subsection a. of this section if the person's income does not exceed 149 percent of the federal poverty level. L. 2013, c.214, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.27 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.27
Powers and duties of administrator
Status: in_force

The administrator shall be the chief executive officer of the institution and subject to the rules, regulations and powers of the board of managers shall: Have general direction and control of the records, accounts and buildings of the institution and its internal affairs, and maintain discipline and enforce all rules and regulations and make such further rules and regulations as he may deem necessary consistent with law and the rules, regulations and directions of the board of managers; With the consent of the board of managers, appoint such resident officers and such employees as he deems proper and necessary for the efficient performance of the business of the institution, and prescribe their duties, and for cause stated in writing after opportunity to be heard, discharge or suspend any officer or employee, subject to formal investigation by the board of managers, and civil service rules and regulations. L.1966, c. 178, s. 6, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7ll.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7ll.2
Special care nursing facility, reimbursement, traumatic brain injury, NJ FamilyCare beneficiary.
Status: in_force

2. The division shall reimburse a special care nursing facility for services provided to a NJ FamilyCare beneficiary residing in a traumatic brain injury unit at a base per diem reimbursement rate that is $400 above the special care nursing facility's FY 2022 base per diem reimbursement rate in order to cover the higher staffing ratios required, and abundance of therapy services provided, in a traumatic brain injury unit. Issuance of the reimbursement rate established in this section shall require the special care nursing facility to be in compliance with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations concerning licensure, patient safety, and quality of care. L.2023, c.181, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-82.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-82.10
Duties of commissioner prior to effective date.
Status: in_force

6. Not less than 90 days before the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall: a. develop policies and implement procedures for the review of inmates placed in isolated confinement and submit proposed regulations for promulgation as required by section 7 of this act; b. initiate a review of each inmate placed in isolated confinement pursuant to the policies and procedures developed and implemented under subsection a. of this section; and c. develop a plan for providing step-down and transitional units, programs, and staffing patterns to accommodate inmates currently placed in isolated confinement, inmates who will be placed in isolated confinement, and inmates who receive an intermediate sanction in lieu of being placed in isolated confinement. Staffing patterns for correctional and program staff shall be set at levels necessary to ensure the safety of staff and inmates under the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.160, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Care Center Licensing Act." L.1983, c. 492, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-19
Sliding fee scale.
Status: in_force

7. a. The commissioner shall establish a sliding fee scale for personal assistance services based upon the ability of an eligible person to pay for those services. The sliding fee scale shall apply only to an eligible person whose individual annual gross income is equal to or exceeds 350% of the federal poverty level. Any eligible person whose annual gross income is less than 350% of the federal poverty level shall not be required to pay for personal assistance services. b. If the costs of an eligible person's personal assistance services are covered in whole or in part by another State or federal government program or insurance contract, the government program or insurance carrier shall be the primary payer and the personal assistance services program shall be the secondary payer. c. The eligible person receiving personal assistance services and the personal assistant shall sign time sheets attesting to the hours of service rendered, and the personal assistant shall then be paid through the fiscal intermediary service organization. L.1987, c.350, s.7; amended 1993, c.215, s.7; 2009, c.160, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-16
Liability in law action
Status: in_force

No action at law shall lie against any officer or employee or member of the state board or members of the several boards of managers, for admitting, receiving, keeping, detaining or transferring or discharging as provided by this title or directed by any order made in accordance with this title, any person coming to an institution or noninstitutional agency on his own application, or on the application of his friends or relatives, or by order of a judge or court of this state, but such application or order, or certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient warrant and authority for the admission, keeping, detention, transfer, discharge or reasonable care, treatment, management and control of any patient or inmate received or committed according to the terms of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-27 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-27
Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents
Status: in_force

When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title. The board may first deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainder to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt and may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent who in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services of the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitable society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-14
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. b. "Community residential facility" means any residential arrangement, public or private, other than an institution, in which one or more developmentally disabled persons reside under the sponsorship of the department. A family home in which all of the developmentally disabled persons residing within are related to the head of the household by blood, marriage or adoption is not a community residential facility. c. "Transfer" means moving a developmentally disabled person from an institution to a community residential facility, from one community residential facility to another, from a community residential facility to an institution, or from receiving self-directed support services as defined in section 3 of P.L.2008, c.128 (C.30:6D-12.3) to a community residential facility as defined in this section or a facility as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3). The placement of a person who has never before received services from the department directly into a community residential facility is a transfer. L.1983, c.524, s.2; amended 2008, c.128, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-8
Rights and duties of guardians; appointment of supplemental or substitute guardians
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VIII (a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abridge, diminish, or in any way impair the rights, duties, and responsibilities of any patient's guardian on his own behalf or in respect of any patient for whom he may serve, except that where the transfer of any patient to another jurisdiction makes advisable the appointment of a supplemental or substitute guardian, any court of competent jurisdiction in the receiving State may make such supplemental or substitute appointment and the court which appointed the previous guardian shall upon being duly advised of the new appointment, and upon the satisfactory completion of such accounting and other acts as such court may by law require, relieve the previous guardian of power and responsibility to whatever extent shall be appropriate in the circumstances; provided, however, that in the case of any patient having settlement in the sending State, the court of competent jurisdiction in the sending State shall have the sole discretion to relieve a guardian appointed by it or continue his power and responsibility, whichever it shall deem advisable. The court in the receiving State may, in its discretion, confirm or reappoint the person or persons previously serving as guardian in the sending State in lieu of making a supplemental or substitute appointment. (b) The term "guardian" as used in paragraph (a) of this article shall include any guardian, trustee, legal committee, conservator, or other person or agency however denominated who is charged by law with power to act for or responsibility for the person or property of a patient. L.1956, c. 178, p. 682, art. VIII.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.99 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.99
Development of program, training for certain parole officers.
Status: in_force

9. a. The Chairman of the State Parole Board shall develop a program for parole officers who supervise sex offenders to utilize computer and other high technology instruments to detect crimes or violations of conditions of parole. b. Training for officers who participate in the program shall include, but not be limited to, instruction in the following subjects: (1) conducting investigations to determine if supervised sex offenders have illegally used computers, telecommunications devices and other high technology instruments or have used these instruments to commit unlawful or criminal acts; (2) forensic recovery, evidence preservation and analysis of data in computer systems that are seized because of suspected involvement in unlawful activity; (3) monitoring the use of interactive computer services by supervised sex offenders, especially those offenders who are suspected of contacting or seeking to contact children under the age of 18 for the purpose of engaging in unlawful activity; and (4) cooperation with other law enforcement agencies at the local, State and federal level in order to coordinate efforts in investigating and prosecuting unlawful activity by supervised sex offenders involving computers and other high technology instruments. L. 2013, c.214, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-22
Providers; standards
Status: in_force

a. Each family day care provider registered by a family day care sponsoring organization shall be of good character with sufficient intelligence, stability, energy and maturity to care for children and shall guarantee that each child being cared for within the provider's home is under competent supervision at all times. The provider shall provide appropriate discipline, excluding physical punishment, as necessary. b. Each registered family day care home shall meet minimum life safety requirements, including adequate space, light, and ventilation, in addition to providing clean, nonhazardous facilities and furnishings. L. 1987, c. 27, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16
Record of prisoners in jails or other penal or reformatory institutions
Status: in_force

The keeper of every jail or other penal or reformatory institution supported by public moneys of any county or municipality, shall keep a book provided by the board of freeholders in the county where the institution shall be, in which he shall set forth the date of entry, date of discharge, the description, age, birthplace and such other information as he may be able to obtain as to the inmates committed to his care, which book shall be exposed in a conspicuous place in the institution and shall be open to public inspection.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.51e — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.51e
Compassionate release for certain inmates.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.) to the contrary, the court may release an inmate who qualifies under this section for compassionate release at any time during the term of incarceration. An inmate granted compassionate release pursuant to this section shall be subject to custody, supervision, and conditions as provided in section 15 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59) and shall be subject to sanctions for a violation of a condition of compassionate release as if on parole as provided in sections 16 through 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.65). b. The Commissioner of Corrections shall establish and maintain a process by which an inmate may obtain a medical diagnosis to determine whether the inmate is eligible for compassionate release. The medical diagnosis shall be made by two licensed physicians designated by the commissioner. The diagnosis shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a description of the terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or permanent physical incapacity; (2) a prognosis concerning the likelihood of recovery from the terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or permanent physical incapacity; (3) a description of the inmate's physical incapacity, if appropriate; and (4) a description of the type of ongoing treatment that would be required if the inmate is granted compassionate release. c. A medical diagnosis to determine whether an inmate is eligible for compassionate release under this section may be initiated by the administrator, superintendent, or a staff member of a correctional facility or, upon request, submitted to the Commissioner of Corrections by the inmate, a member of the inmate's family, or the inmate's attorney. The request shall be submitted in a manner and form prescribed by the Commissioner of Corrections. d. (1) In the event that a medical diagnosis determines that an inmate is suffering from a grave medical condition as defined in subsection l. of this section, the Department of Corrections shall promptly notify the inmate's attorney or, if the inmate does not have an attorney, the Public Defender, to initiate the process of petitioning for compassionate release. The petition shall not be filed until a subsequent medical diagnosis determines that the inmate is suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or a permanent physical incapacity as defined in subsection l. of this section and the Department of Corrections issues to the inmate a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release. (2) In the event that a medical diagnosis determines that an inmate is suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or permanent physical incapacity as defined in subsection l. of this section, the Department of Corrections shall promptly issue to the inmate a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release and provide a copy of the certificate to the inmate's attorney or, if the inmate does not have an attorney, the Public Defender. An inmate who receives a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release may petition the court for compassionate release. (3) In the event of a medical diagnosis that an inmate is suffering from a grave medical condition or upon issuance of a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release, an inmate may request representation from the Office of the Public Defender for the purpose of filing a petition for compassionate release. e. A petition for compassionate release shall be filed with the Superior Court. (1) The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition in accordance with the Rules of Court on the county prosecutor who prosecuted the matter or, if the matter was prosecuted by the Attorney General, the Attorney General. (2) The county prosecutor or the Attorney General, as the case may be, shall provide notice of the petition to any victim or member of the family of a victim entitled to notice relating to a parole or the consideration of a parole under the provisions of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.), and shall notify the victim or family member of the opportunity to present a statement at the hearing on the petition or to testify to the court concerning any harm suffered by the victim or family member at the time of the hearing. (3) Upon receipt of notice of the petition, the victim or member of the family of the victim, as the case may be, may submit any comments to the court within 15 days following receipt of notice of the petition, including but not limited to advising the court of an intent to testify at the hearing. (4) The information contained in the petition and the contents of any comments submitted by a recipient in response thereto shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not authorized to receive or review the information or comments. (5) If a recipient of a notice of the petition does not submit comments or advise the court of an intent to testify at the hearing within the 15-day period following receipt of the notice of the petition, the court may presume that the recipient does not wish to submit comments and proceed with its consideration of the petition. (6) The prosecutor shall have 15 days to respond to the petition, which period may be extended to 30 days for good cause shown. (7) If the court receives from the prosecutor a response objecting to the petition or is notified that a victim or a family member intends to testify to the court at the hearing, the court shall hold a hearing on the petition on an expedited basis in accordance with the Rules of Court and procedures established by the Administrative Director of the Courts. If the court does not, within the time frames established under this subsection, receive a response from the prosecutor objecting to the petition and is not notified of an intent for a victim or family member to testify, the court may make a determination on the petition without holding a hearing. Notice given under the provisions of this subsection shall be in lieu of any other notice of parole consideration required under P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impair the right of any party to be heard pursuant to P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.). f. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 9 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.53), the court may order the compassionate release of an inmate who has been issued a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection d. of this section if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the inmate is so debilitated or incapacitated by the terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or permanent physical incapacity as to be permanently physically incapable of committing a crime if released and, in the case of a permanent physical incapacity, the conditions established in accordance with subsection h. of this section under which the inmate would be released would not pose a threat to public safety. (2) No petition for compassionate release may be submitted to the court unless it is accompanied by a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection d. of this section. The court may summarily dismiss a petition for compassionate release if the petition is submitted without a Certificate of Eligibility for Compassionate Release. (3) The court shall provide to the inmate and the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, written notice of its decision setting forth the reasons for granting or denying compassionate release, and the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, shall notify any victim or member of a victim's family who received notification pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection e. of this section of the outcome of the court's decision. g. An order by the court granting a petition for compassionate release shall not become final for 10 days in order to permit the prosecution to appeal the court's order. h. Whenever an inmate is granted compassionate release pursuant to this section, the court shall require, as a condition precedent to release, the State Parole Board to ensure that the inmate's release plan includes: (1) identification of a community sponsor; (2) verification of the availability of appropriate medical services sufficient to meet the treatment requirements identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection b. of this section; and (3) verification of appropriate housing which may include, but need not be limited to, a hospital, hospice, nursing home facility, or other housing accommodation suitable to the inmate's medical condition, disease or syndrome, or permanent physical incapacity. The Commissioner of Corrections shall ensure that any inmate who petitions for compassionate release is provided an opportunity to apply, and is provided necessary assistance to complete the application, for medical assistance benefits under the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) prior to any determination of ineligibility by the court as a result of the inability to verify the availability of appropriate medical services, as required pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. i. In addition to any conditions imposed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59), as a condition of compassionate release, the State Parole Board may require an inmate to submit to periodic medical diagnoses by a licensed physician. j. If, after review of a medical diagnosis required under the provisions of subsection i. of this section, the State Parole Board determines that a parolee granted compassionate release is no longer so debilitated or incapacitated by a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or by a permanent physical incapacity as to be physically incapable of committing a crime or, in the case of a permanent physical incapacity, the parolee poses a threat to public safety, the State Parole Board shall so notify the prosecutor, who may initiate proceedings to return the inmate to confinement in an appropriate facility designated by the Commissioner of Corrections. The prosecutor shall provide notice of the request to return the parolee to confinement to the parolee and the parolee's attorney or, if the parolee does not have an attorney, the Public Defender. The parolee shall have 15 days after receipt of the notice to object to the return to confinement, which period may be extended to 30 days for good cause shown. If the Superior Court receives from the parolee an objection to the request to return the parolee to confinement, the court shall hold a hearing on an expedited basis in accordance with the Rules of Court and procedures established by the Administrative Director of the Courts to determine whether the parolee should be returned to confinement pursuant to this subsection. If the court does not receive a timely objection to the return to confinement, the court may make a determination on the request without holding a hearing. The parolee shall be returned to confinement if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the parolee poses a threat to public safety because the parolee is no longer debilitated or incapacitated by a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or by a permanent physical incapacity. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the board, an appropriate board panel, or parole officer of the State Parole Board to address a violation of a condition of parole pursuant to sections 16 through 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.65). k. The denial of a petition for compassionate release or the return of a parolee to confinement under the provisions of subsection j. of this section shall not preclude an inmate from being considered for parole, if eligible, pursuant to subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.51). l. For purposes of this section: "Grave medical condition" means a prognosis by the licensed physicians designated by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to subsection b. of this section that an inmate has more than six months but not more than 12 months to live or has a medical condition that did not exist at the time of sentencing and for at least three months has rendered the inmate unable to perform activities of basic daily living, resulting in the inmate requiring 24-hour care. "Terminal condition, disease or syndrome" means a prognosis by the licensed physicians designated by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to subsection b. of this section that an inmate has six months or less to live. "Permanent physical incapacity" means a prognosis by the licensed physicians designated by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to subsection b. of this section that an inmate has a medical condition that renders the inmate permanently unable to perform activities of basic daily living, results in the inmate requiring 24-hour care, and did not exist at the time of sentencing. L.2020, c.106, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-67 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-67
iPHD project governing board.
Status: in_force

3. a. The iPHD Project Governing Board is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Health. The Governing Board shall consist of 10 members: one of whom shall be the Director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, who shall serve as a non-voting, ex-officio member; one of whom shall be a public member appointed by the President of the Senate, representing an organization capable of advocating on behalf of persons whose data may be received, maintained, or transmitted by the iPHD Project in accordance with this act; one of whom shall be a public member appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, with experience in human subjects research who is affiliated with a research university in New Jersey; and two of whom shall be public members appointed by the Governor, as follows: (1) An individual with legal expertise and interest in protecting the privacy and security of individually identifiable information; and (2) An individual with technical expertise and interest in the creation and maintenance of large data systems and data security. The five remaining members shall be voting, ex-officio members representing the Commissioner of Health, who shall also serve as chair of the Board; the Commissioner of Human Services; the State Treasurer; the Attorney General; and the Chief Information Officer for Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Ex-officio members may be represented by designees. Of the public members first appointed to the Governing Board, two shall be appointed to terms of three years, one shall be appointed to a term of two years, and one shall be appointed to a term of one year. Following the expiration of the initial terms, public members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of three years. The voting ex-officio members of the Board shall serve during their respective terms of office. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only. The Board shall meet at least quarterly, and at such other times as it determines, in its judgment, to be necessary. The appointed members of the Board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. In addition, the Board shall be entitled to and avail itself of the assistance and services of the staff of the Department of Health, and of the employees of any other State department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, as it may require and as may be available for its purposes. b. A member of the Governing Board shall not, by reason of the member's performance of any duty, function, or activity required of, or authorized to be undertaken by, the Board, be liable in an action for damages to any person for any action taken or recommendation made by the member within the scope of the member's duty, function, or activity as a member of the Board, if the action or recommendation was taken or made without malice. The members of the Board shall be indemnified and their defense of any action provided for in the same manner and to the same extent as employees of the State under the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., on the basis of acts or omissions in the scope of their service. c. A member of the Governing Board shall not participate in deliberations or vote on any matter before the Board concerning an individual or entity with which the member has, or within the last 12 months has had, any substantial ownership, employment, medical staff, fiduciary, contractual, creditor, or consultative relationship. A member who has or who has had such a relationship with an individual or entity involved in any matter before the Board shall make a written disclosure before any action is taken by the Board with respect to the matter, and shall make the relationship public in any meeting in which action on the matter is to be taken. d. The iPHD Project Governing Board shall be a public body for the purposes of the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), and shall conduct its business in accordance with the provisions of that act. All proceedings of the Governing Board shall be subject to P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.). L.2015, c.193, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-48 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-48
Qualifications; original and annual determination.
Status: in_force

4. Qualification for payments in subsidization of adoption shall be determined and approved by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency prior to the completion of the adoption proceeding, and may be redetermined annually thereafter. No payments shall be made for any child who the division has determined was brought into this State for the sole purpose of qualifying for an adoption subsidy pursuant to P.L.1973, c.81 (C.30:4C-45 et seq.). L.1973, c.81, s.4; amended 1983, c.484, s.3; 2012, c.16, s.104.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-6
Commissioner of human services; duties
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the advisory council, shall: a. Provide technical assistance to help public and private agencies to qualify as operators of shelters and to obtain State and Federal funds for the establishment and maintenance of shelters. b. Suggest the types of innovative strategies in services which will ameliorate and reduce the problems of domestic violence. c. Foster cooperation and communication among the providers of services to victims of domestic violence to promote agreement among providers concerning the treatment needs of those victims. d. Provide guidelines for the training and use of volunteers in the delivery of services. L.1979, c. 337, s. 6, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-14
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. L. 1988, c. 92, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.10
Confinement of eligible inmates in private facilities.
Status: in_force

2. On and after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.243 (C.30:4-91.9 et seq.), the Commissioner of Corrections may authorize the confinement of eligible inmates in private facilities. L.1999,c.243,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6o — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6o
Provision of breastfeeding support through Medicaid.
Status: in_force

11. a. Notwithstanding any State law or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall, contingent on maintaining or receiving necessary federal approvals, ensure that benefits for comprehensive lactation support, counseling, and consultation, and the costs for renting or purchasing breastfeeding equipment, in conjunction with each birth, for the duration of breastfeeding shall be provided with no cost-sharing to eligible persons under the Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). b. Benefits for breastfeeding equipment shall include: (1) Purchase of a single-user breast pump, subject to the following conditions: (a) Benefits for the purchase of a double electric breast pump. If an individual requests a manual pump in lieu of the double electric breast pump, benefits shall be provided for the purchase of a manual pump. (b) A double electric breast pump provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be of sufficient power and durability to establish and maintain milk supply for the duration of breastfeeding. (c) The department shall not require documentation of medical necessity, prior authorization, or a prescription for a breast pump provided pursuant to this paragraph. (d) Benefits shall be available at any time during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and shall continue for the duration of breastfeeding as defined by the individual. (e) Benefits for breast pumps shall include repair or replacement if necessary. (2) Rental or purchase of a multi-user breast pump, on the recommendation of a licensed health care provider, subject to the following conditions: (a) When recommended by a licensed health care provider, benefits shall be provided for a multi-user breast pump. (b) The department may determine whether a rental or purchase is covered. (c) Benefits for a multi-user breast pump shall be provided without regard to the provision or acquisition of a single-user breast pump. (d) The department may require a letter of medical necessity from a lactation consultant or other health care provider for benefits of a multi-user pump. The letter shall not interfere with the timely acquisition of a multi-user pump. (3) Benefits of breastfeeding equipment pursuant to this section shall include two breast pump kits per birth event, as well as appropriate size breast pump flanges, or other lactation accessories recommended by a health care provider. (4) Breastfeeding equipment specified in paragraphs (1) and (3) of this subsection shall be furnished: within 48 hours of notification of need, if requested after the birth of the child; or by the later of two weeks before the enrollee's expected due date or 72 hours after notification, if requested prior to the birth of the child. If the department cannot ensure an individual shall receive breastfeeding equipment within 48 hours, an individual may purchase the equipment and the department shall reimburse all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the individual, including any balance billing amounts. (5) Breastfeeding equipment specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be made available within 12 hours of notification of need. If equipment is not available within 12 hours of notification of need, the department shall reimburse all out-of-pocket rental expenses incurred by an individual, including any balance billing amounts, until the individual receives breastfeeding equipment. c. Benefits for comprehensive lactation counseling and lactation consultation shall include: (1) In-person, one-on-one lactation counseling and lactation consultation, subject to the following conditions: (a) Benefits shall include visits that occur inside and outside a hospital or office setting. In-person lactation counseling and lactation consultation shall be covered regardless of location of service provision and shall include home visits. (b) Lactation counseling and lactation consultation shall be made available within 24 hours of notification of need. (2) Telephonic lactation assistance shall be covered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, in-person, one-on-one lactation counseling or lactation consultation, when an individual requests one-on-one, in-person lactation counseling or lactation consultation. The telephonic lactation assistance shall be provided within 12 hours of notification of need. (3) Group lactation counseling shall be covered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, one-on-one, in-person lactation counseling or lactation consultation, if an individual requests one-on-one, in-person lactation counseling or lactation consultation. Group counseling shall include educational classes and support groups. (4) The department shall not require prior authorization, prescription or referral for any lactation counseling or lactation consultation, regardless of provider type or setting. (5) The department shall not impose medical management techniques not described in this section. d. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this section, the department shall not impose restrictions on the benefits provided pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, limitations on reimbursement to allowable amounts or reasonable and customary charges, documentation requests, or delays on the benefits provided. e. As used in this section: "Cost-sharing" means deductible, co-insurance or co-payments, or similar charges. "Breast pump kit" means a collection of tubing, valves, flanges, collection bottles, or other parts required to extract human milk using a breast pump. "Lactation consultant" means an individual who is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. "Lactation consultation" means the clinical application by a lactation consultant or other licensed health care provider of scientific principles and a multidisciplinary body of evidence for evaluation, problem identification, treatment, education, and consultation to child-bearing families utilizing lactation care and services. Lactation care and services shall include, but not be limited to: (1) lactation assessment through the systematic collection of subjective and objective data; (2) analysis of data and creation of a plan of care; (3) implementation of a lactation care plan with demonstration and instruction to parents and communication to the primary health care provider; (4) evaluation of outcomes; (5) provision of lactation education to parents and health care providers; and (6) the recommendation and use of assistive devices. "Lactation counseling" means breastfeeding education and support services provided by a lactation counselor, such as: (1) educating women, families, health care professionals, and the community about the impact of breastfeeding and human lactation on health and what to expect in the normal course of breastfeeding; (2) acting as an advocate for breastfeeding as the norm for feeding infants and young children; (3) providing breastfeeding support, encouragement, and care from preconception to weaning in order to help women and their families meet their breastfeeding goals; (4) using principles of adult education when teaching clients, health care providers, and others in the community; and (5) identifying and referring high-risk mothers and babies and those requiring clinical treatment appropriately. "Lactation counselor" means an individual, other than an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant or a licensed health care provider, who is: (1) licensed or certified to practice lactation counseling under any law, or who is an accredited member belonging to another profession or occupation, who provides breastfeeding education and support services for which that person is licensed, regulated, accredited, or certified; or (2) a community-based lactation supporter who has received at least 40 hours of specialty education in breastfeeding and lactation, and who works within a lactation counselor's scope of practice. "Telephonic lactation assistance" means lactation counseling or consultation with a lactation counselor or lactation consultant conducted remotely through live voice communication. f. 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 Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2019, c.343, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-32.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-32.10
Annual publication of report; contents.
Status: in_force

5. The division shall annually publish a report, to be made available on the department's website, containing non-identifying aggregate data about eligible persons. The report shall, at a minimum, include: a. the number of eligible persons, tabulated by county and other demographic information, including, but not limited to, age, gender, race or ethnicity, and disability or diagnosis, as applicable; b. for each developmental center: the number of persons with developmental disabilities residing in the developmental center who have expressed to the division a desire to reside in the community but are still awaiting such placement; the number of persons who require behavioral supports to reside in the community; and the number of persons who are currently residing in a developmental center because they have mobility impairments and have been unable to find accessible housing; c. an explanation of how the division determines to place an eligible person on a waiting list maintained by the division, what criteria determine a person's priority level and ranking within that priority level on the list, and how a person is selected from the list to receive services; d. for each waiting list maintained by the division, within each county: (1) the number of people who are waiting for: residential services; employment or day support services; family support services and, if so, which supports; and behavioral support services; and (2) the year in which persons requested placement on any division-maintained waiting list; e. the number of eligible persons served in each residential setting during the preceding 12 months, including, but not limited to, a developmental center, family member's home, group home, supervised apartment, community care residence, nursing home, or out-of-State placement; f. tabulated by county: the number of eligible persons who are expected to transition from receiving services from a school district to receiving services from the division for each year; the expected service needs of these persons; and the total projected cost of services for these persons; g. during the preceding 12 months, tabulated by county: (1) the number of eligible persons who were removed from any division-maintained waiting list; the reason each person was removed from the list; and how long each person had been waiting for services or supports before being removed from the list; (2) the number of eligible persons who were classified as an "emergency"; (3) for those persons who received residential services, the percentage who received such services in a developmental center, group home, supervised apartment, community care residence, nursing home, out-of-State placement, or any other residential setting; (4) the number of eligible persons who were placed in a nursing home and their age when placed, categorized by the reason for such placement; (5) the number of eligible persons who were placed in a developmental center, categorized by the reason for such placement; and (6) the number of eligible persons who previously but no longer receive services from the division; and h. an explanation of the current procedures and criteria used to admit an eligible person into a developmental center. L.2011, c.163, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Danielle's Law." L.2003,c.191,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-9
Grants and expenditures
Status: in_force

a. Reimbursement or advancement grants shall be paid to an eligible sponsoring agency from State funds in an amount not exceeding 60% of the allowable expenditures for each project and based upon the priority services to target populations approved by the commissioner. Allowable expenditures shall include expenditures other than capital expenditures, for such purposes as the commissioner shall, by regulation, determine to be necessary or required to carry out the mental health project. The total of the annual reimbursement or advancement grants from State funds for all community mental health projects, exclusive of capital expenditures, in any one county shall be the greater of $100,000.00 or an amount equal to $1.50 multiplied by the population of that county for the 1984 fiscal year of the county and, for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount shall be increased by $0.25, up to a total of $2.00. The amount for each fiscal year shall be multiplied by the population of the county for that particular fiscal year. No county or municipality shall, in any year, appropriate an amount for community mental health projects which is less than the amount appropriated in the preceding year, nor shall any sponsoring agency use any new or additional funding made available pursuant to this act in replacement of current funding levels unless approved in writing by the commissioner. To permit initiation, expansion, improvement or continuation of services, the commissioner may make payments in advance to any sponsoring agency of amounts not to exceed 25% in any one quarter of the fiscal year of the amount of an approved annual grant to the agency. b. Claims for State reimbursement or advancement to the sponsoring agency shall be made in accordance with the regulations of the department. L.1957, c. 146, p. 551, s. 9. Amended by L.1963, c. 77, s. 1; L.1967, c. 100, s. 9, eff. June 12, 1967; L.1969, c. 74, s. 1, eff. June 4, 1969; L.1973, c. 377, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1974; L.1976, c. 79, s. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1976; L.1983, c. 435, s. 1, eff. Jan. 5, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.17
Definitions relative to local hospital authorities.
Status: in_force

3. For the purposes of this act: "Acquisition" means the receiving, by purchase, gift, or otherwise, of all or any part of the assets and liabilities of a hospital located within a city through a contract or other agreement requiring at least $12 million in working capital contributions from either the prior owner thereof or another nongovernmental source, as certified by the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs. "Authority" or "local hospital authority" means a municipal hospital authority or a county hospital authority created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.18). "Bonds" means bonds issued by an authority pursuant to P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.). "Chief executive officer of the county" means the county executive or the president of the board of chosen freeholders, as appropriate to the form of government of a county. "City" means a city that is classified for legislative purposes pursuant to N.J.S.40A:6-4 and which adopts an ordinance creating a municipal hospital authority pursuant to P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.). "County" means a county that, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, creates a county hospital authority pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.18). "County hospital" means a hospital that is owned , operated, or maintained by or on behalf of a county or by or on behalf of a county hospital authority, which hospital makes available at least 800 beds for long term care, acute care, or behavioral health care patients, or any combination thereof. "Governing body" means a governing body as defined in the "Local Fiscal Affairs Law," N.J.S.40A:5-1 et seq. "Hospital" means an institution licensed and classified as a general hospital by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and N.J.A.C.8:43G-1 et seq., notwithstanding that the general hospital also may be licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric or comprehensive rehabilitation hospital services, or other related services. "Local Finance Board" means the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Manager" means the management entity or entities hired by an authority to manage and operate a hospital, or any portion of a hospital. "Notes" means notes issued by the authority pursuant to P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.). "Operate and maintain" means overseeing the management and operation of a hospital, or managing and operating a hospital; overseeing capital improvements and purchases of equipment related to the operation, maintenance, expansion, renovation, or rehabilitation of a hospital; and overseeing the provision of working capital for operation of a hospital, along with any required costs of issuing any bonds or notes therefor. L.2006, c.46, s.3; amended 2016, c.55, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:12-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-2
Consent of municipality to location of communicable disease institution for profit.
Status: in_force

30:12-2. No person, corporation, or association, except municipal corporations or corporations not organized for pecuniary profit, shall establish or maintain for profit any hospital or other institution for persons who have communicable diseases without first having obtained the consent by resolution or ordinance of the governing board or body of the municipality within which the institution is to be established. Notice of application for such consent, setting forth the time and place at which the application will be presented, the name of the applicant, and the exact location of the proposed institution shall be given by publication for at least two weeks in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the municipality, or if none be published therein, by posting in ten of the most public places in such municipality at least 14 days before the meeting at which the application will be presented. amended 1977, c.63, s.22; 2017, c.131, s.130.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.2
Powers and duties of medical director
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the statutes or any provisions thereof, should a city and a county of the first class jointly appoint a medical director under the provisions hereof, the said medical director shall have supervision of all the medical boards, boards of managers, hospital committees, advisory boards or any other boards now or hereafter in charge of the medical institutions, in the city and county, and he is herewith cloaked with the authority of supervising all of the said medical institutions of which he shall be appointed as medical director with the right and power to approve and reject any acts of said boards or officials now acting or hereafter appointed to such medical boards, boards of managers, hospital committees, advisory boards, or any other boards. L.1941, c. 52, p. 134, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-14
Liberal construction; severability
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XIV This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any party State or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the Constitution of any State party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining States and in full force and effect as to the State affected as to all severable matters. L.1956, c. 178, p. 685, art. XIV.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.7
Filing of complaint for guardianship.
Status: in_force

1. a. The commissioner or any parent, spouse, relative, or interested party, on behalf of an alleged incapacitated person who is receiving functional or other services and is 18 years of age or over, may file a complaint upon notice to the alleged incapacitated person with the Superior Court in the county furnishing the services or in which the parent, spouse, relative, or interested party resides for a judgment designating a guardian. b. If the commissioner or any parent, relative, or interested party on behalf of a minor under the age of 18 who is receiving functional or other services anticipates that the minor may require a guardian upon attaining the age of 18, the commissioner, parent, relative, or interested party may file a complaint with the Superior Court in the county furnishing the services or in which the parent, relative, or interested party resides for a judgment designating a guardian. The complaint may be filed up to 180 days prior to the date the minor attains the age of 18. Any judgment designating a guardian shall take effect no earlier than the date the minor attains the age of 18. c. The county of settlement shall be served with a copy of the moving papers, however, the county may waive service of the moving papers if it has no reason to oppose the action. If the county elects to oppose the action, it shall do so within 30 days after being served with a copy of the moving papers. d. Unless filed by the commissioner, a complaint shall be served by the filing party upon the Division of Developmental Disabilities, to the attention of the Regional Director for the region in which the alleged incapacitated person is receiving functional or other services. The filing party shall likewise serve upon the Regional Director a copy of the Order Fixing Hearing Date and Appointing Attorney for Alleged Incapacitated Person, as well as a copy of any Judgment of Incapacity and Order Appointing Guardian. L.1970, c.289, s.1; amended 1976, c.76, s.1; 1985, c.133, s.4; 1995, c.155, s.25; 1997, c.379, s.4; 2015, c.132, s.2; 2025, c.179, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6.7
Resident of skilled or intermediate care nursing facility discharged to general or psychiatric hospital; coverage by medical assistance program
Status: in_force

A resident of a skilled or intermediate care nursing facility who is a recipient of medical assistance payments under P.L.1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-1 et seq.), and who is discharged to a general or a psychiatric hospital, shall be covered by the medical assistance program for the number of days the nursing facility maintains the resident's bed. L.1984, c. 139, s. 1, eff. Sept. 5, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-13
Assistance of other agencies
Status: in_force

The commissioner is entitled to call upon the assistance, or contract for the services of any State, federal, or local agency as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L. 1988, c. 92, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-50 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-50
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Placement Review Act." L.1977, c. 424, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16.14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16.14
Provisions to inmate incarcerated 90 days or longer.
Status: in_force

6. The chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall provide to each inmate incarcerated for 90 days or longer at least 30 days prior to release from a facility: a. a copy of the inmate's criminal history record and written information on the inmate's right to have the inmate's criminal records expunged under chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; b. general written information on the inmate's right to vote under R.S.19:4-1; c. general written information on the availability of programs, including faith-based and secular programs, that would assist in removing barriers to the inmate's employment or participation in vocational or educational rehabilitative programs, including but not limited to, information concerning the "Rehabilitated Convicted Offenders Act," P.L.1968, c.282 (C.2A:168A-1 et seq.) and the certificate of rehabilitation under P.L.2007, c.327 (C.2A:168A-7 et seq.); d. a detailed written record of the inmate's participation in educational, training, employment, and medical or other treatment programs while the inmate was incarcerated; e. a written accounting of the fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, penalties, child support arrearages, and any other obligations due and payable by the inmate upon release; f. a copy of the inmate's birth certificate if the inmate was born in New Jersey; g. assistance in obtaining a Social Security card; h. a one-day New Jersey bus or rail pass; i. a two-week supply of prescription medication and, to the extent consistent with clinical guidelines, a two-week prescription order with two additional refills; j. general written information concerning child support, including child support payments owed by the inmate, information on how to seek child support payments and information on where to seek services regarding child support, child custody, and establishing parentage; and k. a medical discharge summary, which shall include instructions on how to obtain from the superintendent a copy of the inmate's full medical record; upon request from the inmate, the superintendent shall provide a copy of the inmate's full medical record in a safe and secure manner, at no charge to the inmate; the superintendent shall comply with rules and regulations, adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), that ensure that these records are expeditiously and securely provided in a manner consistent with the provision of medical records by other providers. L. 2021, c.312, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-93 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-93
Contracts for labor and products.
Status: in_force

No contract shall be made by which the labor or time of any inmate of any of the institutions within the jurisdiction of the State board, or the product or profit of his work, shall be let, contracted for, leased, farmed out, given or sold, except in accordance with the provisions of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-10
Income eligibility
Status: in_force

Any person who is a resident of this State, with resources within limits set by the commissioner, and is 65 years of age or older and is eligible for Medicare benefits or has other medical insurance which includes physician coverage and hospitalization, and whose annual income is less than $18,000.00 if single, or if married, whose annual income combined with that of his spouse is less than $21,000.00, is eligible for assistance under the program. Any person under the age of 65 who is determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration (SSA) or by the Division of Public Welfare, Bureau of Medical Affairs in the Department of Human Services, using SSA criteria, and is eligible for Medicare benefits, or has other medical coverage which includes physician and hospital coverage and who meets the income eligibility requirements of this section, is eligible for assistance under the program. L. 1988, c. 92, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:2-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1
Appropriations
Status: in_force

All appropriations of money from the State treasury for the uses and purposes of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title, and for all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith, as well as appropriations for the uses and purposes of the department, shall be made to the department as one item. The several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall submit their requests for appropriations to the commissioner in the form and at the time prescribed by law. The commissioner shall be the sole agency for the transmission of the requests for appropriations on behalf of the department and the institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7, with such modifications of the requests of the several institutions as he may determine. The commissioner shall be the sole agent authorized to submit a request for appropriations on behalf of any of the charitable, hospital, relief and training institutions or correctional institutions or noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7. Appropriations for working capital for all institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall be made in bulk and may be allotted by the commissioner or used as a general fund, as he may determine. Amended by L.1938, c. 275, p. 596, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1938; L.1971, c. 384, s. 15, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-12.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-12.5
Rights applicable to persons receiving self-directed support services.
Status: in_force

5. a. A right recognized in section 4 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-4), shall apply to persons receiving self-directed support services pursuant to P.L.2008, c.128 (C.30:6D-12.1 et al.). b. A person receiving self-directed support services shall be entitled to enforce a right provided for in P.L.2008, c.128 (C.30:6D-12.1 et al.) or section 4 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-4), by civil action or other remedy otherwise available by common law or statute. L.2008, c.128, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-86 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-86
Custody of transferred persons; retransfer
Status: in_force

Any person transferred as provided in this article shall be held in the custody of the institution to which transfer is made, subject to the rules and regulations thereof and the provisions of law applicable thereto as though originally committed to such institution. No order of transfer shall operate as authority for the detention of any person for a term in excess of that contemplated by the original sentence or order of commitment, and no person sentenced to a definite minimum term of imprisonment shall as a result of transfer be paroled or finally discharged before the expiration of such minimum term. If return to the institution of original transfer becomes necessary under the terms of this paragraph, the commissioner shall so determine and issue order of transfer accordingly.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7
Duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

7. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to issue, or to cause to be issued through the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, all necessary rules and regulations and administrative orders, and to do or cause to be done all other acts and things necessary to secure for the State of New Jersey the maximum federal participation that is available with respect to a program of medical assistance, consistent with fiscal responsibility and within the limits of funds available for any fiscal year, and to the extent authorized by the medical assistance program plan; to adopt fee schedules with regard to medical assistance benefits and otherwise to accomplish the purposes of this act, including specifically the following: a. Subject to the limits imposed by this act, to submit a plan for medical assistance, as required by Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, to the federal Department of Health and Human Services for approval pursuant to the provisions of such law; to act for the State in making negotiations relative to the submission and approval of such plan, to make such arrangements, not inconsistent with the law, as may be required by or pursuant to federal law to obtain and retain such approval and to secure for the State the benefits of the provisions of such law; b. Subject to the limits imposed by this act, to determine the amount and scope of services to be covered, that the amounts to be paid are reasonable, and the duration of medical assistance to be furnished; provided, however, that the department shall provide medical assistance on behalf of all recipients of categorical assistance and such other related groups as are mandatory under federal laws and rules and regulations, as they now are or as they may be hereafter amended, in order to obtain federal matching funds for such purposes and, in addition, provide medical assistance for the resource family children specified in subsection i.(7) of section 3 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-3). The medical assistance provided for these groups shall not be less in scope, duration, or amount than is currently furnished these groups, and in addition, shall include at least the minimum services required under federal laws and rules and regulations to obtain federal matching funds for such purposes. The commissioner is authorized and empowered, at such times as he may determine feasible, within the limits of appropriated funds for any fiscal year, to extend the scope, duration, and amount of medical assistance on behalf of these groups of categorical assistance recipients, related groups as are mandatory, and resource family children authorized pursuant to section 3i. (7) of this act, so as to include, in whole or in part, the optional medical services authorized under federal laws and rules and regulations, and the commissioner shall have the authority to establish and maintain the priorities given such optional medical services; provided, however, that medical assistance shall be provided to at least such groups and in such scope, duration, and amount as are required to obtain federal matching funds. The commissioner is further authorized and empowered, at such times as he may determine feasible, within the limits of appropriated funds for any fiscal year, to issue, or cause to be issued through the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, all necessary rules, regulations and administrative orders, and to do or cause to be done all other acts and things necessary to implement and administer demonstration projects pursuant to Title XI, section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act, including, but not limited to waiving compliance with specific provisions of this act, to the extent and for the period of time the commissioner deems necessary, as well as contracting with any legal entity, including but not limited to corporations organized pursuant to Title 14A, New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.14A:1-1 et seq.), Title 15, Revised Statutes (R.S.15:1-1 et seq.), and Title 15A, New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq.) as well as boards, groups, agencies, persons, and other public or private entities; c. To administer the provisions of this act; d. To make reports to the federal Department of Health and Human Services as from time to time may be required by such federal department and to the New Jersey Legislature as hereinafter provided; e. To assure that any applicant, qualified applicant or recipient shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing should the person's claim for medical assistance be denied, reduced, terminated, or not acted upon within a reasonable time; f. To assure that providers shall be afforded the opportunity for an administrative hearing within a reasonable time on any valid complaint arising out of the claim payment process; g. To provide safeguards to restrict the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients to purposes directly connected with administration of this act; h. To take all necessary action to recover any and all payments incorrectly made to or illegally received by a provider from such provider or his estate or from any other person, firm, corporation, partnership, or entity responsible for or receiving the benefit or possession of the incorrect or illegal payments or their estates, successors or assigns, and to assess and collect such penalties as are provided for herein; i. To take all necessary action to recover the cost of benefits incorrectly provided to or illegally obtained by a recipient, including those made after a voluntary divestiture of real or personal property or any interest or estate in property for less than adequate consideration made for the purpose of qualifying for assistance. The division shall take action to recover the cost of benefits from a recipient, legally responsible relative, representative payee, or any other party or parties whose action or inaction resulted in the incorrect or illegal payments or who received the benefit of the divestiture, or from their respective estates, as the case may be and to assess and collect the penalties as are provided for herein, except that no lien shall be imposed against property of the recipient prior to his death except in accordance with section 17 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-17). No recovery action shall be initiated more than five years after an incorrect payment has been made to a recipient when the incorrect payment was due solely to an error on the part of the State or any agency, agent, or subdivision thereof; j. To take all necessary action to recover the cost of benefits correctly provided to a recipient from the estate of said recipient in accordance with sections 6 through 12 of this amendatory and supplementary act; k. To take all reasonable measures to ascertain the legal or equitable liability of third parties to pay for care and services (available under the plan) arising out of injury, disease, or disability; where it is known that a third party has a liability, to treat such liability as a resource of the individual on whose behalf the care and services are made available for purposes of determining eligibility; and in any case where such a liability is found to exist after medical assistance has been made available on behalf of the individual, to seek reimbursement for such assistance to the extent of such liability; l. To compromise, waive, or settle and execute a release of any claim arising under this act including interest or other penalties, or designate another to compromise, waive, or settle and execute a release of any claim arising under this act. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee whose title shall be specified by regulation may compromise, settle or waive any such claim in whole or in part, either in the interest of the Medicaid program or for any other reason which the commissioner by regulation shall establish; m. To pay or credit to a provider any net amount found by final audit as defined by regulation to be owing to the provider. Such payment, if it is not made within 45 days of the final audit, shall include interest on the amount due at the maximum legal rate in effect on the date the payment became due, except that such interest shall not be paid on any obligation for the period preceding September 15, 1976. This subsection shall not apply until federal financial participation is available for such interest payments; n. To issue, or designate another to issue, subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, accounts, papers, and documents of any party, whether or not that party is a provider, which directly or indirectly relate to goods or services provided under this act, for the purpose of assisting in any investigation, examination, or inspection, or in any suspension, debarment, disqualification, recovery, or other proceeding arising under this act; o. To solicit, receive, and review bids pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.) and all amendments and supplements thereto, by any corporation doing business in the State of New Jersey, including nonprofit hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, health service corporations, or dental service corporations incorporated in New Jersey and authorized to do business pursuant to P.L.1938, c.366 (C.17:48-1 et seq.), P.L.1940, c.74 (C.17:48A-1 et seq.), P.L.1985, c.236 (C.17:48E-1 et seq.), or P.L.1968, c.305 (C.17:48C-1 et seq.), and to make recommendations in connection therewith to the State Medicaid Commission; p. To contract, or otherwise provide as in this act provided, for the payment of claims in the manner approved by the State Medicaid Commission; q. Where necessary, to advance funds to the underwriter or fiscal agent to enable such underwriter or fiscal agent, in accordance with terms of its contract, to make payments to providers; r. To enter into contracts with federal, State, or local governmental agencies, or other appropriate parties, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; s. To assure that the nature and quality of the medical assistance provided for under this act shall be uniform and equitable to all recipients; t. To provide for the reimbursement of State and county-administered skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities through the use of a governmental peer grouping system, subject to federal approval and the availability of federal reimbursement. (1) In establishing a governmental peer grouping system, the State's financial participation is limited to an amount equal to the nonfederal share of the reimbursement which would be due each facility if the governmental peer grouping system was not established, and each county's financial participation in this reimbursement system is equal to the nonfederal share of the increase in reimbursement for its facility or facilities which results from the establishment of the governmental peer grouping system. (2) On or before December 1 of each year, the commissioner shall estimate and certify to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs the amount of increased federal reimbursement a county may receive under the governmental peer grouping system. On or before December 15 of each year, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall certify the increased federal reimbursement to the chief financial officer of each county. If the amount of increased federal reimbursement to a county exceeds or is less than the amount certified, the certification for the next year shall account for the actual amount of federal reimbursement that the county received during the prior calendar year. (3) The governing body of each county entitled to receive increased federal reimbursement under the provisions of this amendatory act shall, by March 31 of each year, submit a report to the commissioner on the intended use of the savings in county expenditures which result from the increased federal reimbursement. The governing body of each county, with the advice of agencies providing social and health related services, shall use not less than 10% and no more than 50% of the savings in county expenditures which result from the increased federal reimbursement for community-based social and health related programs for elderly and disabled persons who may otherwise require nursing home care. This percentage shall be negotiated annually between the governing body and the commissioner and shall take into account a county's social, demographic, and fiscal conditions, a county's social and health related expenditures and needs, and estimates of federal revenues to support county operations in the upcoming year, particularly in the areas of social and health related services. (4) The commissioner, subject to approval by law, may terminate the governmental peer grouping system if federal reimbursement is significantly reduced or if the Medicaid program is significantly altered or changed by the federal government subsequent to the enactment of this amendatory act. The commissioner, prior to terminating the governmental peer grouping system, shall submit to the Legislature and to the governing body of each county a report as to the reasons for terminating the governmental peer grouping system; u. The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall: (1) Develop criteria and standards for comprehensive maternity or pediatric care providers and determine whether a provider who requests to become a comprehensive maternity or pediatric care provider meets the department's criteria and standards; (2) Develop a program of comprehensive maternity care services which defines the type of services to be provided, the level of services to be provided, and the frequency with which qualified applicants are to receive services pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.); (3) Develop a program of comprehensive pediatric care services which defines the type of services to be provided, the level of services to be provided, and the frequency with which qualified applicants are to receive services pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.); (4) Develop and implement a system for monitoring the quality and delivery of comprehensive maternity and pediatric care services and a system for evaluating the effectiveness of the services programs in meeting their objectives; (5) Establish provider reimbursement rates for the comprehensive maternity and pediatric care services; v. The commissioner, jointly with the Commissioner of Health, shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than two years following the date of enactment of P.L.1987, c.115 (C.30:4D-2.1 et al.) and annually thereafter on the status of the comprehensive maternity and pediatric care services and their effectiveness in meeting the objectives set forth in section 1 of P.L.1987, c.115 (C.30:4D-2.1) accompanying the report with any recommendations for changes in the law governing the services that the commissioners deem necessary. L.1968, c.413, s.7; amended 1974, c.140; 1976, c.89, s.1; 1979, c.365, s.5; 1985, c.303, s.5; 1985, c.371, ss.3,5; 1985, c.474, s.2; (1985, c.371, s.5 amended 1985, c.510); 1987, c.115, s.4; 1988, c.6, s.1; 2004, c.130, s.94; 2012, c.17, s.361.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4E-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4E / Section 4E-6
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The need to offer care services to the growing number of frail elderly and disabled persons in New Jersey and the benefits derived from the provision of these services are well documented; b. While State government has responded to the home care needs of the State's elderly and disabled population through the Medicaid Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled (CCPED), there remains a substantial number of people whose home care needs have not been met; c. Many of these frail elderly and disabled people in the "no-care" zone are equipped to impoverish themselves to receive services under Medicaid; d. The limitations on resources that a person may have to participate in the Medicaid program or the Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled are so restrictive as to make many of those in need of home care ineligible for needed services; e. Many people who need care to remain in their homes do not have the funds to pay privately for the services; and f. It is therefore necessary to establish a program to extend such services to a greater number of the State's elderly and disabled population. L. 1988, c. 92, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.1
Medical director, supervisor of nurses and purchasing agent for all county and municipal hospitals or institutions in certain counties; salaries; qualifications of director
Status: in_force

Whenever a city of the first class has established or establishes a city hospital or medical center with a capacity of more than one thousand beds and the said city of the first class is located in a county of the first class which has established or establishes hospitals and institutions rendering medical care, the governing bodies of the county and municipality, in the management of their respective hospitals may jointly agree to appoint a medical director who shall have supervision over all the county and municipal hospitals, centers, or institutions which render medical treatment or care to patients, a supervisor of nurses, a purchasing agent and any other persons as said governing bodies may deem necessary in order to render joint service to the county and municipal hospitals, centers or institutions, and may make and enter into any joint contracts for the maintenance or proper repair of the buildings, facilities and equipment thereof and for the furnishing of material and labor. The said governing bodies shall fix or regulate the salaries to be paid, determine the proportion to be paid by the county and the municipality and shall have the power to make any and all other necessary agreements and contracts to carry out the purposes of this act. The person so appointed as medical director shall have the following qualifications: he must be a graduate of a recognized medical college, holding a diploma therefrom; must be admitted to practice as a physician, and must have been practicing medicine or associated with medical institutions, or both, for a period of at least fifteen years. L.1941, c. 52, p. 134, s. 1. Amended by L.1943, c. 56, p. 252, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-13
Nursing home employees required to be given Mantoux tuberculin skin test
Status: in_force

A nursing home as defined in section 2 of P.L.1976, c.120 (C.30:13-2) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall require in its written policies and procedures that each current employee be given a Mantoux tuberculin skin test, and that each new employee be given the test at the time he commences his employment. If a nursing home has documentation for an employee of a Mantoux tuberculin skin test reaction of ten or more millimeters of induration, the nursing home shall exempt the employee from further tuberculin skin testing. L.1990,c.36,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-19
Arrangement of hearings; decisions
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies shall arrange for prompt and fair hearings on all such cases, render written decisions stating his conclusions and reasons therefor upon each matter heard, and is empowered to enter orders of denial, suspension or revocation consistent with the circumstances in each case. L.1968, c. 356, s. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7gg — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7gg
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. 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. L.2021, c.276, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-10
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: approximately 2% of the residents of this State have developmental disabilities and more than 50,000 of these persons are developmentally disabled school age children; 30,000 to 40,000 residents have intellectual disabilities severe enough to require lifelong supervision or care; several times more have less severe intellectual disabilities and can live independent or semi-independent lives; pregnancy during adolescence increases the incidence of developmental disabilities because of the heightened risk of premature birth, low birthweight, birth complications and birth defects; in 1984 in New Jersey, there were 6,682 births to women ages 18 years and under; about one out of 10 women in New Jersey becomes pregnant during her teenage years; and there is a 40% chance that a child of a teenager will be permanently impaired. The Legislature further finds and declares that: the causes of many cases of developmental disabilities, such as inadequate prenatal care, maternal diseases, environmental contaminants, alcohol and drug ingestion, poor nutrition, lead poisoning, childhood diseases, child abuse and neglect, and accidents, are preventable; and it is in the best interests of the citizens of the State of New Jersey to establish a permanent office in the State Department of Human Services to combat the causes of developmental disabilities. L.1987, c.5, s.1; amended 2010, c.50, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-14.2
Training requirements for Human Services police officers
Status: in_force

4. Human Services police officers appointed pursuant to R.S.30:4-14 shall satisfy the training requirements established by the Police Training Commission, at schools approved by the commission, as follows: a. All officers appointed pursuant to this section after the effective date of P.L.1995, c.273 (C.30:4-14.1 et al.), shall successfully complete, within one year of the date of their appointment, a training course approved by the Police Training Commission. All officers appointed pursuant to this section after the effective date of P.L.1997, c.72, shall successfully complete, within one year of the date of their appointment, a training course approved by the Police Training Commission, which shall include training designed to prepare officers to handle patients with violent criminal backgrounds and sensitivity training to prepare officers to handle abusive situations between employees and patients, and among patients; b. All officers appointed and in employment on the effective date of P.L.1995, c.273 (C.30:4-14.1 et al.), may continue in employment if, within 18 months of the effective date of P.L.1995, c.273 (C.30:4-14.1 et al.), they have satisfied the training requirements of the Police Training Commission; All officers appointed and in employment on the effective date of P.L.1997, c.72, may continue in employment if, within 18 months of the effective date of P.L.1997, c.72, they have successfully completed a training course approved by the Police Training Commission, which shall include training designed to prepare officers to handle patients with violent criminal backgrounds and sensitivity training to prepare officers to handle abusive situations between employees and patients, and among patients; and c. The Commissioner of Human Services may request from the Police Training Commission an exemption from all or part of the training requirements of this section on behalf of a current or prospective officer who demonstrates successful completion of a police training course conducted by any federal, state or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are substantially equivalent to the requirements of the Police Training Commission, and which include training officers to handle patients with violent criminal backgrounds and sensitivity training pursuant to this section. L.1995,c.273,s.4; amended 1997, c.72.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-35 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-35
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. For the purposes of this act: "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Family member with a developmental disability" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined pursuant to section 3 of the "Division of Developmental Disabilities Act," P.L.1985, c.145 (C.30:6D-25). "Family" means the family member with a developmental disability and his parents and siblings, or spouse and children. "Family support services" means a coordinated system of ongoing public and private support services which are designed to maintain and enhance the quality of life of a family member with a developmental disability and his family as set forth in section 4 of this act. "Parent" means the biological or adoptive parent or uncompensated resource family parent or legal guardian who cares for the family member with a developmental disability and with whom the family member with a developmental disability resides. "System" means the Family Support System established pursuant to section 4 of this act. L.1993,c.98,s.3; amended 2004, c.130, s.110.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-42.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-42.2
Report issued upon approval of waiver; contents, public hearing.
Status: in_force

2. a. Upon approval of the waiver by the federal government, the Commissioner of Human Services, in conjunction with the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, shall issue a report to the chairmen of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee one year after the approval that contains, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) (a) a list of all waiver-eligible services that were provided by the division in the year prior to the date of the waiver application, indicating if any of the services were covered by an existing waiver and, for each service, the average daily cost of the service per consumer, the percentage of the cost that included non-Medicaid reimbursable costs and the number of consumers who received the service and the number who received the service under an existing waiver; (b) the number of individuals who received State-funded-only services; (c) a discussion of any impediments to expanding existing waiver services including, but not limited to, funding and availability of service providers; and (d) the total administrative cost for the division to implement each waiver, and the percentage of that cost for which federal matching funds are available; and (2) for each service under the new waiver, the average daily cost of the service per consumer, the percentage of the cost that includes non-Medicaid reimbursable costs, the number of consumers receiving the service and the number who receive the service under the waiver. b. Each subsequent year, the Commissioner of Human Services, in conjunction with the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, shall issue a report which contains, but is not limited to, updates of the information specified in subsection a. of this section. In addition, the report shall specify the amount of funds that were allocated for each service under the waiver and the proportion that funding represents to the total amount spent for all community-based services. c. Within 60 days after issuance of each report required by this section, the department shall hold a public hearing, in different regions of the State each year, to encourage community discussion of the division's waivers and the provision of community-based services. d. The department shall post on its official Internet web site the reports required pursuant to this section. L.2005, c.252, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-7
Personal contact with institutions and noninstitutional agencies
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall arrange for personal contact with each of the institutions and the work of the noninstitutional agencies by visitations and by such other means as he may determine to be necessary and proper, so that he may be as nearly as is practicable continually in touch with and informed concerning the general conditions and progress of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies and the general results of the management thereof and the condition and welfare of the inmates and other persons committed or admitted. The commissioner shall visit and inspect each institution at least semiannually, at periods which shall not be fixed in advance. L.1976, c. 98, s. 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.8
Short-term care facilities designated.
Status: in_force

8. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, shall designate one or more mental health agencies or facilities in each county or multi-county region in the State as short-term care facilities. The commissioner shall so designate an agency or facility only with the approval of the agency's or facility's governing body. b. The commissioner shall designate one or more mental health agencies in each county or multi-county region in the State as an outpatient treatment provider, and shall authorize the designated outpatient treatment provider to provide services to persons from a specified geographic area. The commissioner shall so designate an agency only with the approval of the agency's governing body. L.1987, c.116, s.8; amended 2009, c.112, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-38 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-38
Grants; requirements, eligibility.
Status: in_force

3. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall award one-time grants, on either a competitive or rolling application basis, to licensed child care providers, registered family day care providers, and Head Start programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section. Providers and programs that meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section shall be eligible for a one-time grant that may be used to renovate, improve, expand, or reconstruct existing facilities in a manner that will have the predominant effect of increasing the number of infant and toddler child care slots or classrooms, as appropriate. The authority may provide technical assistance to assist providers in meeting the requirements of the grant program. b. To be eligible for consideration for a grant award under this section, a licensed child care provider, registered family day care provider, or Head Start program shall: (1) submit an application to the authority, in a form and manner as shall be prescribed by the authority and in accordance with criteria established by the authority in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, which application shall outline the purposes for which a grant award would be used; (2) comply with the current child care licensing standards for infant and toddler child care, including, but not limited to, class size, child-to-staff ratios, and health and safety standards; and (3) participate or apply to participate in the State's child care quality rating and improvement system, Grow NJ Kids. c. In awarding grants under this section, the authority shall give preference to providers and programs that: (1) are located in communities identified as child care deserts with few or no options for high-quality child care for infants and toddlers; (2) are located in communities with high percentages of low-income families; and (3) can align their infant and toddler child care programs with high-quality preschool programs, support collaborations for shared services, and build upon existing early childhood education services. L.2022, c.25, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-23 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-23
Certificate of registration, standards, violations.
Status: in_force

8. a. The department shall also establish standards for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension and revocation of a certificate of registration which the family day care sponsoring organization shall apply. In developing the standards, the department shall consult with the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to the "Child Care Center Licensing Act," P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.). b. A person operating as a registered family day care provider who violates the provisions of this act by failing to adhere to the standards established by the department pursuant to this act shall be notified in writing of the violation of the provisions of this act and provided with an opportunity to comply with those provisions. For a subsequent violation, the person's certificate of registration may be revoked, or the person may be fined in an amount determined by the Commissioner of Human Services, or both. The receipt of excessive complaints by the municipal police or other local or State authorities concerning neglect of children, excessive noise, or property damage resulting from the operation of a family day care home may be considered by the department when renewing, suspending or revoking a certificate of registration. c. The department, before denying, suspending, revoking or refusing to renew a certificate of registration, shall give notice thereof to the provider personally, or by certified or registered mail to the last known address of the family day care home with return receipt requested. The notice shall afford the provider the opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall take place within 60 days from the receipt of the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). d. If the certificate of registration is suspended or revoked or not renewed, the provider shall so notify the parent of each child attending the family day care home in writing within 10 days of the action. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.350). L.1987,c.27,s.8; amended 1991, c.278, ss.5,14; (s.14 amended 1992, c.13, ss.4,5); 1993, c.350, s.6; 2004, c.130, s.106.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-8.4
Conditions of closing facilities, privatizing services
Status: in_force

4. a. Except in the case of an emergency condition, the commissioner shall not implement a decision to close an existing facility or to privatize any services, functions or units of an existing facility, if the commissioner finds that the decision shall result in the abolition of 100 or more non-vacant, full-time positions in the career service at the existing facility or facilities affected by the decision, unless the commissioner has complied with the procedures set forth in this section. b. Pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner shall conduct at least one public hearing which shall be held in the region in which the facility is located, or a central location designated by the commissioner if more than one facility is affected by the decision, to provide an opportunity for the public to submit testimony on the proposed closing or privatization. The hearing shall be conducted at least 45 days in advance of a facility closure, or at least 30 days prior to the issuance of a Request for Proposal. For a facility closure, the public hearing shall be held within 15 days of publication of a Notice of Intent to close a facility by the commissioner in accordance with subsection c. of this section. The commissioner shall select a publicly convenient location for the hearing and shall give all persons the opportunity to testify in person or to submit written testimony. c. The Notice of Intent to close a facility pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be mailed, telephoned, telegrammed or hand delivered to at least two newspapers for publication, at least one of which shall be within the geographic boundaries of the county where the facility is located. Failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection shall not invalidate or delay any facility closure. d. The commissioner shall prepare a report setting forth a fiscal impact analysis, policy rationale and summary of the testimony received at any hearing held pursuant to this section. This report shall be submitted to the chairmen of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee within five days of the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award or within 30 days following the last scheduled public hearing for a facility closure. L.1996,c.150,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.11a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.11a
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is of paramount public interest to ensure the rights of all patients in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including those persons being assessed or receiving treatment on an involuntary basis in screening services and short-term care facilities as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.2); b. The rights set forth in section 10 of P.L.1965, c.59 (C.30:4-24.2) apply to any person who has been involuntarily committed to a State or county psychiatric hospital, a psychiatric unit of a county hospital, or a special psychiatric hospital in accordance with the laws of this State; c. Because involuntary assessment and treatment in a screening service and involuntary commitment to a short-term care facility involve the deprivation of a patient's liberty, it is necessary to specify and guarantee by statute the rights to which that patient is entitled, in a manner similar to that provided for a patient who is involuntarily committed to a State or county psychiatric hospital, a psychiatric unit of a county hospital, or a special psychiatric hospital, while recognizing the administrative, structural, and staffing features of screening services and short-term care facilities which are different from State or county psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric units of county hospitals, or special psychiatric hospitals, as well as recognizing differences between the administrative, structural, and staffing features of screening services and short-term care facilities by providing a separate guarantee of rights for patients in each of these settings; and d. All patients who are receiving assessment or treatment on an involuntary basis in screening services and short-term care facilities, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.2), are entitled to receive professional treatment of the highest standard and, unless the patient is mentally incapacitated, to participate in their treatment and discharge planning to the fullest extent possible. L.1991, c.233, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.81.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-46 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-46
Employment; reasonable wages and hours; employment by county
Status: in_force

If the person so placed at outside labor has been regularly employed, arrangements shall be made for a continuation of said work insofar as possible without interruption. If not employed in any job, every effort shall be made to secure some suitable employment. Any such person so employed shall be paid a fair and reasonable wage for such work and shall work at fair and reasonable employment and hours per day and per week. If suitable private outside employment cannot be found for any prisoner, such prisoner may be employed by the county if work is available and shall receive therefor a fair and reasonable wage and shall work at fair and reasonable hours per day and per week. L.1968, c. 372, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. For the purpose of this act the following terms are hereby defined: "Community Mental Health Citizens Advisory Board" shall mean a board of 15 members to be appointed by the State Board of Institutional Trustees with the approval of the Governor. Of these 15, eight members shall be chosen from among citizens of the State who, as consumers, have demonstrated an interest in the delivery of mental health services and are not providers of mental health services; one from among persons recommended by the State Association of Freeholders; one from among persons recommended by the State League of Municipalities; two from among providers of mental health services and one from among persons recommended by the chairpersons of the standing Assembly and Senate committees on Human Services. The term of each member shall be for three years and shall commence on July 1 and shall terminate on June 30, provided, however, that of the new members appointed three shall be appointed for a term expiring one year, three for a term expiring two years, and four for a term expiring three years from July 1 following the date of appointment. Members of the present Community Mental Health Board serving on the effective date of this amendatory act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms. In addition, the Board of Institutional Trustees will designate two members from among persons currently serving as members of the Board of Managers of each of the four State psychiatric hospitals to be appointed in July of each year. The Director of the Division of Mental Health Services or his designee shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Community Mental Health Citizens Advisory Board. The role of the board shall be to serve as both advocate and advisor to the department for the development of effective mental health services in the community. To fulfill this role, the board shall become and continue to be thoroughly acquainted with those programs of the Department of Human Services dealing with mental health and related social services, particularly those administered by the Office of Community Services, and shall regularly review all such programs. It shall advise and recommend on the development of policies and procedures within the general directives of the department covering these programs. The board shall promote and maintain constructive relationships with the county mental health boards, community mental health center boards and other official bodies and organized agencies concerned with mental health services. It shall also serve, where possible, in such advisory capacities to the department in the area of community mental health as are required by Federal statutes. The board shall choose one of its members to act as chairman and shall meet as often as required to conduct the business of the board and to assist and advise in the administration of the duties and responsibilities imposed by this chapter, but not less than 6 times each year. The board, acting on behalf of the State Board of Institutional Trustees and subject to the authority and direction thereof, may establish within itself committees directly concerned with State-operated facilities, State grant-in-aid programs, Federal grant-in-aid programs, planning for comprehensive mental health services and mental health manpower resources, utilization and training, and may establish such other committees as it may determine. The board may, subject to the approval of the State Board of Institutional Trustees, establish any subsidiary unsalaried advisory or consultant committees or study groups as it may deem necessary and proper and shall appoint the members thereof. "Community mental health program" shall mean a program of preventive, treatment and transitional services for mental health clients, provided in accordance with State or Federal regulations. "Department" shall mean the Department of Human Services. "Sponsoring agency" shall mean any county board of freeholders, municipal governing body, board of education or any nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of providing health or welfare services to the community, which establishes, maintains or expands a community mental health program. L.1957,c.146,s.2; amended 1967,c.100,s.2; 1979,c.331,s.2; 1995,c.4,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-12
Applications for license; evidence of ability to comply with minimum standards
Status: in_force

Application for license required by this act shall be made upon forms furnished by the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies. The applicant shall be required to furnish evidence of his or her ability to comply with the minimum standards for administrators to successfully supervise the institution for which the license is sought. L.1968, c. 356, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 and 2 of this act may be known and shall be cited as the "Fair Release and Reentry Act of 2009." L.2009, c.329, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6p — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6p
Coverage of certain prescription refills by Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare during state of emergency.
Status: in_force

1. a. Subject to subsection b. of this section and to the extent consistent with clinical guidelines, the State Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs shall provide coverage of prescription drug refills even when the covered person has not yet reached the scheduled refill date, provided that the prescription itself would remain valid beyond the refill date, in a manner calculated to ensure an enrollee's ability to maintain at least a 30-day supply, or a 90-day supply of a maintenance medication supply at home but not to exceed a 120-day supply on-hand at any given time. The coverage shall be provided based on the authorization for the most recently filled prescription and additional authorization for the refill shall not be required. b. The provisions of this section shall be in effect if:
(1) a state of emergency or public health emergency is declared by the State or federal government, or an emergency supply of a drug is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and (2) the Commissioner of Human Services determines that an emergency supply of prescription drugs is necessary. c. The coverage shall be provided on an in-network basis to the same extent as for any other refills of prescription drugs, except that: (1) in the event of a drug shortage or access issue, formulary flexibility shall be provided for a covered alternative; and (2) no fees shall be imposed for home delivery of the drugs.
d. 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 Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. e. The Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, may develop restrictions on the filling or refilling of prescriptions by pharmacists to address shortage concerns, provided those restrictions shall exclude restricting use for existing conditions to the maximum extent practicable. L.2020, c.30, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7cc — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7cc
Legislative approval of reimbursement rate increases.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall submit recommendations to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), for legislative approval of any reimbursement rate increases as may be needed to comply with minimum wage requirements for long-term care facility direct care staff as provided in subsection i. of section 5 of P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a4). The commissioner may recommend that increases for nursing homes be tied to improvements in specific quality and safety metrics. b. No later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of Human Services shall conduct a review of the Department of Human Services' Medicaid value-based payment strategy, including the Quality Incentive Payment Program, to ensure incentives provided under the strategy focus on priority metrics for quality improvement, and shall review and determine whether incentives are an effective means of driving improvements in quality of care and resident and staff safety in nursing homes. c. (1) The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a direct care ratio reporting and rebate requirement, which shall take effect no later than July 1, 2021, pursuant to which nursing homes shall be required to report total revenues collected, along with the portion of revenues that are expended on direct care staff wages, other staff wages, taxes, administrative costs, investments in improvements to the facility's equipment and physical plant, profits, and any other factors as the commissioner shall require. (2) The direct care ratio shall require 90 percent, or such higher percentage as the commissioner may establish by regulation, of a facility's aggregate revenue in a fiscal year to be expended on the direct care of residents. The commissioner shall determine which components of the reporting requirements shall be attributed to direct patient care, administrative costs, and profits. The commissioner may adjust the components of the ratio as appropriate based on current financial information reported by nursing homes and overall performance by the nursing home related to patient safety and quality of care. (3) The commissioner or an entity designated by the commissioner may conduct an audit of the financial information reported by nursing homes pursuant to this section to ensure the accuracy of the information reported and compliance with the requirements of this section, as well as to identify and recover any payments that exceed the allowed cost ratio for administrative costs and profits. (4) In each case where the direct care loss ratio fails to substantially comply with the ratio requirement established pursuant to this subsection, the nursing home shall issue a pro rata dividend or credit to the State and to all individuals and entities making payments to the nursing home for resident services in an amount sufficient to assure that the aggregate amount paid for direct care staff wages, other staff wages, taxes, administrative costs, investments in improvements to the nursing home's equipment and physical plant, profits, and other factors, plus the amount of the dividends and credits, equals the mandatory ratio for the previous calendar year. The pro rata dividend or credit shall be equal to the percentage of payments made by the payor to the nursing home in the previous calendar year out of all payments made to the nursing home for services provided in the previous calendar year from all payment sources. All dividends and credits shall be distributed by June 30 of the year following the calendar year in which the ratio requirements were not satisfied. L.2020, c.89, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.13
Board of managers--Power and authority
Status: in_force

Where the board of chosen freeholders of any county, or the governing body of any municipality, has appointed a board of managers of any hospital pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, the board of managers, with the consent and approval of the board of chosen freeholders or the governing body of the municipality, shall, as to all matters and things under their jurisdiction and control, be vested with the power and authority granted under this act and may make and perform contracts, leases or agreements authorized by this act, subject to the said consent and approval of the board of chosen freeholders or the governing body of the municipality. L.1955, c. 22, p. 75, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of this act: a. "Certified trained personnel" means one or more individuals directly providing mobility assistance vehicle services possessing and carrying upon their persons a current certificate of completion of an advanced medical training course, as determined by the Commissioner of Health. b. "Division" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services. c. "Mobility assistance vehicle service" means the provision of nonemergency health care transportation, supervised by certified trained personnel, for Medicaid recipients who are sick, have an infirmity, or have a disability, and who are under the care and supervision of a physician and whose medical condition is not of sufficient magnitude or gravity to require transportation by ambulance, but does require transportation from place to place for medical care and whose use of an alternate form of transportation, such as taxicab, bus, other public conveyance or private vehicle might create a serious risk to life and health. d. "Medicaid recipient" means any person who is determined to be eligible to receive mobility assistance vehicle services as provided under P.L.1981, c.134 (C.30:4D-6.2 et seq.) and meets the eligibility requirements pursuant to the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c. 413. e. "Provider" means any person, public or private institution, agency or business concern lawfully providing mobility assistance vehicle services authorized under P.L.1981, c.134 (C.30:4D-6.2). L.1981, c.134, s.1; amended 1997, c.102, s.1; 2017, c.131, s.118.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16.5
Financial assistance program for county correctional facilities; eligibility of state prisoners for placement; funding
Status: in_force

a. There is established in the Department of Corrections a long-term, financial assistance program to provide State grants to participating counties to renovate and construct county correctional facilities so that county correctional services may be developed, implemented, operated and improved. b. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is authorized to provide financial assistance, in the form of State grants, to participating counties in order to upgrade county correctional facilities so that county correctional programs may be developed and implemented and the placement of certain State prisoners in medium and minimum-security facilities at the county level effectuated. No State prisoner who is anticipated to have an actual period of confinement in excess of 24 months or convicted of the offense of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses shall be eligible for placement in any county correctional facility under this act. c. With the agreement of the county, prisoners sentenced to terms which may result in an actual period of confinement in excess of 24 months may be housed in county facilities on a pre-release basis for the last 6 to 9 months of their sentences in order to facilitate the reintegration of offenders in the community. d. The program established pursuant to this act shall be funded through bond moneys appropriated to the Department of Corrections from the "Public Purpose Buildings Construction Fund," created pursuant to the "New Jersey Public Purpose Buildings Construction Bond Act of 1980," P.L.1980, c. 119, and from any other bond moneys and capital budget appropriations that may be issued for these purposes subsequent to the enactment of this act. L.1981, c. 498, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.17
Report of professional misconduct.
Status: in_force

3. Any employee of a State psychiatric hospital who, as a result of information obtained in the course of his employment, has reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a clinical treatment staff or nursing direct care staff member working at the hospital has or is engaging in professional misconduct shall report the information to the person designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to this act to receive the report. The report shall contain the name of the staff member, the name of the psychiatric hospital and the unit to which the staff member is assigned, information regarding the nature of the suspected professional misconduct and any other information which might be helpful in an investigation of the case. L.1997,c.70,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.24
Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents.
Status: in_force

10. In the case of a facility located outside the State serving children who are residents of the State, the administrator of the facility shall ensure that an applicant or staff member meets all applicable laws and regulations in that state governing criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks that may be required as a condition of employment. In the event that criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks are not mandated, the administrator of the facility shall require that the applicant or staff member make a voluntary disclosure of any criminal conviction. The results of the disclosure shall be made available to the department, so the department can determine the suitability of the individual for employment at the facility during the time children who are residents of the State are placed in the facility. L.2003,c.186,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-60 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-60
Reports, recommendations.
Status: in_force

8. a. The Medicaid Inspector General shall report the findings of audits, investigations, and reviews performed by the office, and issue recommendations for corrective or remedial action, to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the entity at issue. The Medicaid Inspector General shall monitor the implementation of those recommendations. b. The Medicaid Inspector General shall provide periodic reports to the Governor, and shall issue an annual report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), which shall be available to the public. L.2007,c.58,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-16
Order of court to remedy improper conditions
Status: in_force

If it shall appear after any such investigation of any of the institutions or noninstitutional agencies enumerated in sections 30:1-14 and 30:1-15 of this Title, that the laws relating to the construction, management and affairs of any such institution, and the care, treatment, government and discipline of its inmates or patients are being violated, or that inmates or patients in any such institution are cruelly, negligently or improperly treated or inadequate provision is made for their sustenance, clothing, care, supervision or other condition necessary to their suitable and proper well being, the commissioner or the State board may institute a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the proper superintendent, commissioner, agent, medical director, warden, manager, keeper, chief executive officer or other officer of such institution or in control thereof, or responsible for such violation or omission. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and may direct him to modify any treatment or to apply such remedy, or both, or carry out the requirements of the commissioner or the State board as may be just and effectual. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 504, s. 1; L.1971, c. 384, s. 12, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.9
Annual report
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the effect of the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act on reducing the shortage of skilled nursing and intermediate care facility bed space for Medicaid recipients, the status of the availability of bed space throughout the State and whether any additional admission requirements are necessary to ensure an adequate number of skilled nursing and intermediate care facility beds for Medicaid eligible persons. L. 1985, c. 303, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.11
Application for determination of eligibility for services to developmentally disabled.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an individual who may be eligible for early intervention services pursuant to P.L.1993, c.309 (C.26:1A-36.6 et seq.), functional services through the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services pursuant to Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, or if the individual is developmentally disabled and may be eligible for special educational services pursuant to chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall make an initial, uniform application for the determination of eligibility for services with the department responsible for providing the services being requested at the time the application is made. In the case of a request for early intervention services, an initial application shall be made when a referral for an evaluation of the child is made. In the case of a request for special educational services, an initial application shall be made at the time a child study team conducts the initial evaluation. b. The initial application shall contain: the name, address, telephone number and Social Security number of the applicant; relevant family information; the types of services requested or provided to the applicant; and a consent provision authorizing release of the initial, uniform application to a department, as applicable to the request for subsequent services. The disclosure of the applicant's Social Security number shall be voluntary and shall be requested pursuant to the federal Privacy Act of 1974, Pub.L. 93-579. c. The initial application shall be accepted and used by all the departments enumerated in this section, as authorized by the applicant's consent, for each subsequent request for the provision of services. With each subsequent request for service, the respective department may ask the individual to provide updated information or additional information on specific developmental delays or medically diagnosed mental or physical conditions that is necessary to determine the individual's eligibility for the specific services requested. L.2000,c.112,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-50 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-50
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. 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 to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2001, c.96, s.8; amended 2012, c.17, s.389.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-24.1b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-24.1b
Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff
Status: in_force

Compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class may on recommendation of the county sheriff, be increased by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders. L.1968, c. 269, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1970, c. 117, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.13
Staff member not to supervise immediate family member.
Status: in_force

2. A clinical treatment staff or nursing direct care staff member of a State psychiatric hospital listed in R.S.30:1-7 shall not have direct supervisory responsibilities over any immediate family member. L.1997,c.69,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-8.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-8.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 3 and 4 of P.L.1996, c.150 (C.30:1B-8.3 and 30:1B-8.4): "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Corrections. "Facility" means a State correctional institution or facility listed in section 8 of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-8). L.1996,c.150,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7qq — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7qq
Homemaker-home health aide certification program, family member; definition; report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section, "family member" means a child, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, domestic partner, or one partner in a civil union couple, or any other individual related by blood, and any other individual with a close association that is the equivalent of a family relationship. b. No later than nine months after the effective date of this act and receipt of federal approval for the program, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall establish a program under which a family member of an enrollee in Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare may seek to be certified by the New Jersey Board of Nursing as a homemaker-home health aide and, after receiving that certification, may, under the direction of a registered nurse, provide homemaker-home health aide services to the enrollee through a home care services agency, provided that the enrollee is under 21 years of age and otherwise qualifies to receive those services under Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare. The division shall develop an assessment tool that will allow the division to readily identify enrollees who meet these eligibility criteria. c. The program established pursuant to this section shall require the family member to complete all the training, testing, and other qualification criteria as are required under State and federal law for certification as a homemaker-home health aide. The home care services agency that will employ the family member to provide homemaker-home health aide services to the enrollee shall pay all costs for the family member to become certified as a homemaker-home health aide, and to receive certification as a homemaker-home health aide from the New Jersey Board of Nursing, before providing services under the program established pursuant to this section. In no case shall a family member who becomes a certified homemaker-home health aide under the program established pursuant to this section be required to repay or reimburse the home care services agency for the costs of the family member becoming certified as a homemaker-home health aide under the program. d. The Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall, no later than three years after the date the program is established pursuant to this section, prepare and submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, concerning the viability of the program and the director's recommendations concerning the program. L.2023, c.90, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.8
Definitions relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Alternate" means a person 18 years of age or older who assumes the responsibility of a licensee when the licensee is absent from a community care residence. "Authorized family member" means a relative of the individual with a developmental disability authorized by the individual's guardian, or by the individual if the individual is his own guardian, to receive information pursuant to this act. "Community care residence" or "residence" means a private home or apartment in which an adult or family is licensed by and contracts with the department to provide an individual with a developmental disability with care or training, or both. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Division" means the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services. "Licensee" means one or more persons 18 years of age or older who are named on the license issued by the Department of Human Services to operate a community care residence and have overall responsibility for an individual with a developmental disability. "Negative licensing action" means an action taken that imposes a restriction on a licensee and may include suspension of admissions, issuance of a provisional license of a residence, reduction in the licensed capacity, non-renewal of license, suspension of a license, or revocation of a license. "Office of Licensing" or "office" means the licensing unit of the Department of Human Services for programs in the Division of Developmental Disabilities. "Special Response Unit" means the unit in the department that is charged with investigation of serious unusual incidents, as defined by applicable rules and regulations of the department, and is responsible for the investigation of a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in a community care residence. "Substantiated" means the available information obtained during the investigation of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation indicates a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that an individual with a developmental disability has been harmed or placed at substantial risk of harm by a caretaker or licensee. "Unfounded" means the available information obtained during the investigation of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation indicates a finding that there is no risk to the safety or welfare of the individual with a developmental disability. "Unsubstantiated" means the available information obtained during the investigation of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation provides some indication of a finding that an individual with a developmental disability has been harmed or placed at substantial risk of harm by a caretaker or licensee.1 L.2012, c.69, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.42 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.42
Report, evaluation.
Status: in_force

4. Two years from the date of enactment of this amendatory and supplementary act, the Division of Developmental Disabilities shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report and evaluation of the operation of the Developmental Center at Ancora. L.1987,c.32,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-20
Additional city hospital accommodations; bonds; control and management
Status: in_force

Whenever the municipal board, body or authority having control of the finances of any city shall determine that new or additional hospital accommodations are required in such city, such board, body or authority may issue bonds, either registered or coupon, not exceeding an amount to be computed at the rate of three mills upon each dollar of valuation of real and personal property as last assessed in such city prior to the issue of such bonds, and sell such bonds, at private or public sale, to raise money to pay for the erection and construction and furnishing of new or additional hospital buildings and to purchase the land necessary for the same. All moneys received from the sale of such bonds shall be applied and used for the purposes herein enumerated, and for no other purpose. The lands to be purchased and the buildings to be erected pursuant to this section shall be purchased, erected and furnished by the board, body or authority having charge and control of the finances of such city; but when such new or additional buildings are completed and furnished, the same shall be under the control and management of the board or body having the control and management of the public hospitals in such city.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-36 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-36
Hearing aid assistance
Status: in_force

There is established in the Department of Human Services a program which shall be known as "Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled." L. 1987, c. 298, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-13.1
Shelter, domestic violence victims; location, not public record
Status: in_force

1. Information which may identify the location of a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall not be deemed to be a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et seq.). L.2004,c.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.4
Findings, declarations relative to resource family care.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: each child requiring resource family care should reside in a safe home with a nurturing substitute family who can meet the child's individual needs; the most effective way to ensure the health, safety, general well-being and physical, emotional, social and educational needs of a child residing in a resource family home is to require the annual inspection and monitoring of a resource family home and to obligate a person to secure and maintain a license in order to provide resource family care to a child; therefore, it is in the public interest to license resource family parents and regulate resource family homes in order to ensure the safety, health and proper development of children placed in resource family care. L.2001,c.419,s.2; amended 2004, c.130, s.71.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.): a. "Child" means any person under the age of 13. b. "Child care center" or "center" means any facility which is maintained for the care, development, or supervision of six or more children who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. In the case of a center operating in a sponsor's home, children who reside in the home shall not be included when counting the number of children being served. This term shall include, but shall not be limited to, day care centers, drop-in centers, nighttime centers, recreation centers sponsored and operated by a county or municipal government recreation or park department or agency, day nurseries, nursery and play schools, cooperative child centers, centers for children with special needs, centers serving sick children, infant-toddler programs, school age child care programs, employer supported centers, centers that had been licensed by the Department of Human Services prior to the enactment of the "Child Care Center Licensing Act," P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.), and kindergartens that are not an integral part of a private educational institution or system offering elementary education in grades kindergarten through sixth, seventh, or eighth. This term shall not include: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.95). (2) A program operated by a private school which is run solely for educational purposes. This exclusion shall include kindergartens, prekindergarten programs and child care centers that are an integral part of a private educational institution or system offering elementary education in grades kindergarten through sixth, seventh, or eighth; (3) Centers or special classes operated primarily for religious instruction or for the temporary care of children while persons responsible for such children are attending religious services; (4) A program of specialized activity or instruction for children that is not designed or intended for child care purposes, including, but not limited to, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H clubs, and Junior Achievement, and single activity programs such as athletics, gymnastics, hobbies, art, music, and dance and craft instruction, which are supervised by an adult, agency, or institution; (5) Youth camps required to be licensed under the "New Jersey Youth Camp Safety Act," P.L.1973, c.375 (C.26:12-1 et seq.). To qualify for an exemption from licensing under this provision, a program must have a valid and current license as a youth camp issued by the Department of Health. A youth camp sponsor who also operates a child care center shall secure a license from the Department of Children and Families for the center; (6) Day training centers operated by or under contract with the Division of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services; (7) Programs operated by the board of education of the local public school district that is responsible for their implementation and management; (8) A program such as that located in a bowling alley, health spa, or other facility in which each child attends for a limited time period while the parent is present and using the facility; (9) A child care program operating within a geographical area, enclave, or facility that is owned or operated by the federal government; (10) A family day care home that is registered pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.); and (11) Privately operated infant and preschool programs that are approved by the Department of Education to provide services exclusively to local school districts for children with disabilities, pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-1 et seq. c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Children and Families. d. "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. e. "Parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or any other person having responsibility for, or custody of, a child. f. "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, association, organization, society, firm, partnership, joint stock company, or the State or any political subdivision thereof. g. "Sponsor" means any person owning or operating a child care center. L.1983, c.492, s.3; amended 1992, c.95, s.2; 2006, c.47, s.161; 2017, c.131, s.122.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-14
Minors; release of custody
Status: in_force

No shelter providing care for a minor who was in the actual custody of a parent at the time the parent applied for shelter services shall release the minor to any person, including the child's other parent, without the consent of the parent who sought shelter, except as may be otherwise required by court order. L.1979, c. 337, s. 14, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-12
Purpose of program.
Status: in_force

5. a. The purpose of the program shall be to provide subsidized health insurance coverage, and other health care benefits as determined by the commissioner, to children under 19 years of age and their parents or caretakers and to adults without dependent children, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program. The program may require families to pay copayments. The program shall include the provision of well-child and other preventive services, hospitalization, physician care, laboratory and x-ray services, prescription drugs, mental health services, and other services as determined by the commissioner. b. The commissioner shall take such actions as are necessary to implement and operate the program in accordance with the State Children's Health Insurance Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C.s.1397aa et seq. c. The commissioner: (1) shall, by regulation, establish standards for determining eligibility and other program requirements; (2) shall require that a parent or caretaker who is a qualified applicant purchase coverage, if available, through an employer-sponsored health insurance plan which is determined to be cost-effective and is approved by the commissioner, and shall provide assistance to the qualified applicant to purchase that coverage, except that the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to require an employer to provide health insurance coverage for any employee or employee's spouse or dependent child; (3) may, by regulation, establish plans of coverage and benefits to be covered under the program, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to coverage for medications used exclusively to treat AIDS or HIV infection; and (4) shall establish, by regulation, other requirements for the program, including, but not limited to, copayments. Except as may be required for the NJ FamilyCare Advantage program established pursuant to subsection j. of this section, premiums shall not be established within the program. The commissioner may contract with one or more appropriate entities, including managed care organizations, to assist in administering the program. The period for which eligibility for the program is determined shall be the maximum period permitted under federal law. d. The commissioner shall establish procedures for determining eligibility, which shall include, at a minimum, the following enrollment simplification practices: (1) A streamlined application form as established pursuant to subsection k. of this section; (2) Require new applicants to submit one recent pay stub from the applicant's employer, or, if the applicant has more than one employer, one from each of the applicant's employers, to verify income. In the event the applicant cannot provide a recent pay stub, the applicant may submit another form of income verification as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. If an applicant does not submit income verification in a timely manner, before determining the applicant ineligible for the program, the commissioner shall seek to verify the applicant's income by reviewing available Department of the Treasury and Department of Labor and Workforce Development records concerning the applicant, and such other records as the commissioner determines appropriate. The commissioner shall establish retrospective auditing or income verification procedures, such as sample auditing and matching reported income with records of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and such other records as the commissioner determines appropriate. In matching reported income with confidential records of the Department of the Treasury, the commissioner shall require an applicant to provide written authorization for the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury to release applicable tax information to the commissioner for the purposes of establishing income eligibility for the program. The authorization, which shall be included on the program application form, shall be developed by the commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer; (3) Online enrollment and renewal, in addition to enrollment and renewal by mail. The online enrollment and renewal forms shall include electronic links to other State and federal health and social services programs; (4) Continuous enrollment; (5) Simplified renewal by sending an enrollee a preprinted renewal form and requiring the enrollee to sign and return the form, with any applicable changes in the information provided in the form, prior to the date the enrollee's annual eligibility expires. The commissioner shall establish such auditing or income verification procedures, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection; (6) Provision of program eligibility-identification cards that are issued no more frequently than once a year; and (7) Provision of information regarding other health care programs for which an enrollee may be eligible to any enrollee terminated from the program. e. The commissioner shall take, or cause to be taken, any action necessary to secure for the State the maximum amount of federal financial participation available with respect to the program, subject to the constraints of fiscal responsibility and within the limits of available funding in any fiscal year. In this regard, notwithstanding the definition of "qualified applicant," the commissioner may enroll in the program such children or their parents or caretakers who may otherwise be eligible for the Medicaid program in order to maximize use of federal funds that may be available pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1397aa et seq. f. No child who applies for enrollment in the program who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria for enrollment shall be denied immediate enrollment for any reason. In no case shall any qualified applicant for enrollment be subject to a waiting period prior to enrollment. g. The commissioner shall provide, by regulation, for presumptive eligibility for the program in accordance with the following provisions: (1) A child who presents for treatment at a general hospital, federally qualified or community health center, local health department that provides primary care, or other State licensed community-based primary care provider shall be deemed presumptively eligible for the program if a preliminary determination by hospital, health center, local health department or licensed health care provider staff indicates that the child meets program eligibility standards and is a member of a household with an income that does not exceed 350 percent of the poverty level; (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall also apply to a child who is deemed presumptively eligible for Medicaid coverage pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.); (3) The parent or caretaker of a child deemed presumptively eligible pursuant to this subsection shall be required to submit a completed application for the program no later than the end of the month following the month in which presumptive eligibility is determined; (4) A child shall be eligible to receive all services covered by the program during the period in which the child is presumptively eligible; and (5) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish a limit on the number of times a child may be deemed presumptively eligible for NJ FamilyCare. h. The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall administer an ongoing enrollment initiative to provide outreach to children throughout the State who may be eligible for the program. (1) With respect to school-age children, the commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall develop a form that provides information about the NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs and provides an opportunity for the parent or guardian who signs the school lunch application form to give consent for information to be shared with the Department of Human Services for the purpose of determining eligibility for the programs. The form shall be attached to, included with, or incorporated into, the school lunch application form. The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall establish procedures for schools to transmit information attached to, included with, or provided on the school lunch application form regarding the NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs to the Department of Human Services, in order to enable the department to determine eligibility for the programs. (2) The commissioner or the Commissioner of Education, as applicable, shall: (a) make available to each elementary and secondary school, licensed child care center, registered family day care home, unified child care agency, local health department that provides primary care, and community-based primary care provider, informational materials about the program, including instructions for applying online or by mail, as well as copies of the program application form. The entity shall make the informational and application materials available, upon request, to persons interested in the program; and (b) request each entity to distribute a notice at least annually, as developed by the commissioner, to households of children attending or receiving its services or care, informing them about the program and the availability of informational and application materials. In the case of elementary and secondary schools, the information attached to, included with, or incorporated into, the school lunch application form for school-age children pursuant to this subparagraph shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this paragraph. i. Subject to federal approval, the commissioner shall, by regulation, establish that in determining income eligibility for a child, any gross family income above 200 percent of the poverty level, up to a maximum of 350 percent of the poverty level, shall be disregarded. j. The commissioner shall establish a NJ FamilyCare coverage buy-in program, which shall be known as NJ FamilyCare Advantage. The commissioner shall establish the premium and cost sharing amounts required to purchase coverage, except that the premium shall not exceed the amount the program pays per month to a managed care organization under NJ FamilyCare for a child of comparable age whose family income is less than 350 percent of the poverty level, plus a reasonable processing fee. k. The commissioner, in consultation with the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, shall develop a streamlined application form for the NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs. l. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a hardship waiver for part or all of any premium authorized under this section. A parent or caretaker may apply to the commissioner for a hardship waiver in a manner and form established by the commissioner. If the parent or caretaker can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner, pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner, that payment of all or part of the premium for the parent or caretaker's child presents a hardship, the commissioner shall grant the waiver for a prescribed period of time. L.2005, c.156, s.5; amended 2008, c.38, s.4; 2008, c.53, s.2; 2021, c.132, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.16
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Beneficiary" means a person participating in a State pharmaceutical benefits program. "Board" means the Drug Utilization Review Board established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1998, c.41 (C.30:4D-17.17a) in connection with State pharmaceutical benefits programs. "Compendia" means those resources widely accepted by the medical profession in the efficacious use of drugs which is based on, but not limited to, these sources: the "American Hospital Formulary Services Drug Information," the "U.S. Pharmacopeia-Drug Information," the "American Medical Association Drug Evaluations," and the peer-reviewed medical literature, and information provided from the manufacturers of drug products. "Criteria" means those explicit and predetermined elements that are used to assess or measure drug use on an ongoing basis to determine if the use is appropriate, medically necessary, and not likely to result in adverse medical outcomes. "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Drug interactions" means the occurrence when two or more drugs taken by a recipient lead to clinically significant toxicity that is characteristic of one or any of the drugs present or that leads to the interference with the effectiveness of one or any of the drugs. "Drug-disease contraindication" means the occurrence when the therapeutic effect of a drug is adversely altered by the presence of another disease or condition. "Intervention" means a form of educational communication utilized by the board with a prescriber or pharmacist to inform about or to influence prescribing or dispensing practices. "Medicaid" means the program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "Overutilization or underutilization" means the use or non-use of a drug in quantities such that the desired therapeutic goal is not achieved. "PAAD" means the program of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged and disabled established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.). "Prescriber"means a person authorized by the appropriate State professional and occupational licensing board to prescribe medication and devices. "Prospective drug utilization review" means that part of the drug utilization review program that occurs before the drug is dispensed and is designed to screen for potential drug therapy problems based on knowledge of the patient, the patient's continued drug use and the drug use criteria and standards developed by the board. "Retrospective drug utilization review" means that part of the drug utilization review program that assesses or measures drug use based on an historical review of drug use data against criteria and standards developed by the board on an ongoing basis with professional input. "Standards" means the acceptable range of deviation from the criteria that reflects local medical practice and that is tested on the beneficiary database. "State pharmaceutical benefits program" means the following programs: Medicaid, PAAD, the AIDS drug distribution program, and any other State and federally funded pharmaceutical benefits program. "Therapeutic appropriateness" means drug prescribing and dispensing based on rational drug therapy that is consistent with the criteria and standards developed pursuant to P.L.1993, c.16 (C.30:4D-17.16 et seq.) and section 2 of P.L.1998, c.41 (C.30:4D-17.17a). "Therapeutic duplication" means the prescribing and dispensing of the same drug or of two or more drugs from the same therapeutic class when overlapping time periods of drug administration are involved and when the prescribing or dispensing is not medically indicated. L.1993,c.16,s.1; amended 1998, c.41, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-3e — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-3e
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act, which rules and regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law for a period not to exceed 18 months and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act" P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2022, c.123, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-5
Criminal offenses, persons charged with or convicted of
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall have no application to the commitment of any person charged with or convicted of a criminal offense. L.1952, c. 76, p. 408, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6E / Section 6E-6
Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

6. The commissioner shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature, which report, at a minimum, shall: summarize the activities of the office for the preceding fiscal year; document significant problems affecting persons with disabilities when accessing public services; indicate and analyze trends in the systems of care and services for persons with disabilities; and present any recommendations to further the State's capacity to provide services to, and advocate for the rights of, persons with disabilities, including such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the commissioner desires to present. L.1999,c.91,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-98 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-98
Powers of state board
Status: in_force

The State Board shall have power to: a. Assign to each institution the industries, occupations, vocations and labor to be operated or performed by the inmates thereof, but no new industry shall be established in any institution nor shall any existing industry be enlarged materially except by consent of the State House Commission; b. Establish for each institution and for each industry, occupation and vocation, hours and days of labor, determine the rate of compensation to be paid therein and pay or cause the same to be paid to the worker or his dependents, or apportion the pay between the worker and his dependents; c. Procure and install in each institution the machinery and equipment and furnish the tools, supplies, raw materials, seeds, fertilizers and articles necessary for the operation of the assigned industries and the performance of the assigned occupations and vocations with relation to the determined standards of quality and quantity; d. Establish standards of machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, raw materials; adopt in conjunction with the Division of Purchase and Property in the State Department of Taxation and Finance, styles, patterns, designs and qualities of finished products; determine the cost of production and fix the selling price thereof; e. Establish a uniform system of accounting and cost of production for materials and labor including maintenance and wage payments; f. Prepare and issue a catalogue containing a description and price list of all articles manufactured or produced by all the institutions within its jurisdiction; g. Assign any number of the inmates of any institution to the performance of labor outside the usual limits of the institution of which they are inmates, of whatever character and wherever, within the boundaries of this State, may be determined by the State Board; provided, such labor shall only be employed in enterprises of a public nature or connected with the public welfare or in such work in such places as may be necessary to meet any emergency arising from scarcity of labor on farms. Such labor shall be performed under the direct supervision of an officer or officers authorized by the commissioner; h. Pay from the working capital account or any other funds at its disposal, for the transportation of such laborers to and from the place of detention to the place of assigned labor, and for the proper clothing, maintenance, guarding and medical attention of the assigned laborers; i. Determine the amount to be charged for the labor of such inmates as may be assigned to any work for any other department or branch of the State Government not included within the jurisdiction of this department, and contract and agree with the chief executive officer thereof as to the performance of the work, the rate to be paid therefor, the number of inmates to be assigned and such other details as may be necessary and proper; j. Determine and apportion between the institution furnishing the labor and the institution receiving the benefit thereof the cost of such labor and expenses incident thereto, when such labor is assigned from one institution to another within the jurisdiction of the department; k. Detail keepers, guards or attendants from the employees of any institution as guards for the inmates thereof when out of the institution on assigned labor or to hire additional keepers or guards as may be necessary, paying therefor from the working capital account of such institution and including the cost thereof in the calculated cost of such labor; l. Perform as an independent contractor, with the labor of the inmates of the institutions within its jurisdiction, any public work, either upon the lands of the State or elsewhere; and m. Employ the inmates of any or all of the institutions within its jurisdiction upon any work for the United States Government or any department thereof, upon such terms as the State Board may determine. Amended by L.1948, c. 291, s. 1; L.1948, c. 398, p. 1596, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-16
Supplementary agreements with other states
Status: in_force

The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other States pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this State or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this State, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service. L.1956, c. 178, p. 686, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-9.1
Medicaid contract providers to provide coverage regardless of gender identity, expression.
Status: in_force

12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, any contract between a carrier and the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services that provides benefits to persons who are eligible for Medicaid under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) shall not contain any provision that discriminates, and the carrier shall not discriminate, on the basis of a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression or on the basis that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person. b. The discrimination prohibited by this section shall include: (1) denying, cancelling, limiting or refusing to issue or renew a contract on the basis of a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or for the reason that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person; (2) demanding or requiring a payment or premium that is based in whole or in part on a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or for the reason that the covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person; (3) designating a covered person's or prospective covered person's gender identity or expression, or the fact that a covered person or prospective covered person is a transgender person, as a preexisting condition for which coverage will be denied or limited; or (4) denying or limiting coverage, or denying a claim, for services including but not limited to the following, due to a covered person's gender identity or expression or for the reason that the covered person is a transgender person: (a) health care services related to gender transition if coverage is available for those services under the contract when the services are not related to gender transition, including but not limited to hormone therapy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, and vocal training; or (b) health care services that are ordinarily or exclusively available to individuals of one sex when the denial or limitation is due only to the fact that the covered person is enrolled as belonging to the other sex or has undergone, or is in the process of undergoing, gender transition. c. For the purposes of this section: "Gender expression" means a person's gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth. "Gender identity" means a person's internal sense of their own gender, regardless of the sex the person was assigned at birth. "Gender transition" means the process of changing a person's outward appearance, including physical sex characteristics, to accord with the person's actual gender identity. "Transgender person" means a person who identifies as a gender different from the sex assigned to the person at birth d. Nothing in this section shall preclude the carrier from performing utilization review, including periodic review of the medical necessity of a particular service. L.2017, c.176, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8.1
Clauses waiving right to sue in nursing home admission agreements void, unenforceable.
Status: in_force

1. Any provision or clause waiving or limiting the right to sue for negligence or malpractice in any admission agreement or contract between a patient and a nursing home or assisted living facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), whether executed prior to, on or after the effective date of this act, is hereby declared to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable, and shall not constitute a defense in any action, suit or proceeding. L.2001,c.450,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-61 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-61
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Juvenile Offender Rehabilitation Act." L.1997,c.81, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.2
Working test period and job training program
Status: in_force

The appointing authority shall establish a working test period and job training program for all persons to be appointed under the provisions of this act. The working test period and job training program shall conform to the criteria and standards utilized by the Department of Civil Service and shall be designed to provide at least the minimum qualifications required by Civil Service specifications for the available positions. L.1982, c. 44, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-75 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-75
Amount of recovery
Status: in_force

In any suit for the recovery of the cost of maintenance of a patient able to pay the full cost of hospitalization in any institution of this State, in the absence of express contract stipulating the amount to be paid, the rate as fixed pursuant to section 30:4-67 of this Title shall be construed to be the reasonable and necessary cost advanced for the maintenance of such patient. Amended by L.1965, c. 59, s. 60; L.1969, c. 258, s. 6, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-8.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-8.6
Remission of payment to ACO.
Status: in_force

6. The department shall remit payment of cost savings to a participating Medicaid ACO following approval by the department, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services, of the ACO's gainsharing plan and identification of cost savings and agreement from the federal government to share in the cost of the funds distributed. L.2011, c.114, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.35 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.35
Duties and powers of commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner is directed to enter into contracts and to make payments subject to available appropriations and is empowered to issue all necessary rules, regulations, and administrative orders, and to do or cause to be done all things necessary to implement and administer this act. L.1977, c. 289, s. 7, eff. Dec. 1, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-92 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-92
Compensation for inmates.
Status: in_force

30:4-92. The inmates of all correctional and charitable, hospital, relief, and training institutions within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Corrections shall be employed in productive occupations consistent with their health, strength, and mental capacity and shall receive compensation for this employment as the commissioner shall determine. For the purposes of this section, "productive occupations" shall include all education and workforce skills or vocational training programs made available to inmates in these institutions. Compensation for inmates of correctional institutions may be in the form of cash at established inmate wage rates or remission of time from sentence or both. Remission from the time of sentence shall not exceed one day for each five days of productive occupation, but remission granted under this section shall in no way affect deductions for good behavior or provided by law. From moneys paid to inmates of correctional institutions, the superintendent of the institution shall withdraw sufficient moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-third of the inmate's total income, as may be required to pay any assessment, restitution or fine ordered as part of any sentence, and is authorized to withdraw from the remainder of the inmate's total income an amount not to exceed one-third of the total income as may be required to pay costs and fees charged or owing, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.254 (C.30:7E-2). In addition, all inmates classified as minimum security and who are considered sufficiently trustworthy to be employed in honor camps, farms or details shall receive further remission of time from sentence at the rate of three days per month for the first year of employment and five days per month for the second and each subsequent year of employment. amended 1956, c.38; 1959, c.52; 1985, c.251, s.3; 1991, c.329, s.17; 1995, c.254, s.10; 2015, c.241, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-55 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-55
Use of funds; cash allowances to discharged jail prisoners; contracts with organizations for rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners
Status: in_force

Said funds shall be expended in such manner as shall be fixed, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be adopted, by resolution of the board, by such officers as the board shall by resolution determine; provided any cash allowance to a prisoner shall be made only after individual study of the needs and merits of each case, and, provided, further, that no cash allowance to a discharged jail prisoner shall exceed $25.00, to be paid on the day of discharge. The board may contract with an incorporated welfare or charitable group organized for the rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners. L.1973, c. 24, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7
Sale of lands, buildings by county.
Status: in_force

30:9-7. If county psychiatric hospitals are consolidated as provided by R.S.30:9-6, the county may sell its lands and buildings used for a psychiatric hospital that are unnecessary for hospital purposes, and the sale and conveyance of the lands shall vest in the purchaser title in fee to the premises so sold. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the sinking funds of the county or to the redemption of county bonds, and not otherwise. amended 2013, c.103, s.98.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-49 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-49
Legal settlement in county; aliens
Status: in_force

30:4-49. Except as hereinafter provided, legal settlement in a county within the meaning of this article shall be continuous residence in such county for a period of not less than five years immediately preceding the date of application for admission or commitment, excluding the time, if any, spent by the patient in any charitable, or correctional institution or public hospital. An alien who has taken up his residence in any county in this State immediately upon arriving in this country, having had such county as his destination, and who shall have resided in such county for a period of at least three years immediately preceding the date of application for admission or commitment, shall be deemed to have a legal settlement in such county. Amended 1965,c.59,s.36; 1995,c.155,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-104 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-104
Post-mortem examinations
Status: in_force

The medical director of an institution may with the approval of the board of managers subject the body of an indigent patient to physical examination after death to determine the cause of mental ailment and the cause of death. Such examination may be made by the medical director personally or under his supervision on his written certificate of advisability, but shall not be of such character as to interfere with the appearance of the body when claimed for burial by relatives or friends.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-6
Admission of confined person; period of stay; retransfer
Status: in_force

If the person, for whom the diagnosis is sought, is confined by virtue of any type of criminal or other process, then admission to the diagnostic center may be secured upon application to the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, who may, after examination of the facts and circumstances, arrange for the transfer of such person from his place of confinement to the diagnostic center. Such person shall remain in the diagnostic center for a period not exceeding ninety days, during which time a complete diagnosis shall be made and a report and recommendation thereon in writing given to the agency requesting the service. Upon completion of the diagnosis, the commissioner shall order the retransfer of the person to his former place of confinement, there to be dealt with in accordance with the statutes in such case made and provided. If necessary, the center may make said retransfer to the former place of confinement. L.1946, c. 118, p. 551, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-1.2c — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1.2c
Definitions relative to State contracts for social services.
Status: in_force

4. As used in this act: 'Covered employee' means any regular full-time or regular part-time employee who principally works for a covered provider and who performs or provides any type of work to deliver those services to individuals who are eligible to receive those services. 'Covered provider' means the entity entering into a Contract with the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families to provide mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services that employs more than 10 covered employees. 'Labor harmony agreement' means an agreement between a provider and any exclusive representative labor organization which represents or seeks to represent employees performing services under contract with the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families that contains a provision prohibiting economic or industrial action on the part of all parties and includes a process for the resolution of disputes between them. 'Labor organization' means a labor organization that is the collective bargaining representative of not less than 1,000 employees in the State of New Jersey that serve in similar classifications or provide similar services as those provided by the employees performing the contract for the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Children and Families contemplated in this act. L.2021, c.1, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.22
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

8. Nothing in P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) shall be construed to apply to a hospital operated by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of R.S.30:9-13. L.2006,c.46,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7yy — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7yy
Statistics made available, step therapy exception request approvals, denials, managed care organization.
Status: in_force

5. A managed care organization shall make statistics available regarding step therapy exception request approvals and denials on its Internet website in a readily accessible format, as determined by the Commissioner of Human Services, or the commissioner's designee. The commissioner shall determine by regulation the statistics and format of the statistics that are made available. L.2025, c.50, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15.3
Rules, regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Human Services concerning out-of-State placements for children.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and within 180 days after the effective date of this act, shall adopt rules and regulations that prescribe standards for the placement of children from this State in out-of-State residential schools and programs, and shall include the following: (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, prior to entering into a contract with or licensing an out-of-State residential school or program, the Department of Human Services shall conduct an evaluation and inspection of the school or program, which shall include a site visit and such other means, as established by the rules and regulations, to evaluate the school or program. The department may conduct its own inspection or contract with another entity to perform the inspection; (2) In the case of the need for an emergency placement in an out-of-State residential school or program, the department shall ensure that the school or program meets the applicable rules and regulations within 30 days after the placement. If the school or program does not meet the rules and regulations within the 30-day period, the department shall find an alternate school or program that does meet them; (3) The department shall include in its contract with an out-of-State residential school or program the authority to conduct unannounced inspections of the school or program; (4) The department shall include on its official website a list of out-of-State residential schools and programs that the department licenses or contracts with; and (5) The department shall share with the Department of Children and Families reports it receives concerning any accidents, unusual incidents as defined by applicable rules and regulations, or incidents involving suspected abuse or neglect at an out-of-State residential school or program. b. The department, within 18 months after the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the implementation of the provisions of this section and the department's efforts to expand the State's capacity to provide in-State residential schools and programs and reduce out-of-State placements. L.2007, c.286, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.4
"Guardianship services" defined.
Status: in_force

87. "Guardianship services" shall mean those services and programs provided by the Division of Developmental Disabilities for the purpose of implementing its responsibility toward the individuals for whom it is performing the services of guardian of the person. L.1965, c.59, s.87; amended 1985, c.133, s.1; 2010, c.50, s.47.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-11
Funds for training of blind; contributions from federal government
Status: in_force

When, upon investigation, the commission finds that any blind person who is a resident of this State may be enabled to earn his living in part or in whole, by a course of special instruction or training, the commission may, within the limit of available appropriations, grant sufficient funds to, or in behalf of, a blind individual for the purpose of defraying the cost of board, tuition, travel expenses, tools, and other necessary training charges. The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, or its duly authorized representative, is hereby empowered to negotiate with and enter into co-operative agreements with the Federal Government for the purpose of receiving contributions therefrom for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind and any funds so received shall be paid into the State treasury and held for the use of the commission to be used, together with funds obtained from the State and from other sources for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, and for the payment and reimbursement due and growing out of the commission's administration of the State plan for the rehabilitation of the blind which shall include the setting up of necessary rules, regulations, standards, policies and methods of administration in conformity with applicable Federal law and regulation for promoting and carrying through the vocational rehabilitation of blind individuals. Any Federal funds received for administrative purposes shall be made available to the commission as part of its annual appropriation. Amended by L.1944, c. 241, p. 802, s. 2; L.1967, c. 197, s. 1, eff. Aug. 15, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-153 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-153
Correctional institution for women defined
Status: in_force

The Correctional Institution for Women shall include the existing institution at Clinton, and all places where those sentenced to the Correctional Institution for Women may, from time to time, be kept, housed or employed. Amended by L.1970, c. 300, s. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.