N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-11
Supplementary agreements for provision of services or facilities
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XI The duly constituted administrative authorities of any 2 or more party States may enter into supplementary agreements for the provision of any service or facility or for the maintenance of any institution on a joint or cooperative basis whenever the States concerned shall find that such agreements will improve services, facilities, or institutional care and treatment in the fields of mental illness or mental deficiency. No such supplementary agreement shall be construed so as to relieve any party State of any obligation which it otherwise would have under other provisions of this compact. L.1956, c. 178, p. 684, art. XI.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.4
Withdrawals from inmate's account.
Status: in_force

4. The commissioner, as a part of any work release program for an inmate, shall require that any wages, salary, earnings and other income of each gainfully employed prisoner be paid, less payroll deductions required or authorized by law, to the superintendent of the institution who shall deposit such sums so received to the credit of such inmate in a trust fund account at such institution. From such trust fund account belonging to any inmate the superintendent of the institution is empowered to withdraw moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-half the total income, as follows: The superintendent shall withdraw up to one-third of that amount in order to collect assessments, restitutions and fines pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:46-4). The superintendent may withdraw up to two-thirds of that amount as may be required to pay the following: (a) Such costs of maintenance related to the prisoner's confinement as are determined by the State Board of Control to be appropriate and reasonable, including costs and fees charged or owing pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.254 (C.30:7E-2). (b) Necessary travel expenses to and from work or other business and incidental expenses of the prisoner. (c) Support of the prisoner's dependents, if necessary. (d) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.329). (e) Payment of either in full or ratably of the prisoner's debts which have been reduced to judgment or which have been acknowledged in writing by him. (f) The balance, if any, shall be paid to the prisoner in accordance with section 7 of P.L.2009, c.329 (C.30:4-91.16) at the completion of the period of his confinement. L.1969, c.22, s.4; amended 1985, c.251, s.2; 1991, c.329, s.16; 1995, c.254, s.9; 2009, c.329, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-15.1
Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.
Status: in_force

5. a. A child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) may not use or have on its premises a children's product deemed unsafe in accordance with section 2 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.2). This subsection does not apply to an antique or collectible children's product if it is not used by, or accessible to, any child in the child care center. b. The Department of Children and Families shall make the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), available to child care centers by posting the list on the department's website or providing electronic access to the list through its website to the list's posting on the Internet by the Division of Consumer Affairs, so that child care centers may more effectively inspect children's products and identify unsafe children's products. c. (1) The department shall prepare a certification form and require each center to complete the certification form during the process of licensing, renewal, or periodic updating. (2) The department shall retain the certification form completed by each center in each respective center's licensing file. d. Each child care center shall: (1) as part of the licensing, licensing renewal, or periodic inspection process conducted by the department, certify in writing that it has reviewed the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), and that there are no unsafe products in the center; and (2) review the list periodically and make the list accessible to the center staff members and to parents of the children who attend the center. e. The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any child care center, or refuse to issue a license to a center, should the center not comply with any section of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.1 et al.). L.2007,c.124,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5b — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5b
Use of medical cannabis for certain patients with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

2. a. The chief administrator of a facility that offers services for persons with developmental disabilities shall develop a policy authorizing a parent, guardian, or designated caregiver authorized to assist a qualifying patient with the use of medical cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.) to administer medical cannabis to a person who is receiving services for persons with developmental disabilities at the facility. b. A policy adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall, at a minimum: (1) require the person receiving services for persons with developmental disabilities be a qualifying patient authorized for the use of medical cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.), and that the parent, guardian, or designated caregiver be authorized to assist the person with the medical use of cannabis pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.); (2) establish protocols for verifying the registration status and ongoing authorization pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.) concerning the medical use of cannabis for the person and the parent, guardian, or designated caregiver; (3) expressly authorize parents, guardians, and designated caregivers to administer medical cannabis to the person receiving services for persons with developmental disabilities while the person is at the facility; and (4) identify locations at the facility where medical cannabis may be administered. c. Medical cannabis may be administered to a person receiving services for persons with developmental disabilities at a facility that offers such services while the person is at the facility, provided that such administration is consistent with the requirements of the policy adopted pursuant to this section and the provisions of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.). d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize medical cannabis to be smoked in any place where smoking is prohibited pursuant to N.J.S.2C:33-13. L.2015, c.158, s.2; amended 2019, c.153, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-87 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-87
Kinship legal guardianship as alternative disposition.
Status: in_force

10. With respect to a complaint initiated by the division pursuant to P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21 et seq.) and section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15): a. Only the division or the court shall have legal standing to seek a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition. The parents of the child who is the subject of the complaint may request, with appropriate notice to the division, that the court consider a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition. If the division agrees to a kinship legal guardianship arrangement as an alternative disposition, the division shall not be required to file a new petition, but may amend the pending complaint in accordance with the Rules of Court. b. If the court appoints a kinship legal guardian as an alternative disposition, the court shall consider such an appointment as the final disposition of the complaint. L.2001,c.250,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26.6
"Resource family parent" defined.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.1962, c.139 (C.30:4C-26.6 et seq.) "resource family parent" shall mean any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with its approval, for care and shall include any person with whom a child is placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized. L.1962, c.139, s.1; amended 1964, c.102, s.15; 2004, c.130, s.63; 2005, c.169, s.7; 2006, c.47, s.134; 2012, c.16, s.82.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-64 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-64
Contract with community agency.
Status: in_force

2. a. Any community agency under contract with or licensed by the Department of Human Services shall not pay or contract for any employee or agency head for the provision of services unless it has first been determined, consistent with the requirement and standards of P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-63 et seq.), that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police, which would disqualify the community agency head or the community agency employees from such employment. The determination shall be made by the department. A community care residence shall not be qualified to house individuals unless it has first been determined, consistent with the requirements and standards of P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-63 et seq.), that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police, which would disqualify the community care residence applicant, community care residence alternate, or community care residence household member. The determination shall be made by the department. A criminal history record background check shall be conducted at least once every two years for a community agency head, community care residence applicant, community care residence alternate, community care residence household member, and community agency employees; except that the department, in lieu of conducting criminal history record background checks every two years, may determine whether an individual has been convicted of a crime or disorderly persons offense which would disqualify that person by an alternative means, including, but not limited to, a match of a person's Social Security number or other identifying information with records of criminal proceedings in this and other states. If the department elects to implement an alternative means of determining whether an individual has been convicted of a crime or disorderly persons offense which would disqualify that individual, the department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature prior to its implementation on the projected costs and procedures to be followed with respect to its implementation and setting forth the rationale therefor. The department shall notify the community agency or the community care residence if an individual has been determined qualified or disqualified as provided pursuant to P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-63 et seq.). The department's determination of qualification shall not require the community agency or community care residence to employ the individual. The department's determination of disqualification shall require the community agency or community care residence to terminate employment or not offer employment to the individual. b. An individual shall be disqualified from employment under P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-63 et seq.) or the community care residence with whom the individual is associated shall not be qualified to house individuals who receive department services if that individual's criminal history record background check reveals a record of conviction of any of the following crimes and offenses: (1) In New Jersey, any crime or disorderly persons offense: (a) Involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:12-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:13-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq. or N.J.S.2C:15-1 et seq.; or (b) Against the family, children or incompetents, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-1 et seq.; or (c) A crime or offense involving the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, or habitual use of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act," P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-1 et seq.). (2) In any other state or jurisdiction, of conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. c. If a prospective community agency employee or community agency head refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, securing of a criminal history record background check, the person shall not be considered for employment. If a prospective community care residence applicant, alternate, or household member refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, securing of a criminal history record background check, the community care residence shall not be qualified to house individuals who receive department services. d. If an individual who is required pursuant to this section to undergo a criminal history record background check refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check, the person shall be immediately removed from the person's position and the person's employment shall be terminated or, if the individual is affiliated with a community care residence, the community care residence shall not be qualified to house individuals who receive department services. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section to the contrary, provisional employment of an individual is authorized for a period not to exceed six months if the individual submits to the appointing authority a sworn statement attesting that the individual has not been convicted of any crime or disorderly persons offense as described in this act, pending a determination that no criminal history record background information which would disqualify the individual exists on file in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police or in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division. An individual who is provisionally employed pursuant to this subsection shall perform his duties under the supervision of a superior who acts in a supervisory capacity over that individual until the determination concerning the federal and State information is complete, where possible. A community care residence shall not be qualified to house an individual with developmental disabilities while a community care residence applicant, alternate, or household member's criminal history records background check is pending. f. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section to the contrary, no individual shall be disqualified from employment or from being qualified as a community care residence applicant, alternate, or household member on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal history record background check performed pursuant to sections 2 through 7 of P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-64 through C.30:6D-69) if the individual has affirmatively demonstrated to the department, clear and convincing evidence of the individual's rehabilitation. In determining whether an individual has affirmatively demonstrated rehabilitation, the following factors shall be considered: (1) the nature and responsibility of the position which the convicted individual would hold, has held or currently holds, as the case may be; (2) the nature and seriousness of the offense; (3) the circumstances under which the offense occurred; (4) the date of the offense; (5) the age of the individual when the offense was committed; (6) whether the offense was an isolated or repeated incident; (7) any social conditions which may have contributed to the offense; and (8) any evidence of rehabilitation, including good conduct in prison or in the community, counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional work-release programs, or the recommendation of those who have had the individual under their supervision. g. A conviction of a crime or disorderly persons offense against children as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4 adversely relates to a position in a community agency that involves or would involve working directly with a person under 18 years of age. Individuals convicted of such crimes or disorderly persons offenses are permanently disqualified from such employment at a community agency and from being qualified to be a community care residence applicant, alternate, or household member. h. The individual shall have no longer than 14 days from the date of the written notice of disqualification pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c. 358 (C.30:6D-66) to provide evidence of affirmatively demonstrated rehabilitation to the department as provided pursuant to this section. i. The department shall have no longer than 60 days from the date of receipt of evidence of the individual's affirmatively developed rehabilitation to make a determination on the individual's qualification. The department shall notify the individual and the community agency or community care residence in writing of the determination of the individual's qualification or disqualification no longer than 60 days from the date of receipt of evidence of the individual's affirmatively developed rehabilitation. The written notice may be transmitted electronically if the individual authorizes the department to transmit the information electronically. L.1999, c.358, s.2; amended 2000, c.97, s.2; 2009, c.254, s.2; 2017, c.328, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-23 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-23
Voluntary surrenders, releases of custody, consents to adoption.
Status: in_force

23. In addition to the methods otherwise provided in this article for establishing guardianship by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, and when necessary to carry out the provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, after due investigation and consideration, may, in cases where it would be to the permanent advantage of the child, take voluntary surrenders and releases of custody and consents to adoption from the parent, parents, guardians, or other persons or agencies having the right or authority to give such surrenders, releases, or consents. Such surrenders, releases, or consents, when properly acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of proofs in the State of New Jersey, shall be valid and binding irrespective of the age of the person giving the same, and shall be irrevocable except at the discretion of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. L.1951, c.138, s.23; amended 1962, c.197, s.24; 2012, c.16, s.73.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-76 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-76
Actions by department after receiving reports.
Status: in_force

4. a. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-75), the department shall designate an entity, as established by the commissioner, that shall immediately take such action as shall be necessary to ensure the safety of the individual with a developmental disability and to that end may request appropriate assistance from local and State law enforcement officials or contact Adult Protective Services to provide assistance in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1993, c.249 (C.52:27D-406 et seq.). The guardian of the individual with a developmental disability shall also be authorized to request appropriate assistance from local and State law enforcement officials. b. (1) The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to provide for an investigation of a reported incident and subsequent substantiation or non-substantiation of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability by a caregiver, which shall include: (a) maintaining an Office of Investigations to investigate serious unusual incidents, as defined by applicable rules and regulations, in facilities or programs licensed, contracted, or regulated by the department and to investigate incidents that occur in State developmental centers; (b) providing the guardian of the individual with prior notice of the commencement of an investigation under this section, and providing an opportunity for the guardian, as appropriate, to submit information to facilitate an investigation, except that, if there is no guardian, a family member of the individual may submit information, unless the individual has expressly prohibited the family member from doing so; and (c) providing that a guardian of an individual with a developmental disability, upon request, may be permitted to attend the investigative interview of the individual the guardian represents and to terminate the interview of the individual the guardian represents, unless the attendance or termination would impede the investigation. (2) During its investigation of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability by a caregiver, the Office of Investigations shall make a good faith effort to notify the caregiver of the possibility of the caregiver's inclusion on the registry, and give the caregiver an opportunity to respond to the department concerning the allegation. c. The Office of Investigations, the department, or other investigating entity shall forward to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, a substantiated incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability for inclusion of an offending caregiver on the central registry. The Office of Investigations, the department, or other investigating entity shall also forward to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, all unsubstantiated incidents of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability. As soon as possible, and no later than 14 days after receipt of the incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review the incident. The offending caregiver of a substantiated incident shall be included on the central registry as expeditiously as possible. The Office of Investigations shall retain a record of all unsubstantiated incidents. d. Upon the initiation of an investigation, the department shall: (1) ensure that any communication concerning the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability between a caregiver, case manager of the caregiver, the case manager's supervisor, or a person at the appropriate Community Services Office of the Division of Developmental Disabilities is identified, safeguarded from loss or destruction, and maintained in a secure location; and (2) contact the Office of the Attorney General, which shall determine whether to participate in the investigation. e. (1) No later than 30 days after an investigation under this section is concluded, the Office of Investigations shall issue a written report of the investigation that includes the conclusions of the office, the rationale for the conclusions, and a detailed summary of any communication secured pursuant to subsection d. of this section. The report shall also include an assessment of the role of any case manager of a caregiver or the case manager's supervisor, if applicable, in the allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and a recommendation about whether any civil or criminal action should be brought against the case manager or supervisor. The report shall be made part of the record for review in any civil or criminal proceeding that may ensue. (2) A written summary of the investigation, as provided for in paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall be provided to the guardian of the individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; however, the actual records and reports of an investigation shall also be provided to a guardian or other person who is responsible for the welfare of the individual with a developmental disability if the information is needed in connection with the provision of care, treatment, assessment, evaluation, or supervision to the individual and the provision of information is in the best interests of the individual with a developmental disability, as determined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities. (3) The written summary of an investigation of an alleged incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) the name of the individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; (b) the date of the incident, or the date the incident was reported if the incident date is unknown; (c) whether the incident is an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; (d) the incident number; (e) a summary of the allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; (f) a finding that the incident is substantiated or unsubstantiated; (g) the rationale for the finding and, if the incident is substantiated, a description of the action or inaction that precipitated the finding; (h) if known at the time of issuing the summary, whether or not criminal charges against the alleged offending caregiver are pending; and (i) whether remedial action was taken. (4) If there is no guardian of the individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation, the written summary described in paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be provided to a family member of the individual who requests such summary, unless the individual has expressly prohibited the family member from receiving such summary. f. A licensed provider in another state shall be permitted access to the central registry. g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.281) h. The department, the Office of Investigations, the Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit, and any other investigative entity may share, with and among each other, investigative records involving an individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of an investigation of an incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-75) or an investigation of child abuse or neglect pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11). L.2010, c.5, s.4; amended 2012, c.69, s.10; 2017, c.213, s.3; 2017, c.238, s.10; 2025, c.281, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-70 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-70
Annual report.
Status: in_force

6. No later than 12 months following the receipt of data by the iPHD Project pursuant to this act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, in consultation with the Governing Board, shall publish a report that is made available and accessible to the public and that contains the following information: a. A description of the implementation of the iPHD Project, including identification of the sources and types of data received and maintained by the iPHD Project over the prior 12 months; b. A list of all aggregated data maintained by the iPHD Project; c. A description of each IRB-approved disclosure of data or data sets by the iPHD Project; d. A description of disclosures to Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations recognized by the State in accordance with P.L.2011, c.114 (C.30:4D-8.1 et seq.); e. A list of publications and other reports based on iPHD Project data; f. A strategic plan for achieving the purposes of this act during the successive 12 month period; and g. Any other information deemed appropriate by the Governing Board. L.2015, c.193, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-17
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect on July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. L.1946, c. 118, p. 555, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-34 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-34
Grant to study mental health care resources for children.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Children and Families shall distribute a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute to assemble a group of stakeholders to: (1) create a comprehensive visual journey map that outlines families' experiences in obtaining mental health care and related support services for their children; (2) identify the eligibility rules for various pediatric mental health care programs and resources available to children in this State, steps and barriers to accessing these programs and services, and how these programs and services may connect, disconnect, or compete; and (3) provide concrete policy suggestions to improve the structure, funding, mission, and interconnectedness of pediatric mental health care programs ensuring that programs are family- and child-focused. b. The group of stakeholders shall consist of: representatives with subject matter expertise in pediatric mental health care services; pediatric mental health care providers; and mental health care program administrators from counties representing the northern, central, and southern regions of New Jersey. c. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute shall: (1) evaluate the current landscape of pediatric mental health care services across: schools; counties; State agencies including, but not limited to, the Departments of Children and Families, Education, Human Services, and Health; insurers; and the legal system; (2) identify the eligibility rules, covered services, and funding structures for pediatric mental health care programs available to children in this State; (3) conduct qualitative research through interviews and focus groups with families, health care providers, and program administrators across three counties representing the northern, central, and southern regions of New Jersey; (4) review the applicable laws, regulations, and contract terms governing pediatric mental health care services in the State; (5) highlight barriers to care and analyze payment structures, reimbursement rates, and cost-sharing provisions to identify financial barriers to access to pediatric mental health care services; (6) compile and analyze data on pediatric mental health outcomes, stratified by payer type, race, ethnicity, and other relevant characteristics that can identify disparities in access to pediatric mental health care services and pediatric mental health outcomes across different populations; (7) no later than 13 months after the date of enactment of this act, prepare and submit to the Department of Children and Families a document that visually maps the steps a child and family are required to take in order to access mental health care services, covering the initial contact with a mental health care provider to the provision of mental health care and noting all the interactions, required steps, and encountered barriers related to receiving mental health care; and (8) no later than 13 months after the date of enactment of this act, prepare and submit to the Department of Children and Families a document that: summarizes eligibility criteria, coverage details, and payment policies for pediatric mental health care programs available to children in the State; identifies any key issues related to pediatric mental health care and any disparities in mental health outcomes in the State; and includes the advisory group's policy recommendations to improve pediatric mental health care program structures, efficiency, coverage, funding, and interconnectedness. L.2024, c.100, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.31 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.31
Public policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this State to adopt and use every practical program, technique and procedure in order to establish in New Jersey the most effective methods for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency without institutional confinement under court commitment procedures wherever possible. L.1957, c. 90, p. 176, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-19
Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state to assume and thereafter to exercise the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jails in their respective counties, and of the prisoners therein, whenever any such board shall decide, by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of all its members, so to do, and shall file a certificate of such decision attested by the director and the clerk of such board, in the office of the secretary of state. When such certificate shall have been so filed, the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail in such county shall be no longer in the sheriff of that county, but in the board of chosen freeholders thereof, and in such jailer, keeper or warden as they shall appoint for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-18 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-18
Minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any other staffing requirements as may be established by law, every 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 maintain the following minimum direct care staff -to-resident ratios: (1) one certified nurse aide to every eight residents for the day shift; (2) one direct care staff member to every 10 residents for the evening shift, provided that no fewer than half of all staff members shall be certified nurse aides, and each staff member shall be signed in to work as a certified nurse aide and shall perform certified nurse aide duties; and (3) one direct care staff member to every 14 residents for the night shift, provided that each direct care staff member shall sign in to work as a certified nurse aide and perform certified nurse aide duties.
b. Upon any expansion of resident census by the nursing home, the nursing home shall be exempt from any increase in direct care staffing ratios for a period of nine consecutive shifts from the date of the expansion of the resident census. c. (1) The computation of minimum direct care staffing ratios shall be carried to the hundredth place. (2) If the application of the ratios listed in subsection a. of this section results in other than a whole number of direct care staff, including certified nurse aides, for a shift, the number of required direct care staff members shall be rounded to the next higher whole number when the resulting ratio, carried to the hundredth place, is fifty-one hundredths or higher. (3) All computations shall be based on the midnight census for the day in which the shift begins. d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as may be required by the Commissioner of Health for staff other than direct care staff, including certified nurse aides, or to restrict the ability of a nursing home to increase staffing levels, at any time, beyond the established minimum.
e. The minimum direct care staffing ratios required by this section shall not apply to any pediatric long-term care facility licensed by the Department of Health. f. As used in this section, "direct care staff member" means any registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, or certified nurse aide who is acting in accordance with that individual's authorized scope of practice, and pursuant to documented employee time schedules.
L.2020, c.112, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.4
Lien against goods, rights, credits, etc., held by another for use of patient or persons chargeable
Status: in_force

If it is found that any patient or other persons chargeable under said lien are possessed of any goods, rights, credits, chattels, moneys or effects which are held by any person, firm or corporation for the present or subsequent use of said patient, or other persons chargeable under said lien, then the lien provided for herein, or a notice of the existence thereof, may be forwarded by registered mail to said person, firm or corporation and shall become binding upon any property rights so held. Such person, firm or corporation shall thereafter be precluded from disposing of said property rights until said lien is satisfied or until the holder of the lien consents thereto. Any person, firm or corporation disposing of any such property or moneys after receipt of notice of said lien shall be liable to the institution for the value of such property or moneys of which disposition has been made except that, when the corporation upon which service of notice of the lien has been served is a banking institution, the lien shall be effective against such banking institution only in the amount of the accumulated delinquent maintenance stated in such notice. L.1938, c. 239, p. 543, s. 4, eff. May 25, 1938. Amended by L.1947, c. 274, p. 978, s. 3; L.1956, c. 162, p. 651, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-19
Responsibility; authority; contractual terms.
Status: in_force

4. a. The department has the responsibility and authority to contract with family day care sponsoring organizations for the voluntary registration of family day care providers and shall adopt regulations for the operation and maintenance of family day care sponsoring organizations. b. The department shall contract in writing with an agency or organization authorizing the agency or organization to operate as a family day care sponsoring organization to assist in the voluntary registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area and to perform other functions with regard to family day care providers in accordance with the provisions of this act and the regulations adopted thereunder for which purposes the organization shall receive funds from the department based upon a fee for the service. The department shall contract with a family day care sponsoring organization for a period of one year. c. The department shall contract with one family day care sponsoring organization to serve each county; however, the department may, as it deems appropriate, contract with additional family day care sponsoring organizations in a county, except that the department shall make all necessary arrangements to avoid duplication of effort and to promote a cooperative working relationship among the sponsoring organizations. Within one year following the effective date of this act there shall be a family day care sponsoring organization serving each county in this State. L.1987,c.27,s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.104.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.9
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. P.L. 1988, c. 45, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-8.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-8.16
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this act: "Immigration detention agreement" means any contract, agreement, intergovernmental service agreement, or memorandum of understanding that authorizes the State, local government agency, or private detention facility to house or detain individuals for civil immigration violations. "Local government agency" means a county, county sheriff, municipality, or other political subdivision and any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof. "Private detention facility" means any privately owned or operated facility that houses or detains individuals for civil immigration violations. b. On or after the effective date of this act: (1) the State or a local government agency shall not enter into, renew, or extend any immigration detention agreement as defined in subsection a. of this section; or (2) a private detention facility operating in this State shall not enter into, renew, or extend any immigration detention agreement as defined in subsection a. of this section. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit, or in any way restrict, any action where the prohibition or restriction would be contrary to federal law, the United States Constitution, or the New Jersey Constitution. L.2021, c.199, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.35 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.35
Application for plan amendments, waivers.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2010, c.74, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-16.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-16.2
Frivolous lawsuits filed by inmates; determination, recovery of costs, fees; forfeiture of time credits
Status: in_force

1. a. In any civil action filed by an inmate in which the defendant is represented by the Attorney General or county counsel and the Attorney General or county counsel believes the lawsuit is frivolous, the Attorney General or county counsel shall move to recover costs and fees. b. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations providing for the forfeiture of progressive time credits authorized pursuant to R.S.30:4-140 when an inmate's lawsuit: (1) was filed to harass or retaliate against another individual, to disrupt or interfere with the operation of the correctional institution, or for some other malicious purpose, and (2) has been determined by a court to be frivolous. L.1996,c.11,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.5
Court order for care and custody of eligible minors.
Status: in_force

17. Whenever an eligible minor with a developmental disability is found to be neglected or delinquent under any of the statutes of this State pertaining to juvenile delinquency or to abandonment, abuse, cruelty, or neglect of children, the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part having jurisdiction may accompany its application under Class H for admission of the minor to functional services of the department with an order placing the aforesaid minor under the care and custody of the commissioner. L.1965, c.59, s.17; amended 1991, c.91, s.313; 2010, c.50, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11A-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-7
Duration of certificate of approval
Status: in_force

A certificate of approval shall be valid for one year from date of issue, unless sooner revoked or suspended for cause. L.1953, c. 212, p. 1608, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.30 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.30
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds that: a. Certain public general hospitals in this State provide essential health care and special services not provided by any other health care facility available to the whole population. b. Provision of such necessary care without adequate compensation places a severe strain on hospital budgets, limiting expenditures for improved operating efficiencies, and increasing the cost of borrowed funds. c. The primary responsibility for providing essential health care services for those who cannot afford it rests with State and local government. d. A small number of public general hospitals in the State bear a disproportionate share of providing medical and health care facilities or of providing services for indigent patients. e. Effective hospital management requires that the nature and level of any assistance be known before budgeting and capital planning decisions are made. L.1977, c. 289, s. 2, eff. Dec. 1, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-31 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-31
List of maximum quantities and procedures for setting maximum allowable cost; effective date
Status: in_force

The list of maximum quantities per prescription prepared under section 6 of this act and the procedures for setting the maximum allowable cost under section 7 of this act shall not take effect until the end of a period of 60 calendar days after the date on which the plan is transmitted to the Senate and General Assembly on a day in which both Houses are in session unless, between the date of transmittal and the end of the 60-day period the Legislature, upon a review of such plan by the Institutions, Health and Welfare Committees of both Houses acting jointly, passes a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Legislature does not approve of the plan. Any plan submitted following such disapproval shall be subject to the same procedure. L.1978, c. 171, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-103 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-103
Eligibility requirements for program.
Status: in_force

3. a. A child shall be eligible to qualify for the program if the child meets the following requirements at the time of the initial application to the Commissioner of Children and Families for a tuition waiver pursuant to subsection b. of this section: (1) the child is 16 to 23 years of age; (2) the child: (a) has been in the care and custody of the Division of Youth and Family Services in the Department of Children and Families for a period of nine months or more following the child's sixteenth birthday; (b) is or has been residing in an independent living arrangement, or a transitional living program established pursuant to P.L.1999, c.224 (C.9:12A-2 et seq.), operated or approved for payment by the division; or (c) is or has been residing in a transitional living program located in the State of New Jersey and approved for payment by the federal government pursuant to the federal "Runaway and Homeless Youth Act," Title III of Pub.L.93-415 (42 U.S.C.A. s.5701 et seq.); (3) the child has received a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency; and (4) the child has been granted admission to a New Jersey public institution of higher education or county vocational school. b. A child who meets the eligibility requirements listed in this section may apply to the Commissioner of Children and Families for a tuition waiver in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. c. Upon receipt of an application, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall review the application and if the child meets the program eligibility requirements, the commissioner shall approve the application and notify the appropriate New Jersey public institution of higher education or county vocational school that the child qualifies for a tuition waiver. d. Eligibility for the program shall be limited to five years from the date the child applied to the Commissioner of Children and Families for a tuition waiver pursuant to subsection b. of this section. e. Each child approved for the program shall be required to enroll in a full-time degree, diploma or certificate program or course of undergraduate study and retain satisfactory academic progress during the time the child qualifies for a tuition waiver. L.2003, c.132, s.3; amended 2006, c.47, s.157.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-29 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-29
Payments for maintenance.
Status: in_force

29. Subject to the provisions of section 30 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-30), payments for maintenance shall be made by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is hereby empowered to receive from the State Treasurer and from the county treasurer of each county such sums as shall be appropriated for the purposes of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), and shall cause such sums to be set up in a special account or accounts subject to disbursement by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. L.1951, c.138, s.29; amended 1962, c.197, s.30; 2012, c.16, s.92.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.2a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.2a
Commissioner's assistance in obtaining inmate's birth certificate.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Corrections shall offer each inmate, upon request, at least 180 days prior to release from a State correctional facility, assistance with obtaining a copy of the inmate's birth certificate, as issued by the Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics, if the inmate was born in New Jersey. The commissioner shall ensure that all inmates who were born in New Jersey are notified of their ability to obtain the commissioner's assistance in accessing their birth certificates pursuant to this section. L. 2021, c.312, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.59 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.59
Rules, regulations relative to psychiatric facilities operated by DHS.
Status: in_force

17. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, shall: a. adopt rules and regulations, with respect to psychiatric facilities operated by the Department of Human Services, to: (1) provide for the annual reporting by those psychiatric facilities to the Department of Human Services, and the gathering of such additional data, and the sharing of such reported information and additional data by the Department of Human Services with the Department of Health and Senior Services, as is reasonably necessary to oversee and evaluate the implementation of P.L.2005, c.233 (C.26:2H-102 et al.); except that the commissioner shall seek to minimize the burdens of record-keeping imposed by the rules and regulations and ensure the appropriate confidentiality of patient records; and (2) require those psychiatric facilities to adopt policies and practices designed to: (a) make routine inquiry, at the time of admission and at such other times as are appropriate under the circumstances, concerning the existence and location of an advance directive for mental health care; (b) provide appropriate informational materials concerning advance directives for mental health care, including information about the registry of advance directives for mental health care established or designated pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to all interested patients and their families and mental health care representatives, and to assist patients interested in discussing and executing an advance directive for mental health care, as well as to encourage declarants to periodically review their advance directives for mental health care as needed; (c) inform mental health care professionals of their rights and responsibilities under P.L.2005, 233 (C.26:2H-102 et al.), to assure that the rights and responsibilities are understood, and to provide a forum for discussion and consultation regarding the requirements of P.L.2005, c.233 (C.26:2H-102 et al.); and (d) otherwise comply with the provisions of P.L.2005, c.233 (C.26:2H-102 et al.). b. adopt rules and regulations to establish or designate a registry of advance directives for mental health care, which rules and regulations include procedures for accessing the registry L.2005,c.233,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-26 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-26
County jail inmates
Status: in_force

The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for their services upon work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include in its provisions all prisoners employed in any work or service necessary for the maintenance of the county jail or its inmates; but the wage allowed each prisoner shall not exceed fifty cents for each day of eight hours' work by such prisoners. The county governing body is authorized to withdraw from moneys paid to prisoners sufficient moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-third of the inmate's total income, as may be required to pay any penalty assessment, restitution or fine ordered as part of any sentence. Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-22.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-22.2
Meeting of departments, representative; agreement.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services or, if applicable, the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, shall, in a timely manner, meet in good faith with a recognized exclusive majority representative of all family child care providers who are registered and approved as family day care providers pursuant to P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.), for the purpose of entering into an agreement, or negotiating a renewal or extension, with any agreed upon modifications, of any agreement in effect upon the effective date of this act, regarding reimbursement rates, collection and payment of fees, dispute resolution, reporting procedures, benefits, health and safety conditions, and any other matters that would improve recruitment and retention of qualified family child care providers and the quality of the programs they provide, subject to the provisions of this section. Although family child care providers are not State employees, the subjects which may be included in an agreement shall be consistent with the areas which are considered negotiable for public employees who are subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). Nothing in this act shall require that an agreement be reached on any particular matter, provided the parties act in good faith. b. The purpose of this section is to permit family child care providers to select an exclusive majority representative to represent them as provided in this section. This act is intended by the Legislature to provide state action immunity under federal and State antitrust laws for any actions of the State, or joint actions of family child care providers and their exclusive majority representative, to the extent those actions are authorized by this act. The protections and prohibitions regarding unfair practices provided by section 1 of P.L.1974, c.123 (C.34:13A-5.4) shall apply to any family child care providers subject to this act, to the State as their employer, and to their employee organizations, representatives or agents. c. Any agreement entered into, renewed or extended pursuant to this section shall be embodied in writing, shall be binding upon the State of New Jersey, and shall provide for the payment of union dues and representation fees in a manner consistent with the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) which apply to the payment of union dues and representation fees by public employees. d. For the purposes of this act, "family child care provider" shall include all in-home, voluntary, registered, approved family friend and neighbor caregivers and nationally accredited child care providers included in any agreement entered into under the provisions of Executive Order 23, signed August 2, 2006. L.2009, c.299, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-87 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-87
Settlement of persons transferred; copies of records, etc., transferred; notice of transfers to freeholders
Status: in_force

Determination by the original order for commitment as to settlement and indigency shall apply to and govern upon the transfer of a patient or inmate. The rate of payment of maintenance shall be that fixed pursuant to law for the institution to which the patient or inmate is transferred. With the transfer there shall pass to the institution to which the inmate or patient is transferred copies of all records, papers and documents relating to the admission or commitment of the inmate or patient, medical records, securities for the payment of maintenance, and the like. If, for any reason, there has been no determination of settlement or indigency, these facts shall be determined as in an original application, upon the initiative of the chief executive officer of the institution in which such inmate or patient is when transfer is desired. Due notice of the transfer shall be given to the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which such inmate or patient is determined to have a legal settlement, if any, of such transfer having been made. Criminal insane shall be transferred to the house of detention for criminal insane established at the New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton. Amended by L.1953, c. 208, p. 1564, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.1
"Resource family parent" defined.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.1962, c.135 (C.30:4C-27.1 et seq.) "resource family parent" shall mean any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with its approval, for care and shall include any person with whom a child is placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized. L.1962, c.135, s.1; amended 1964, c.102, s.5; 2004, c.130, s.68; 2005, c.169, s.10; 2006, c.47, s.137; 2012, c.16, s.87.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-2.3a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2.3a
State Board of Human Services; abolished, functions, powers, duties; transferred.
Status: in_force

57. a. The State Board of Human Services in the Department of Human Services, established as the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies pursuant to R.S.30:1-2 and continued as the State Board of Human Services pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1971, c.384 (C.30:1-2.2), is abolished; and all of its functions, powers, and duties are transferred to the Department of Human Services, subject to the provisions of P.L.2013, c.253 (C.30:1-2.3a et al.) and in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). b. All appropriations and other monies available, and to become available, to the State Board of Human Services are continued in the Department of Human Services and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which these monies are appropriated, subject to the provisions of this act and any other terms, restrictions, limitations, or other requirements imposed by law. c. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, reference is made to the State Board of Human Services, the same shall mean and refer to the Department of Human Services. L.2013, c.253, s.57.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-24
Maternity hospitals in counties of the first class; bond issue
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of a county of the first class, whenever in its judgment the public need requires, may acquire land by purchase, condemnation, gift or otherwise anywhere within the county and erect thereon suitable buildings to be used as and for a maternity hospital. For the purpose of obtaining moneys to acquire the necessary land and to erect thereon such hospital buildings, and the furnishing and equipping of the same, the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may issue and sell the bonds of such county to an amount not to exceed one per centum of the ratables of such county, which bonds shall be issued under the provisions of article one of chapter one of the Title Municipalities and Counties. All necessary charges and expenses that may be incurred in conducting such hospital and in keeping the buildings in repair shall be paid by the board of chosen freeholders from funds raised or to be raised by taxation, as other county expenses are raised and paid. Amended by L.1938, c. 425, p. 1223, s. 1, eff. Dec. 23, 1938; L.1939, c. 340, s. 1, eff. Oct. 2, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.6
Powers and duties of superintendent
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital and subject to the rules, regulations and powers of the board of managers shall: Have general supervision and control of the records, accounts and buildings of the hospital 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 may think proper and necessary for the efficient performance of the business of the hospital, 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; Discharge any patient who shall willfully or habitually violate the rules or regulations of the institution, or who is for any reason no longer a suitable patient. L.1947, c. 34, p. 90, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4B-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-6
Use of terms
Status: in_force

Whenever the term "commissioner" occurs or any reference is made thereto in the "General Public Assistance Law," P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Human Services of the State Department of Human Services. Whenever the term "department" occurs or any reference is made thereto in the "General Public Assistance Law," P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Economic Assistance in the State Department of Human Services. L.1950,c.166,s.6; amended 1989,c.88,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-12
Establishment of law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program.
Status: in_force

2. The Director of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall provide for the establishment, upon the request of the department or force, of a law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral program in accordance with section 5 of P.L.2016, c.58 (C.30:6C-15). In providing for the establishment of these programs, the director shall: a. prescribe by regulation requirements for a law enforcement department to establish, or otherwise authorize the operation within that department, of a law enforcement assisted substance use disorder recovery referral program; b. develop and implement guidelines for the recruitment and training of law enforcement officers and personnel, volunteers, and treatment providers to participate in the program, provided that law enforcement officers may refer or transport program participants to a program volunteer or to a treatment provider for substance use disorder recovery services, health care services, including mental health services, medication-assisted treatment services, and other substance use disorder treatment services but shall not be involved in the provision of such services; c. support and facilitate, to the maximum extent practicable, the linkage of law enforcement assisted substance use disorder recovery referral programs to facilities and programs that may provide appropriate substance use disorder recovery services, health care services, including mental health services, medication-assisted treatment services, and other substance use disorder treatment services to program participants; d. coordinate with law enforcement officials, personnel, and program volunteers to ensure that individuals seeking to participate in the program are treated with respect, care, and compassion; e. establish eligibility requirements for participation in the program which shall include, but not be limited to, the eligibility requirement set forth in the provisions of P.L.2016, c.58 (C.30:6C-11 et seq.); f. develop and implement procedures for determining eligibility to participate in the program, including, but not limited to, conducting a wanted person check pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.282 (C.30:4-91.3c) on each potential program participant; and g. provide procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of information pertaining to the identity, diagnosis, treatment and health information of any program participant. L.2016, c.58, s.2; amended 2023, c.177, s.102.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-27.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-27.1
Sale to municipality
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1971, c. 199 (C. 40A:12-13) or of any other law to the contrary, any county of the first class maintaining a maternity hospital established under R.S. 30:9-24, may, by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders, authorize the transfer and conveyance of the real property, capital improvements and personal property comprising the maternity hospital, at private sale and without consideration, to any municipality within the county maintaining a hospital for the sick and injured pursuant to article 2 of chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. L.1974, c. 8, s. 1, eff. March 5, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.36 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.36
Recommendation for discharge
Status: in_force

13. a. At any time during the involuntary commitment of a person under this act, if the person's treatment team determines that the person's mental condition has so changed that the person is not likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if released, the treatment team shall recommend that the Department of Human Services authorize the person to petition the court for discharge from involuntary commitment status. The Department of Human Services shall notify the Attorney General immediately upon providing such authorization. If a discharge plan has not been developed pursuant to section 14 of this act, it shall be developed forthwith. b. The person shall serve the authorized petition for discharge upon the committing court and the Attorney General. The Attorney General may obtain an independent clinical evaluation of the person, which shall be performed within 15 days of receipt by the Attorney General of the authorized petition for discharge. If, within 15 days of receipt of such authorized petition or upon completion of an independent clinical evaluation, if any, the Attorney General files a request for a hearing on the issue of continuing need for commitment and serves notice of that request, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of this act, the court shall schedule a hearing on the issue. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided in section 9 of this act. c. If the person committed pursuant to this act had at the time of such commitment been confined pursuant to an order entered under N.J.S.2C:4-8 concerning acquittal of a criminal charge by reason of insanity or under N.J.S.2C:4-6 concerning lack of mental competence to stand trial, the Attorney General shall provide written notice to the prosecutor of the person's authorized petition for discharge from involuntary commitment status. If, within five days of receipt of such notice, the prosecutor files a request for a hearing on the issue of continuing need for commitment and serves notice of that request, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of this act, the court shall schedule a hearing on the issue. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided in section 9 of this act. d. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person from filing a petition for discharge from involuntary commitment status without authorization from the Department of Human Services. Upon receipt of such a petition, the court shall review the petition to determine: (1) whether the petition contains facts upon which the court could find that the condition of the person has so changed from the time of the filing of the person's prior petition that a hearing is warranted, or (2) whether the petition is supported by a professional expert evaluation or report stating that the person's mental condition has so changed that the person is not likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if released, which evidence had not been provided to the court in its prior annual review. If the petition fails to satisfy either of these requirements, the court shall deny the petition without a hearing. L.1998, c.71, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.52 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.52
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

10. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1995,c.314,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.12
Rights of employees
Status: in_force

No contract, agreement or lease authorized by this act shall deprive any employee of the county or municipality of any civil service status or rights, tenure or pension rights. L.1955, c. 22, p. 75, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6B-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6B / Section 6B-1
Commitment to Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States.
Status: in_force

1. If it is determined in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for the commitment of a person alleged to be mentally incapacitated or otherwise in need of confinement in a psychiatric hospital or other institution for the person's proper care, treatment, or safekeeping, that commitment is necessary and that the person is eligible for care or treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States, the court may commit the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency instead of to a State institution, upon receipt of a certificate from the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment therein, subject to the provisions of this act. Upon commitment, and when admitted to a facility operated by any such agency, the person shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency. The chief officer of a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or institution operated by the other agency to which the person is committed shall, with respect to the retention of the person's custody, transfer, parole, or discharge, be vested with the same powers as that of the chief officer of a State institution if the person had been committed to a State institution. L.1952, c.76, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.89.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-19.1
"New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program" administrators, duties
Status: in_force

28. The director or other chief administrative officer of each agency or office providing or administering assistance under the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program" shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions provided for under subsections e. and f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and the declination form provided for in subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) to be distributed at each such agency or office to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided thereby or to seek a recertification, renewal or change of address relative to the assistance provided at such office. An employee of the agency or office shall inquire of every such person whether the person, if not already registered to vote from the place of his or her present residence, wishes to be so registered and shall inform the person that whether or not the applicant chooses to register will not affect the person's eligibility for those services. The employee shall subsequently review the forms to determine whether or not the person wishes to register to vote. If the person does not wish to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary to complete the declination form and then inform the person that the form will be retained by the employee. If the person wishes to register, the employee shall provide the person with any assistance necessary in completing the voter registration form; shall inform the applicant that the applicant may leave the completed form with the employee or mail it personally to the Secretary of State; and if the applicant chooses to leave the form, shall accept the completed form, stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received, and forward it to the Secretary of State. The employee shall provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the voter registration form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to every agency and office which provides assistance under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) and 42 U.S.C. s.1395 et seq.; c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to the agencies and offices which are located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4); d. provide for the collection of completed voter registration forms by any employee of the agency or office for the transmittal of the forms to the Secretary of State; e. provide that the forms, instructions and assistance specified in subsection a. of this section shall be provided to any person with a disability who receives assistance or services at that person's home from an employee of the agency or office; f. inform each employee of the agency or office who assists in registering a person to vote that that employee shall not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration; (2) display any such political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits; and g. make certain that no information relating to a declination to register to vote by an individual in connection with any type of application for service made by that individual at any agency or office is used for any purpose other than voter registration. L.1994,c.182,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.11d — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.11d
Rights of patient in short-term care facility.
Status: in_force

4. a. A patient in a short-term care facility shall have the following rights, which shall not be denied under any circumstances. A list of these rights shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each room designated for use by a patient and otherwise brought to the patient's attention pursuant to subsection d. of this section: (1) To be free from unnecessary or excessive medication. Medication shall not be administered unless at the written or verbal order of a physician. A verbal order shall be valid only for a period of 24 hours, after which a written order for the medication shall be completed. At least weekly, the attending physician shall review the drug regimen of each patient under the physician's care. Medication shall be administered in accordance with generally accepted medical standards as part of a treatment program. Medication shall not be used as punishment, for the convenience of staff, as a substitute for a treatment program, or in quantities that interfere with the patient's treatment program. In an emergency in which less restrictive or appropriate alternatives acceptable to the patient are not available to prevent imminent danger to the patient or others, medication may be administered over a patient's objection at the written order of a physician, which shall be valid for a period of up to 72 hours, in order to lessen the danger. A patient's right to refuse medication when imminent danger to the patient or others is not present may be overridden by a written policy which has been adopted by the short-term care facility to protect the patient's right to exercise informed consent to the administration of medication. The written policy shall, at a minimum, provide for appropriate procedures that ensure notice to the patient of the decision by the attending physician or other designated physician to administer medication, and the right to question the physician about the physician's decision to administer medication and to provide information to the physician regarding that decision. The written policy shall also provide for review of the patient's decision to object to the administration of medication by a psychiatrist who is not directly involved in the patient's treatment. The psychiatrist shall not override the patient's decision to object to the administration of medication unless the psychiatrist determines that: the patient is incapable, without medication, of participating in a treatment plan that will provide a realistic opportunity of improving the patient's condition; or, although it is possible to devise a treatment plan that will provide a realistic opportunity of improving the patient's condition without medication, a treatment plan which includes medication would probably improve the patient's condition within a significantly shorter time period, or there is a significant possibility that, without medication, the patient will harm himself or others before improvement of the patient's condition is realized. An adult who has been voluntarily committed to a short-term care facility shall have the right to refuse medication. (2) Not to be subjected to psychosurgery or sterilization, without the express and informed, written consent of the patient after consultation with counsel or interested party of the patient's choice. A copy of the patient's consent shall be placed in the patient's treatment record. If the patient has been adjudicated incapacitated, a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold a hearing to determine the necessity of the procedure. The patient shall be physically present at the hearing, represented by counsel, and provided the right and opportunity to be confronted with and to cross-examine all witnesses alleging the necessity of the procedure. In these proceedings, the burden of proof shall be on the party alleging the necessity of the procedure. In the event that a patient cannot afford counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney not less than 10 days before the hearing. An attorney so appointed shall be entitled to a reasonable fee to be determined by the court and paid by the State. (3) To be free from unnecessary physical restraint and seclusion. Except for an emergency in which a patient has caused substantial property damage or has attempted to harm himself or others, or in which the patient's behavior threatens to harm himself or others, and in which less restrictive means of restraint are not feasible, a patient may be physically restrained or placed in seclusion only on an attending physician's written order or that of another designated physician which explains the rationale for that action. The written order may be given only after the attending physician or other designated physician has personally seen the patient, and evaluated the episode or situation that is said to require restraint or seclusion. In an emergency, the use of restraints or seclusion may be initiated by a registered professional nurse and shall be for no more than one hour. Within that hour, the nurse shall consult with the attending physician or other designated physician and, if continued restraint or seclusion is determined to be necessary, shall obtain an order from the attending physician or other designated physician to continue the use of restraints or seclusion. If an order is given, the patient shall be reevaluated by the nurse or the attending physician or other designated physician as to the patient's physical and psychiatric condition and the need for continuing the restraints or seclusion at least every two hours until the use of restraints or seclusion has ended. The patient's attending physician or other designated physician shall enter a written order approving the continued use of restraints or seclusion no later than 24 hours after the time that physical restraint or seclusion began, and only after the physician has personally seen the patient. A written order by the physician for the continued use of restraints or seclusion shall be effective for no more than 24 hours and shall be renewed if restraint and seclusion are continued. A medical examination of the patient shall be conducted every 12 hours by a physician. While a patient is in restraints or seclusion, nursing personnel shall check the patient's hygienic, toileting, food-related, and other needs every 15 minutes. A notation of these checks shall be placed in the patient's medical record along with the order for restraints or seclusion. A patient in restraints shall be permitted to ambulate every four hours, except when the patient's psychiatric condition would make a release from restraints dangerous to the patient or others, and shall be permitted to ambulate at least once every 12 hours regardless of the patient's psychiatric condition. (4) To be free from any form of punishment. (5) Not to receive electroconvulsive treatment or participate in experimental research without the express and informed, written consent of the patient. The patient shall have the right to consult with counsel or interested party of the patient's choice. A copy of the patient's consent shall be placed in the patient's treatment record. If the patient has been adjudicated incapacitated, a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold a hearing to determine the necessity of the procedure. The patient shall be physically present at the hearing, represented by counsel, and provided the right and opportunity to be confronted with and to cross-examine all witnesses alleging the necessity of the procedure. In these proceedings, the burden of proof shall be on the party alleging the necessity of the procedure. In the event that a patient cannot afford counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney not less than 10 days before the hearing. An attorney so appointed shall be entitled to a reasonable fee to be determined by the court and paid by the State. b. A patient receiving treatment in a short-term care facility shall have the following rights, which may only be denied pursuant to subsection c. of this section. A list of these rights shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each room designated for use by a patient and otherwise brought to the patient's attention pursuant to subsection d. of this section: (1) To privacy and dignity. (2) To the least restrictive conditions necessary to achieve the purposes of treatment. (3) To wear the patient's own clothes; to have access to and use nondangerous personal possessions including toilet articles; and to have access to and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of money for expenses and small purchases. (4) To have access to individual storage space for private use. (5) To see visitors each day. (6) To have reasonable access to and use of telephones, both to make and receive confidential calls. (7) To have ready access to letter writing materials, including stamps, and to mail and receive unopened correspondence. (8) To regular physical exercise or organized physical activities several times a week. (9) To be outdoors at regular and frequent intervals, in the absence of medical considerations, commencing two weeks after admission, except where the physical location of the short-term care facility precludes outdoor exercise or would render the supervision of outdoor exercise too onerous for the facility. (10) To suitable opportunities for interaction with members of the opposite sex, with adequate supervision. (11) To practice the patient's religion of choice or abstain from religious practices. Provisions for worship shall be made available to each patient on a nondiscriminatory basis. (12) To receive prompt and adequate medical treatment for any physical ailment. (13) To be provided with a reasonable explanation, in terms and language appropriate to the patient's condition and ability to understand, of: (a) the patient's general mental and physical condition; (b) the objectives of the patient's treatment; (c) the nature and significant possible adverse effects of recommended treatments; (d) the reasons why a particular treatment is considered appropriate; and (e) the reasons for the denial of any of the patient's rights pursuant to subsection c. of this section. c. (1) A patient's rights designated under subsection b. of this section may be denied only for good cause when the attending physician feels it is imperative to deny any of these rights; except that, under no circumstances shall a patient's right to communicate with the patient's attorney, physician, or the courts be restricted. The denial of a patient's rights shall take effect only after a copy of the written notice of the denial has been filed in the patient's treatment record and shall include an explanation of the reason for the denial. (2) A denial of rights shall be effective for a period not to exceed 10 days and shall be renewed for additional 10-day periods only by a written statement entered by the attending physician or other designated physician in the patient's treatment record indicating the detailed reason for the renewal of the denial. (3) In each instance of a denial or a renewal, the patient, the patient's attorney, and the patient's guardian, if the patient has been adjudicated incapacitated, shall be given written notice of the denial or renewal and the reason. d. A notice of the rights set forth in this section shall be given to a patient in a short-term care facility upon admission. The notice shall be written in simple understandable language. It shall be in a language the patient understands and if the patient cannot read the notice, it shall be read to the patient. If a patient is adjudicated incapacitated, the notice shall be given to the patient's guardian. Receipt of this notice shall be acknowledged in writing with a copy placed in the patient's file. If the patient or guardian refuses to acknowledge receipt of the notice, the person delivering the notice shall state this in writing, with a copy placed in the patient's file. L.1991, c.233, s.4; amended 2013, c.103, s.83.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-70 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-70
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

8. The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than three years from the effective date of this act on the effectiveness of the criminal history record background checks in screening out prospective or current community agency heads and agency employees who have criminal history records which render them unfit for employment. The commissioner shall include in the report any recommendations for modifying the provisions of this act. L.1999,c.358,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-55 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-55
Division of Women’s Services, Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance Unit, Department of Corrections.
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established in the Department of Corrections the Division of Women’s Services. The commissioner shall designate a director or assistant commissioner of the division, as determined appropriate by the commissioner, and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities of the division. The department shall develop policies, programs, and services necessary to service incarcerated women and to address: (1) the specific needs of female incarcerated persons, including treatment for physical or sexual abuse or other trauma, parenting issues, and child reunification; (2) the establishment of a system of structured incentives for female incarcerated persons, including, but not limited to, the establishment of: (a) specialized housing; (b) recreational and group activities; (c) housing representatives or a listening group consisting of female incarcerated persons chosen by other female incarcerated persons to act as a liaison between correctional facility administration and the incarcerated persons population; (3) the implementation of procedures which encourage female incarcerated persons to congregate in common areas rather than in isolated cells; and (4) any other areas deemed appropriate by the commissioner. b. Within the Division of Women’s Services there is established a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance Unit. The unit shall be responsible for ensuring the department is in compliance with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, 34 U.S.C. s.30301. The commissioner shall designate an assistant commissioner of the unit and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities of the unit. L.2025, c.305, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-42 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-42
Confidentiality, immunity from liability, retaliation.
Status: in_force

4. a. The name of any person who reports suspected inmate abuse pursuant to this act shall not be disclosed publicly, unless the person who reported the abuse specifically requests the disclosure, there is a judicial proceeding resulting from the report, or the disclosure is in accordance with the law. b. A person who reports suspected abuse pursuant to this act or who testifies in any administrative or judicial proceeding arising from the report or testimony shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability and shall not be retaliated against on account of the report or testimony, unless the person has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. L.2019, c.408, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-54 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-54
Findings, declarations relative to the Office of Medicaid Inspector General.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State of New Jersey expends more than $9 billion in taxpayer funds to fund the Medicaid program each year; b. The State has a continuing responsibility to ensure that funds expended under the Medicaid program are used appropriately and efficiently to promote the public health; c. Fraud, waste, and abuse by providers and recipients in the Medicaid program reduces the ability of the State to properly fund the program and results in harm to the health of the citizens of this State; d. Controlling fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicaid program includes preventing, detecting, and investigating such fraud, waste, and abuse, and referring it for civil or criminal action when appropriate; e. The current system for controlling Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is based largely on formal and informal agreements among the Department of Human Services, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Law and Public Safety, the Department of Health and other local, State, and federal agencies whose clients are served by the Medicaid program or who are otherwise responsible for the control of Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse; f. Centralizing fraud recovery efforts and establishing an independent Office of the Medicaid Inspector General by statute to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud and abuse and coordinate the anti-fraud efforts of all State agencies funded by Medicaid will enhance the efforts of the State to control Medicaid costs; g. The current efforts to control Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse in New Jersey range from investigating providers before they enroll in the Medicaid program to identifying fraud, waste, and abuse on the part of both providers and recipients; h. Changes in federal and State law, as well as in the health care industry and in available technology, suggest that it is time for a comprehensive review of the Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse control infrastructure in this State; i. Toward that end, the Governor has appointed the New Jersey Commission on Government Efficiency and Reform to evaluate the budget, structure, and organization of government in New Jersey, including State agencies, instrumentalities and independent authorities, local and county government and school districts, and advise the Governor on governmental restructuring, effectiveness, best practices, efficiencies, cost-saving measures, and how best to achieve economies of scale in the delivery of services and programs, at the lowest possible cost, consistent with mission and quality; and j. While the State examines and prepares to implement such fundamental, long-term structural changes, the immediate coordination of State efforts to control Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse at all levels of government is essential. L.2007, c.58, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.392.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-22
Full guardianship.
Status: in_force

22. The care, custody or guardianship of the division shall be full and complete for all purposes and shall vest in the division the custody and control of both the person and property of children in its custody or care, and of its wards, whether committed prior or subsequent to the effective date of this act, when the children are in resource family homes, without the necessity of giving bond, and notwithstanding any previous appointment of a guardian for the children under its custody or care or such wards. Such care, custody or guardianship of the division shall enable the division, acting through the chief executive officer of the division or his authorized representative, to prosecute suits, claims and any and all manner of proceedings or actions in law or equity for and on behalf of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes; to demand and receive from all persons, including guardians previously appointed, any and all property of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes; and to hold and administer the real and personal property of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes, or any interest they may have therein; provided, however, that it shall be proper for the division, in its discretion, to hold funds of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes on deposit in one or more banks, building and loan associations, or trust companies in this State, and to apply funds, other than earned income or the corpus of any trust, devise or intestate share, or the proceeds of an insurance contract or a personal injury award which a court specifically awards to a child to make the child whole as a result of an injury, of any child under its custody or care or any ward when the child is in a resource family home against expenditures for the maintenance of such child under its custody or care or ward when the child is in a resource family home. A court of competent jurisdiction shall hear and determine petitions by the division, on behalf of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes, for the transfer of any or all assets being held by guardians previously appointed. The court shall have jurisdiction, in its discretion, to waive costs in any proceedings by the division on behalf of the children under its custody or care or its wards when the children are in resource family homes. L.1951,c.138,s.22; amended 1962, c.197, s.23; 1985, c.8, s.2; 2004, c.130, s.57.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.55 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.55
Review, determination by hearing officer.
Status: in_force

11. a. Prior to the parole eligibility date of each adult inmate, a designated hearing officer shall review the reports required by section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.54), and shall determine whether: (1) the inmate is eligible for administrative parole release pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.364 (C.30:4-123.55d). If an inmate is eligible for administrative parole release, the hearing officer shall at least 60 days prior to the inmate's parole eligibility date recommend in writing to the assigned member of the board panel that administrative parole release be granted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.364 (C.30:4-123.55d); or (2) there is a basis for denial of parole in the preparole report, any risk assessment prepared in accordance with the provisions of subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.52), or the inmate's statement, or an indication, reduced to writing, that additional information providing a basis for denial of parole would be developed or produced at a hearing. If the hearing officer determines that there is no basis in the preparole report, the risk assessment, or the inmate's statement for denial of parole and that there is no additional relevant information to be developed or produced at a hearing, he shall at least 60 days prior to the inmate's parole eligibility date recommend in writing to the assigned member of the board panel that parole release be granted. b. If the assigned member of the board panel or in the case of an inmate sentenced to a county penal institution, the assigned member concurs in the hearing officer's recommendation, he shall certify parole release pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59) as soon as practicable after the eligibility date and so notify the inmate and the board. In the case of an inmate recommended for administrative parole release by the hearing officer pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.364 (C.30:4-123.55d), the assigned member shall review the reports required by section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.54) to confirm eligibility and if the inmate is eligible, shall certify parole release pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59) as soon as practicable after the eligibility date and notify the inmate and the board. In the case of an inmate sentenced to a county penal institution the board shall certify parole release or deny parole as provided by this section, except with regard to time periods for notice and parole processing which are authorized by or otherwise adopted pursuant to subsection g. of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.51). If the designated hearing officer does not recommend release on parole or if the assigned member does not concur in a recommendation of the designated hearing officer in favor of release, then the parole release of an inmate in a county penal institution shall be treated under the provisions of law otherwise applicable to an adult inmate. In the case of an inmate sentenced to a county penal institution, the performance of public service for the remainder of the term of the sentence shall be a required condition of parole, where appropriate. c. If the hearing officer or the assigned member determines that there is a basis for denial of parole, or that a hearing is otherwise necessary, the hearing officer or assigned member shall notify the appropriate board panel and the inmate in writing of his determination, and of a date for a parole consideration hearing. The board panel shall notify the victim of the crime, if the crime for which the inmate is incarcerated was a crime of the first or second degree, or the victim's nearest relative if the crime was murder, as appropriate, who was previously contacted by the board and who has indicated his intention to the board to testify at the hearing, of the opportunity to testify or submit written or videotaped statements at the hearing. Said hearing shall be conducted by the appropriate board panel at least 30 days prior to the eligibility date. At the hearing, which shall be informal, the board panel shall receive as evidence any relevant and reliable documents or videotaped or in person testimony, including that of the victim of the crime or the members of the family of a murder victim if the victim or a family member so desires. If a victim of a crime or the relative of a murder victim chooses not to testify personally at the hearing, the victim or relative may elect to present testimony to a senior hearing officer designated by the board panel. The senior hearing officer shall notify the victim of the right to have this testimony videotaped. The senior hearing officer shall prepare a report, transcript or videotape, if applicable, of the testimony for presentation to the board panel at the hearing. All such evidence not classified as confidential pursuant to rules and regulations of the board or the Department of Corrections shall be disclosed to the inmate and the inmate shall be permitted to rebut such evidence and to present evidence on his own behalf. The decision of the board panel shall be based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing. d. At the conclusion of the parole consideration hearing, the board panel shall either (1) certify the parole release of the inmate pursuant to section 15 of this act as soon as practicable after the eligibility date and so notify the inmate and the board, or (2) deny parole and file with the board within 30 days of the hearing a statement setting forth the decision, the particular reasons therefor, except information classified as confidential pursuant to rules and regulations of the board or the Department of Corrections, a copy of which statement shall be served upon the inmate together with notice of his right to appeal to the board. e. Upon request by the hearing officer or the inmate, the time limitations contained in section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.54) and this section may be waived by the appropriate board panel for good cause. f. Notwithstanding the provision of any other law to the contrary, if an inmate incarcerated for murder is recommended for parole by the assigned board member or the appropriate board panel, parole shall not be certified until a majority of the full parole board, after conducting a hearing, concurs in that recommendation. The board shall notify the victim's family of that hearing and family members shall be afforded the opportunity to testify in person or to submit written or videotaped statements. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an inmate who has his parole revoked and is returned to custody pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.63). g. Notwithstanding the provision of any other law or regulation to the contrary, the board may promulgate rules and regulations for the processing of any inmate whose parole eligibility date is accelerated. For purposes of this section, a parole eligibility date is accelerated when an inmate becomes eligible for parole at the time of or within 120 days of an event or circumstance beyond the control of the parole board, such as sentencing, resentencing or other amendment, including the awarding of additional credit to the original sentence, restoration of authorized institutional time credits or the application of authorized institutional time credits on a future eligibility date established pursuant to subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.56) or subsection a. of section 20 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.64). The rules and regulations shall provide for the preparation and review of a preparole report and shall require that a parole consideration hearing be held not more than 120 days after the board has received notice that an accelerated parole eligibility date has been established. L.1979, c.441, s.11; amended 1982, c.71, s.4; 1983, c.453, s.2; 1989, c.115; 1992, c.59; 1993, c.222; 1997, c.217, s.3; 1999, c.304, s.2; 2001, c.141, s.4; 2019, c.364, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5
Rights of persons receiving services for persons with developmental disability at facility.
Status: in_force

5. a. No person receiving services for persons with developmental disabilities at any facility shall: (1) be subjected to any corporal punishment; (2) be administered any medication or chemical restraint, except upon the written authorization of a physician when necessary and appropriate as an element of the service being received or as a treatment of any medical or physical condition in conformity with accepted standards for that treatment. The nature, amount of, and reasons for the administration of any medication or chemical restraint shall be promptly recorded in the person's medical record; or (3) be physically or chemically restrained or isolated in any manner, except in emergency situations for the control of violent, disturbed, or depressed behavior which may immediately result in or has resulted in harm to the person or other person or in substantial property damage. The chief administrator of the facility, or the chief administrator's designee, shall be notified immediately upon the application of any restraint or isolation, and thereafter the restraint or isolation shall be continued only upon the written order of the administrator or designee. The order shall be effective for not more than 24 hours, and may be renewed for additional periods of not more than 24 hours each if the administrator or designee shall determine that continued restraint or isolation is necessary. While in restraint or isolation, the person shall be checked by an attendant every 15 minutes, and bathed every 24 hours. The restraint or isolation shall be terminated at any time if an attending physician shall find the restraint or isolation to be medically contraindicated. The nature, duration of, reasons for, and notation of attendant checks shall be promptly recorded in the person's medical record; (4) be subjected to shock treatment, psychosurgery, sterilization, or medical behavioral or pharmacological research without the express and informed consent of the person, if an adult who has mental capacity, or of the person's guardian ad litem specifically appointed by a court for the matter of consent to these proceedings, if a minor or an adult who lacks mental capacity or a person administratively determined to have a mental deficiency. The consent shall be made in writing and shall be placed in the person's record. Either the party alleging the necessity of the procedure or the person or the person's guardian ad litem may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to hold a hearing to determine the necessity of the procedure at which the client is physically present, represented by counsel, and provided the right and opportunity to be confronted with and to cross-examine all witnesses alleging the necessity of the procedure. In the proceedings, the burden of proof shall be on the party alleging the necessity of the procedure. In the event that a person cannot afford counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney not less than 10 days before the hearing. An attorney so appointed shall be entitled to a reasonable fee to be determined by the court and paid by the county from which the person was admitted. Under no circumstances may a person in treatment be subjected to hazardous or intrusive experimental research which is not directly related to the specific goals of the person's treatment program. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) of this subsection to the contrary, nothing in this section shall prohibit consent obtained or research conducted pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.316 (C.26:14-1 et seq.) as provided in this paragraph (5). (a) In addition to meeting the requirements of sections 4 and 5 of P.L.2007, c.316 (C.26:14-4 and C.26:14-5), medical research involving persons who are protected by the provisions of this subsection shall also meet the approval of the Interdisciplinary Research Committee established herein. (b) The members of the Interdisciplinary Research Committee shall be appointed by the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Assistant Commissioner. The members shall have diverse backgrounds, represent a variety of professions, and include at least one self-advocate and one family member, neither of whom shall be an employee of the department. (c) The committee shall independently determine whether the criteria set forth in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.316 (C.26:14-3), and where required, the informed consent provisions of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.316 (C.26:14-4), have been met. In addition, the committee may impose such other conditions on approval as it determines are necessary to protect the health, safety, and autonomy of the individuals participating in the medical research. (d) Notices of proposals for medical research received by the committee, and the committee's action on the proposals, shall be posted on the department's website and forwarded to the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, and Disability Rights of New Jersey. (e) Two years after enactment of P.L.2011, c.182 and every two years thereafter, the division shall provide to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), and post on the division's Internet website, a summary of the research proposals reviewed by the committee and the actions taken. b. Every person with a developmental disability in residence at any facility shall be provided with a nutritionally adequate and sufficient diet and shall receive appropriate and sufficient medical and dental care on a regular basis and whenever otherwise necessary. c. Every person with a developmental disability between the ages of five and 21, inclusive, in residence or full-time attendance at any facility shall be provided a thorough and efficient education suited to the person's age and abilities. L.1977, c.82, s.5; amended 2011, c.182; 2013, c.103, s.92.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.7
Rules, regulations pertaining to child abuse record information checks
Status: in_force

7. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act, including but not limited to: a. Procedures for centers to follow in submitting requests for child abuse record information checks on staff members; b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a suspension, denial, revocation, or refusal to renew a license or approval based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; and c. Establishment of procedures for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing the center with the results of the check. L.1997,c.254,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7B-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-15
Authority to designate compact administrator; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Pursuant to said compact, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer or alternate who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party States, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the Governor. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State thereunder and the compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family, if any, of any proposed transferee and to take no final action without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to limit the right of any proposed transferee to habeas corpus. L.1956, c. 178, p. 685, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-21.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-21.2
Inapplicability of C.30:6D-21.1.
Status: in_force

2. The provisions of section 1 of this act shall not apply if: a. The United States Department of Justice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or a federally-designated state protection and advocacy organization has deemed the out-of-State placement facility unsafe for individuals with developmental disabilities residing in the facility. b. The individual does not continue to be served by the same out-of-State provider after the effective date of this act as the out-of-State provider who served the individual prior to the effective date of this act; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply if: (1) the change of provider is due solely to corporate or other organizational restructuring; or (2) the division is unable to provide the individual with equivalent necessary services and supports in-State as the individual received out-of-State and such services and supports are available at another out-of-State provider; c. The individual or the guardian of the individual, as applicable, is not in compliance with the provisions of State regulations at N.J.A.C.10:46D-1.1 et seq., concerning contribution to care and maintenance requirements, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, or the individual or guardian fails to continue to comply with these regulations for the duration of the out-of-State care of the individual; provided, however, that: (1) the division shall provide a payment schedule with reasonable minimum payments to each non-compliant individual or guardian within 60 days of the effective date of this act; and (2) if the individual or guardian agrees in writing to the payment schedule, compliance within 90 days of the effective date of this act shall be presumed; d. The individual is not enrolled in, or has not applied for enrollment in, the State Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), within 90 days of the effective date of this act; or e. The out-of-State provider fails to transmit to the division written reports of life safety oversight and copies of all relevant incident reports required by the law. The division shall provide notice to providers if the reporting requirements change. In the event a provider fails to transmit any relevant required report, the division shall give notice to the provider of the deficiency and the provider shall have 30 days from the date of the notice to cure the deficiency. L.2015, c.192, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-8.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-8.2
Rules and regulations concerning attendance at bedside or funeral
Status: in_force

The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the attendance of any such prisoner or inmate at the bedside or funeral of a dying or deceased relative which shall insure the safekeeping and detention of the prisoner or inmate, and protect the welfare of society and make provision as to such other matters as the State Board may deem necessary and proper for individual circumstances of any case. This act shall be administered so as to give full force and effect to its provisions and to limit its application to deserving cases. L.1948, c. 414, p. 1634, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-9.1
Office of the Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established in but not of the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Office of the Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families is hereby allocated within the Department of the Treasury, but notwithstanding this allocation, the office shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any board or officer thereof, or any other cabinet-level department, board, or officer thereof. The purpose of the ombudsman is to serve as a resource to provide information and support to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their families. b. The Governor shall appoint an Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families, who shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office. The ombudsman shall be a person of recognized judgment, integrity, and objectivity, and shall be skilled in communication, conflict resolution, and professionalism. c. The ombudsman shall organize and direct the work of the office, including the work of such professional and clerical staff as may be necessary to carry out the ombudsman's duties. L.2017, c.269, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-48.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-48.2
Contracts; standards
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county which has adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to this act shall enter into contracts for the housing of inmates with any organization operating a facility or institution designated by the sentencing judge or assignment judge. It shall be the responsibility of the county governing body or its designated representative to insure that each facility or institution is a secure and appropriately supervised place of confinement and that all units are inspected annually. The county governing body may promulgate standards to insure that facilities and institutions were inmates are residing are appropriate for the housing of such persons. L.1981, c. 265, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-15
Persons to whom act applicable
Status: in_force

This act shall apply to every developmentally disabled person who is receiving services from the department, is not related by reason of blood, marriage or adoption to the operator of the community residential facility, and who has been placed into a community residential facility since October 1, 1976 or who will be placed in a community residential facility after the effective date of this act. L.1983, c. 524, s. 3, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-10
NJ Family Care Program.
Status: in_force

3. The NJ FamilyCare Program is established in the Department of Human Services. L.2005,c.156,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-25 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-25
Commodities and Services Council established.
Status: in_force

3. There is established in the Department of Human Services, the Commodities and Services Council for persons who are blind or who have a severe disability. The council shall consist of the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property; the Chief of the Bureau of State Use Industries; the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services; the Executive Director of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; the President of the New Jersey Association for Choices in Community Supports and Employment Services; or their designees; three citizens as at-large members, at least one of whom shall be a person who is blind, and at least one of whom shall represent the private business sector. The at-large members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of three years, except that of the first at-large members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. L.1981, c.488, s.3; amended 1991, c.147, s.3; 1999, c.91, s.12; 2017, c.131, s.125.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-63 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-63
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

11. The Medicaid Inspector General may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to accomplish the objectives and carry out the duties prescribed by this act. L.2007,c.58,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4G-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4G / Section 4G-15
Personal assistance services program.
Status: in_force

3. There is established a personal assistance services program in the Division of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services, to be administered by county designated agencies in each of the 21 counties. The program, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, shall assist adults with permanent physical disabilities in the performance of routine, nonmedical tasks that are directly related to maintaining their health and independence, in order to enable these persons to be employed or receive training or education related to employment, parenting, or volunteering, or to support community-based independent living. The program shall seek to promote the greatest possible degree of self-control and self-direction on the part of each recipient of services. L.1987, c.350, s.3; amended 1993, c.215, s.3; 1999, c.91, s.7; 2009, c.160, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.22
Compliance with licensure, Medicaid requirements; authorization
Status: in_force

4. a. The Children's Hospital of New Jersey shall comply with all State licensure and Medicaid requirements before any health care services may be provided at the designated schools pursuant to this act. b. The Children's Hospital of New Jersey shall obtain authorization in writing from the Newark Board of Education to provide health care services at designated schools pursuant to this act. L.2001,c.333,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-9
Habeas corpus; effect of act on use of writ.
Status: in_force

9. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to restrict the use of the writ of habeas corpus. If a writ of habeas corpus is obtained on behalf of any person confined in a hospital or facility who is receiving treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs, and if it appears at the hearing on the return of the writ that the condition of the person is such as to require further treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs, then the person shall be remanded to the care and custody of a hospital or facility until such time as it appears that the person is no longer in need of institutional care or treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs as provided in P.L.1964, c.226 (C.30:6C-1 et seq.) and may properly be discharged. L.1964, c.226, s.9; amended 2017, c.131, s.128.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-11
Definitions relative to family health care coverage.
Status: in_force

4. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Medicaid" means the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "NJ FamilyCare" or "program" means the NJ FamilyCare Program established pursuant to sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-10 through C.30:4J-12). "Poverty level" means the official federal poverty level based on family size, established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B, the "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)). "Qualified applicant" means: a. a child under 19 years of age: (1) whose family gross income does not exceed 350% of the poverty level; (2) who has no health insurance, as determined by the commissioner, and is ineligible for Medicaid; (3) who is a resident of this State; and (4) who is a citizen of the United States, or has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence into and remains lawfully present in the United States; b. a parent or caretaker: (1) whose gross family income does not exceed 200% of the poverty level; (2) who has no health insurance, as determined by the commissioner, and is ineligible for Medicaid; (3) who is a resident of this State; and (4) who is a citizen of the United States, or has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence into and remains lawfully present in the United States; and c. a single adult or couple without dependent children: (1) whose family gross income does not exceed 100% of the poverty level; (2) who is enrolled in NJ FamilyCare on the effective date of P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.) and is ineligible for Medicaid; (3) who is a resident of this State; and (4) who is a citizen of the United States, or has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence into and remains lawfully present in the United States. L.2005, c.156, s.4; amended 2008, c.38, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
Institutions, facilities covered by Title 30.
Status: in_force

30:1-7. The long-term care facilities, institutions, and psychiatric facilities of this State, within the meaning of this Title, shall include the following, and, as well, any facilities established hereafter for any similar purpose: Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Ann Klein Forensic Center, North Jersey Developmental Center, New Lisbon Developmental Center, Woodbine Developmental Center, Vineland Developmental Center, Woodbridge Developmental Center, Hunterdon Developmental Center. amended 1948, c.60, s.1; 1952, c.65; 1962, c.197, ss.1,49; 1970, c.300, s.1; 1971, c.384, s.3; 1977, c.63, s.10; 1982, c.116, s.1; 1983, c.231, s.3; 1985, c.425; 1987, c.32, s.5; 1987, c.116, s.23; 1987, c.304, s.1; 1988, c.138, s.32; 1994, c.24, s.1; 1998, c.152, s.2; 2001, c.268, s.1; 2013, c.253, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-10
Liberal construction; consistent laws not repealed
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed. Any particular grant of power contained in this act shall be held to be in specification but not in limitation of general powers. Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing any other law or part of any law providing for the settlement, relief, assistance and support of the poor, except in so far as inconsistent therewith; nor shall the provisions contained in this act be construed to repeal other provisions of the law not inconsistent herewith. Nothing in this act shall operate to repeal or nullify the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes (11:1-1 et seq.). L.1951, c. 138, p. 579, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:7D-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 7D / Section 7D-1
Transfer of foreign prisoners
Status: in_force

If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the exchange or transfer of the citizens of that foreign country who are juveniles adjudicated delinquent or persons convicted of criminal offenses pursuant to the laws of this State, the Governor may authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to approve an exchange or transfer pursuant to the terms of a treaty. The Governor may also authorize the commissioner to take any other action which is necessary for the participation of this State in such exchanges or transfers. L. 1986, c. 141, s. 1, eff. Nov. 6, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-39 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-39
Joint workhouses
Status: in_force

The boards of chosen freeholders of two or more counties may unite in establishing or acquiring and maintaining and operating a workhouse in common at such place as they shall agree, which shall be under their joint direction, superintendence and government and the cost and expense of which shall be apportioned by agreement. Commitments to such joint workhouse from a county uniting to establish or maintain the same shall be of full force and effect notwithstanding the workhouse may be without the county. The master of any such workhouse shall do the like services and duties and be under the like regulations and penalties as the masters of other workhouses.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-10
Staff members; bilingual personnel
Status: in_force

To the extent feasible, one or more of the shelter personnel shall be bilingual. An effort shall be made to recruit former victims of domestic assault as staff members. L.1979, c. 337, s. 10, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-29 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-29
Functions, operations of central nonprofit agency
Status: in_force

The functions and operations of the Central Nonprofit Agency shall include but not be limited to the following: a. Receiving and processing all applications from approved rehabilitation facilities for the setting aside of specific commodities and services to be provided by the applying facilities; b. Reviewing and certifying the capabilities of an applying facility to provide a specific commodity or service in keeping with quality standards, quantity and timely delivery requirements; c. Preparing a detailed annual report for submission to the council; d. Establishing and publishing a list of commodities and services provided by approved facilities, with timely revisions for distribution to all purchasing agents of the State and its political subdivisions. L.1981,c.488,s.7; amended 1991,c.147,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.12
Establishment of institution
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established within the Department of Human Services an institution or facility to be known as the North Princeton Developmental Center which shall include all the existing lands and buildings owned by the State of New Jersey and comprising the present Village for Epileptics at Skillman, wherein patients and employees may be maintained, kept, housed and employed and such other buildings and premises as may be provided or hereafter acquired to carry into effect the purposes hereof. L.1953, c. 122, p. 1307, s. 1. Amended by L.1983, c. 231, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.55e — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.55e
Parole compliance credits.
Status: in_force

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.51), any person granted parole, except a person serving a parole term set forth in subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) or section 2 of P.L.1994, c.130 (C.2C:43-6.4), shall have the parole term reduced by parole compliance credits at a rate of one day for every six days of parole supervision the person has completed. Credits awarded pursuant to this section shall cease to accrue upon the issuance of a warrant by the State Parole Board and initiation of parole revocation proceedings. Any credits earned pursuant to this section shall be forfeited upon the revocation of parole. Any compliance credits awarded pursuant to this section based on actions for which parole revocation proceedings were initiated, but did not result in a revocation of parole and return to custody, shall be forfeited upon a determination by the board panel or board that the actions for which compliance credits were awarded violated a condition of parole. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit a parolee's eligibility to receive public health emergency credits pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2020, c.111 (C.30:4-123.55f).
L.2019, c.364, s.5; amended 2020, c.111, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.55 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.55
Definitions relative to funding for community mental health, developmental disability services
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances" means individuals under 18 years of age who meet criteria established by the commissioner, which shall include children and adolescents who are in psychiatric crisis, or children and adolescents who have a designated diagnosis of mental illness under the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and whose severity and duration of mental illness result in substantial functional disability. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Community mental health and developmental disability services" means the following services for persons with serious mental illness, or for persons with developmental disabilities, as appropriate; a. emergency and crisis services provided in programs licensed or approved by the commissioner; b. case management services; c. outpatient services which provide an adequate level of treatment and rehabilitation to persons with serious mental illness; d. residential services, other than inpatient services, provided in programs licensed or approved by the commissioner and in long-term health care facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services, including, but not limited to, assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and residential health care facilities; e. psychiatric rehabilitation services, including, but not limited to, supported employment, supported living, psychosocial clubhouse and other partial care modalities; f. other community support services, including, but not limited to, consumer advocacy, consumer operated self-help activities, drop-in centers, and family education and support services; g. services which are directed toward the alleviation of a developmental disability or mental illness, or toward the social, personal, physical or economic habilitation or rehabilitation of a person with a developmental disability or mental illness, and provided by an agency or program approved by the commissioner; and h. other services as approved by the commissioner. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Developmental disability" means a developmental disability as defined in the "Developmentally Disabled Rights Act," P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-1 et seq.). "Facility" means a State psychiatric hospital or developmental center operated by the department. "Persons with serious mental illness" means individuals who meet criteria established by the commissioner, which shall include persons who are in psychiatric crisis, or persons who have a designated diagnosis of mental illness under the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and whose severity and duration of mental illness result in substantial functional disability. Persons with serious mental illness shall include children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. L.1997,c.258,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-157.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-157.8
Placement of paroled juvenile
Status: in_force

30:4-157.8. As a part of the parole system for juveniles, the board may place any juvenile for whose welfare and improvement such course is deemed advisable, at service or employment; may place any juvenile of school age, for whose welfare such course is deemed advisable, to board in a private family, at a cost not to exceed the per capita maintenance cost of confinement in a juvenile facility, and may send to properly qualified educational or vocational institutions, for purposes of instruction, any juvenile who has shown a capacity for a more extensive training than the facility can provide, at a cost not to exceed the per capita maintenance rate in the facility. Amended 1970,c.300,s.17; 1995,c.280,s.53.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1A-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-6
Duties of council
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the council: a. To make policy recommendations to the interdepartmental policy coordinating committee established pursuant to section 17 of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 30:1A-2) regarding the development and coordination of licensing and enforcement standards in boarding houses and residential health care facilities and the provision of services to their residents; b. To advise the Departments of Human Services, Community Affairs, and Health regarding methods for identification of boarding houses and residential health care facilities for which no license has been issued; c. To advise the departments during the development and revision of regulations; and d. To review and comment upon proposed regulations. L. 1986, c. 205, s. 3, eff. Jan. 5, 1987.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2
Federal prisoners received; subsistence and keep
Status: in_force

Each sheriff and keeper of a jail in any county of this state shall receive all prisoners committed to his custody by authority of the United States and safely keep them until discharged in due course of the laws of the United States. Any sheriff or keeper who neglects or refuses to perform the services and duties required of him by this section, or who offends in the premises shall be subject to like penalties, forfeitures and actions as if such prisoners had been committed under authority of this state. Each such sheriff and keeper shall, on or before the first days of April and October, make out the names of all prisoners who, since the last settlement, shall have been committed to his custody, under the authority of the United States, and the time they shall have been respectively confined, with an account of the amount thereof, at fifty cents per month for the use and keeping of such jail, for every person so committed, together with an account of their subsistence, at the rate established by law for state prisoners, and transmit the same to the United States marshal for the proper district, for payment.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-24
Regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall by regulation establish a system of payments or reimbursements and a system for determining eligibility, including provisions for submission of proof of actual and anticipated annual income, and evidence of complete or partial coverage of prescription drug costs by any other assistance or insurance plans. L.1975, c. 194, s. 5, eff. Aug. 21, 1975. Amended by L.1977, c. 268, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-48 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-48
Confinement in jail or workhouse
Status: in_force

Whenever such person is not employed, and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in jail or workhouse. L.1968, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-75 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-75
"Family preservation services program" defined
Status: in_force

2. For the purposes of this act, "family preservation services program" means an intensive, in-home family education and crisis intervention program and "family preservation direct services worker" means an individual employed by a community-based service organization which provides intensive family education and crisis intervention services to families referred to the family preservation services program created pursuant to this act. L.1993,c.157,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-52 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-52
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.1977, c.424 (C.30:4C-50 et seq.), unless the context indicates otherwise: a. "Child" means any person less than 18 years of age; b. "Child placed outside his home" means a child under the care, custody, or guardianship of the division who resides in a resource family home, group home, residential treatment facility, shelter for the care of abused or neglected children or juveniles considered as juvenile-family crisis cases, or independent living arrangement operated by or approved for payment by the division, or a child who has been placed by the division in the home of a person who is not related to the child and does not receive any payment for the care of the child from the division, or a child placed by the court in juvenile-family crisis cases pursuant to P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-20 et seq.), but does not include a child placed by the court in the home of a person related to the child who does not receive any payment from the division for the care of the child; c. "County of supervision" means the county in which the division has established responsibility for supervision of the child; d. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families; e. "Temporary caretaker" means a resource family parent as defined in section 1 of P.L.1962, c.136 (C.30:4C-26.4) or a director of a group home or residential treatment facility; f. "Designated agency" means an agency designated by the court pursuant to P.L.1982, c.80 (C.2A:4A-76 et seq.) to develop a family services plan. L.1977, c.424, s.3; amended 1978, c.125, s.1; 1982, c.24, s.1; 1987, c.252, s.1; 1999, c.53, s.38; 2004, c.130, s.83; 2005, c.169, s.13; 2006, c.47, s.141; 2012, c.16, s.107.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-51 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-51
Conditions on expending funds.
Status: in_force

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, no funds appropriated for the Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program established pursuant to this act shall be expended unless participating pharmaceutical manufacturing companies execute contracts with the Department of Human Services providing for the payment of rebates to the State under terms substantially similar to those of rebate payment contracts under PAAD, provided that the manufacturer's rebates for the Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program shall apply only to the amount paid by the State under the program. L.2001, c.96, s.9; amended 2012, c.17, s.390.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-178 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-178
Expenses and compensation of persons designated to attend conventions
Status: in_force

Persons designated by the governor of this state to represent the state of New Jersey in the American Prison Association conventions shall be paid their reasonable expenses and such further compensation, not exceeding five dollars a day, for such time actually going to, attending upon and returning from such conventions.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22
Trustees of city hospitals in cities of first class; appointment; terms; bonds; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Whenever the bonds authorized by section 30:9-21 of this title shall have been directed to be issued by the municipal board having charge of the finances in any such city, the mayor of such city may appoint a board of trustees of such city hospital, which board shall consist of five persons residents of such city, at least two of which shall be physicians in good standing. The mayor of such city shall be ex officio a member of such board of trustees. The trustees first appointed shall serve for the term of one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and upon the expiration of their respective terms of office the mayor of such city shall appoint their successors for the full term of five years. Each of such trustees shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. The board of trustees appointed as aforesaid shall be vested with and shall perform all the powers and duties in relation to the management and control of city hospitals in such city as were or are vested in or performed by the municipal board or body having charge and control of any such hospital in such city at the time of the appointment of such board of trustees as aforesaid, and such board of trustees so appointed shall have general charge and control of all city hospitals in any such city from the time of their appointment, and of the new city hospital authorized by section 30:9-21 of this title, when erected, and such board of trustees shall have power to appoint and hire clerks, servants and other necessary employees and fix their salaries, and to make proper rules and regulations for the government of such city hospitals, and generally to do all things necessary for the maintenance of such city hospitals in such city.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.3
Coordinator for Reentry and Rehabilitation Services.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall designate a staff member as Coordinator for Reentry and Rehabilitative Services. The coordinator shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of this position. The coordinator may be chosen by the commissioner from among the current employees of the department and the chosen employee may continue the duties and responsibilities of the current position in addition to the duties and responsibilities of the coordinator position as provided in this section. b. The coordinator shall compile and disseminate to inmates information concerning organizations and programs, whether faith-based or secular programs, which provide assistance and services to inmates reentering society after a period of incarceration. In compiling this information, the coordinator shall consult with non-profit entities, including but not limited to the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, that provide informational services concerning reentry, and the Executive Director of the Office of Faith-based Initiatives in the Department of State, and the Corrections Ombudsperson in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. c. The coordinator shall ensure that inmates are made aware of and referred to organizations which provide services in the county where the inmate is to reside after being released from incarceration. The coordinator shall assist inmates in gaining access to programs and procuring the appropriate services. d. The coordinator may employ professional and clerical staff as necessary within the limits of available appropriations. L.2009, c.329, s.4; amended 2010, c.34, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-22.1
Pharmacy payment condition
Status: in_force

2. Payments to pharmacies made by the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" program in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-22) shall not be made unless, at the time of each prescription drug purchase for which a pharmacy submits a claim, the pharmacy prominently displays on the receipt provided with the drug the usual price charged to other persons in the community by the pharmacy. L.1995,c.5,s.2; per s. 3, expired July 1, 1998.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-14
Guidelines
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services in consultation with the Commissioner of Education shall prepare guidelines for the youth suicide prevention program. In addition to emphasizing the objectives provided in section 2 of this act, the guidelines shall foster cooperation between local boards of education and community mental health services providers. L. 1985, c. 195, s. 3, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-82 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-82
Rules, regulations, reporting procedures.
Status: in_force

10. The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules, regulations and reporting procedures, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the purposes of this act. L.2010, c.5, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4
Management and authority vested in chief executive officers
Status: in_force

Subject to the supervision of the commissioner, the management of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies shall be vested in the chief executive officer thereof who shall be responsible to the commissioner for their efficient, economical and scientific operation. Amended by L.1971, c. 384, s. 19, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-29 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-29
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L. 1987, c. 215, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7tt — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7tt
State plan amendments, waivers, application, implementation, secure financial participation.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. L.2023, c.108, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7.5
Property held in trust; attachment of lien
Status: in_force

If it is found that any party chargeable under any lien or certificate of debt filed pursuant to this act is possessed of any goods, rights, credits, chattels, moneys or effects which are held by any person, firm, or corporation for the present or subsequent use of said individual, then the lien or certificate of debt provided for herein, or a notice of the existence of said lien or certificate of debt, may be forwarded by registered or certified mail to said person, firm or corporation and shall become binding upon any property rights so held. Such person, firm or corporation shall thereafter be precluded from disposing of said property rights until said lien or certificate of debt is satisfied or until the department consents thereto, or until the procedure set forth in section 13 of this amendatory and supplementary act is followed. Any person, firm or corporation disposing of any such property or moneys after receipt of notice of said lien or certificate of debt shall be liable to the department for the value of such property or moneys of which disposition has been made, or the amount set forth in the department's lien or certificate of debt, whichever is less. L.1979, c. 365, s. 10, eff. Feb. 4, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-4a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4a
Reference to board of managers as reference to chief executive officer
Status: in_force

Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the board of managers of any institution, the same shall mean and refer to the chief executive officer of the institution. L.1971, c. 384, s. 25, eff. Jan. 5, 1972. Amended by L.1972, c. 57, s. 3, eff. June 6, 1972; L.1979, c. 441, s. 26, eff. Feb. 21, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.21
Actions relative to revising, terminating inmate vocational training program.
Status: in_force

11. If the Commissioner of Corrections and Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development determine that an inmate vocational training program is not attuned to actual post-release employment opportunities or does not reflect current industry and business workforce needs, or that an inmate vocational training program does not meet the same current curricula standards of programs at private and public vocational training institutions or earn inmates who successfully complete an inmate vocational training program comparable certifications or certificates of achievement to those issued by private and public vocational training institutions, the commissioners, in concert, shall: a. Revise the affected inmate vocational training program to reflect post-release employment opportunities, adjust to changes in industry and business workforce needs, or award inmates who successfully complete the program comparable certifications or certificates of achievement; or b. Terminate the affected inmate vocational training program and direct the inmates participating in that program to alternative inmate vocational training programs. L.2009, c.330, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-27.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-27.6
County employee transferred to municipal employment; membership in county pension fund
Status: in_force

Any employee being transferred from county to municipal employment may retain membership in the county pension fund. If the employee elects to remain in the county pension fund, the municipality shall make the necessary pension deductions and remit same to the county pension fund. L.1974, c. 8, s. 6, eff. March 5, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-1.2
Provisions relative to programs, projects, activities declared as public policy.
Status: in_force

2. It is the public policy of the State that all programs, projects and activities conducted by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the following provisions: a. Individuals with developmental disabilities, including those with the most severe developmental disabilities, are capable of self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life, but often require the provision of community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance; b. Individuals with developmental disabilities and their families have competencies, capabilities and personal goals that should be recognized, supported and encouraged, and any assistance to these individuals should be provided in an individualized manner, consistent with the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities and capabilities of these individuals; c. Individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are the primary decision-makers regarding the services and supports they receive, including services and supports for choosing, from available options, where the individuals live, and they should play decision-making roles in policies and programs that affect their lives; d. Services, supports and other assistance should be provided in a manner that demonstrates respect for individual dignity, personal preferences and cultural differences; e. Individuals with developmental disabilities from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds and their families need specific efforts to ensure that they can enjoy increased and meaningful opportunities to access and use community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance available to other individuals with developmental disabilities and their families; f. Recruitment efforts relating to pre-service training, community training, practice, administration and policymaking must focus on bringing larger numbers of racial and ethnic minorities into these disciplines in order to provide appropriate skills, knowledge, role models and sufficient personnel to address the growing needs of an increasingly diverse population with developmental disabilities; g. With education and support, communities can be accessible and responsive to the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, and they are enriched by the contributions and full and active participation in community activities by individuals with developmental disabilities and their amities; h. Individuals with developmental disabilities should have access to opportunities and the necessary support to be included in community life, have interdependent relationships, live in homes and communities and make contributions to their families, communities, the State and the nation; i. Efforts undertaken to maintain or expand community-based living options for individuals with disabilities must be monitored in order to determine and report to appropriate individuals and entities the extent of access by individuals with developmental disabilities to those options, and the extent of compliance with quality assurance standards by entities providing the options; j. Families of children with developmental disabilities need to have access to, and use of, safe and appropriate child care and before- and after-school programs in the most integrated settings in order to enrich the participation of the children in community life; k. Individuals with developmental disabilities need to have access to, and use of, public transportation in order to be independent and directly contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life; and l. Individuals with developmental disabilities need to have access to, and use of, recreational, leisure and social opportunities in the most integrated settings in order to enrich their participation in community life. L.2003,c.54,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-15.1
Termination of parental rights, standards.
Status: in_force

7. a. The division shall initiate a petition to terminate parental rights on the grounds of the "best interests of the child" pursuant to subsection (c) of section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) if the following standards are met: (1) The child's safety, health, or development has been or will continue to be endangered by the parental relationship; (2) The parent is unwilling or unable to eliminate the harm facing the child or is unable or unwilling to provide a safe and stable home for the child and the delay of permanent placement will add to the harm; (3) The division has made reasonable efforts to provide services to help the parent correct the circumstances which led to the child's placement outside the home and the court has considered alternatives to termination of parental rights; and (4) Termination of parental rights will not do more harm than good. b. The division shall initiate a petition to terminate parental rights on the ground that the "parent has abandoned the child" pursuant to subsection (e) of section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) if the following standards are met: (1) a court finds that for a period of six or more months: (a) the parent, although able to have contact, has had no contact with the child, the child's resource family parent or the division; and (b) the parent's whereabouts are unknown, notwithstanding the division's reasonable efforts to locate the parent; or (2) where the identities of the parents are unknown and the division has exhausted all reasonable methods of attempting identification, the division may immediately file for termination of parental rights upon the completion of the law enforcement investigation; or (3) where the parent voluntarily delivered the child to and left the child with an adult employee, or voluntarily arranged for another person to deliver the child to and leave the child with an adult employee, at a State, county or municipal police station, a fire station of a municipal, county, fire district, or volunteer fire department, the premises of a public or private ambulance, first aid, or rescue squad; or voluntarily delivered the child to and left the child at an emergency department of a licensed general hospital in this State when the child is or appears to be no more than 30 days old, without expressing an intent to return for the child, as provided in section 4 of P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.7), the division shall file for termination of parental rights no later than 21 days after the day the division assumed care, custody and control of the child. c. As used in this section and in section 15 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-15) "reasonable efforts" mean attempts by an agency authorized by the division to assist the parents in remedying the circumstances and conditions that led to the placement of the child and in reinforcing the family structure, including, but not limited to: (1) consultation and cooperation with the parent in developing a plan for appropriate services; (2) providing services that have been agreed upon, to the family, in order to further the goal of family reunification; (3) informing the parent at appropriate intervals of the child's progress, development, and health; and (4) facilitating appropriate visitation. d. The division shall not be required to provide "reasonable efforts" as defined in subsection c. of this section prior to filing a petition for the termination of parental rights if an exception to the requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the family has been established pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-11.3). L.1991, c.275, s.7; amended 1995, c.416, s.3; 1997, c.175, s.18; 1999, c.53, s.30; 2000, c.58, s.3; 2004, c.130, s.56; 2015, c.82, s.3; 2021, c.154, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-15.3
Exceptions from requirement to file petition seeking termination of parental rights.
Status: in_force

31. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall not be required to file a petition seeking the termination of parental rights if: a. The child is being cared for by a relative and a permanent plan for the child can be achieved without termination of parental rights; b. The division has documented in the case plan, which shall be available for court review, a compelling reason for determining that filing the petition would not be in the best interests of the child; or c. The division is required to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the family but the division has not provided to the family of the child, consistent with the time period in the case plan, such services as the division deems necessary for the safe return of the child to his home. L.1999, c.53, s.31; 2012, c.16, s.67.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-7
Eligibility for Family Care Health Coverage Program, women, certain.
Status: in_force

30. Within the limits of funds appropriated pursuant to section 27 of P.L.2004, c.17 (C.17:30D-29) and such other funds as may be available for this purpose, the FamilyCare Health Coverage Program established pursuant to P.L.2000, c.71 (C.30:4J-1 et seq.) shall enroll into the program women whose eligibility under the Medicaid New Jersey Care pregnant women program or the "New Jersey Standardized Parent Service Package," Demonstration Population 3, Medicaid expansion for uninsured pregnant woman, has expired and whose family income does not exceed 100% of the federal poverty level. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a presumptive eligibility process to provide for an efficient transition into the FamilyCare Health Coverage Program from the Medicaid program pursuant to this section. L.2004,c.17,s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 30:13-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-17
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1999,c.426,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-14
Segregation of minors and adults, criminals and non-criminals
Status: in_force

There shall be full and complete segregation of all persons admitted to the center according to their age, sex and nature of their physical and mental condition. Minors shall not come into contact with adults at the center, neither shall those already convicted of crime mix and mingle with others at the center. L.1946, c. 118, p. 554, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.16
Definitions relative to background checks for residential child care staff.
Status: in_force

1. As used in sections 1 through 6 and 8 through 11 of P.L.2003, c.186 (C.30:4C-27.16 et al.): "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families. "Residential child care facility" or "facility" means any public or private establishment subject to the regulatory authority of the department that provides room, board, care, shelter, or treatment services for children on a 24-hour-a-day basis. The term shall include: residential facilities operated by or under contract or agreement with the division to serve 13 or more children with emotional or behavioral problems as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-2); State-operated children's psychiatric facilities providing inpatient treatment; group homes, treatment homes, teaching family homes, alternative care homes, and supervised transitional living homes operated by or under contract or agreement with the division to serve 12 or fewer children with emotional or behavioral problems as defined pursuant to N.J.A.C.10:128-1.2; and shelter care facilities and homes, including shelters serving children in juvenile-family crisis and in need of temporary shelter care, as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-22). "Staff member" means an individual 18 years of age or older who is an administrator of, employed by, or works in a facility on a regularly scheduled basis during the facility's operating hours, including full-time, part-time, voluntary, contract, consulting, and substitute staff, whether compensated or not. L.2003, c.186, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.125; 2006, c.47, s.139; 2012, c.16, s.90.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-64 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-64
Joint legislative committee to monitor and evaluate act; report
Status: in_force

The Institutions, Health and Welfare committees of the Senate and General Assembly, or their respective successors, are constituted a joint committee for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of this act. At least 3 months prior to the date of expiration of this act, the Joint Committee shall report to the Legislature as to whether this act shall be extended, in either its present or modified form, or whether it shall be permitted to expire. L.1977, c. 424, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.5
Completion of check
Status: in_force

5. The division shall complete the child abuse record information check within 45 days after receiving the request for the check. L.1997,c.254,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-27.20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-27.20
Eligibility for employment for certain rehabilitated offenders; determination.
Status: in_force

5. a. For crimes and offenses other than those cited in subsection a. of section 4 of this act, an applicant or staff member may be eligible for employment at, or to administer, a facility if the individual has affirmatively demonstrated to the department clear and convincing evidence of rehabilitation pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. In determining whether an individual has affirmatively demonstrated rehabilitation, the following factors shall be considered: (1) the nature and responsibility of the position at the facility that the convicted individual would hold, has held or currently holds, as the case may be; (2) the nature and seriousness of the offense; (3) the circumstances under which the offense occurred; (4) the date of the offense; (5) the age of the individual when the offense was committed; (6) whether the offense was an isolated or repeated incident; (7) any social conditions that may have contributed to the offense; and (8) any evidence of rehabilitation, including good conduct in prison or in the community, counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional work-release programs, or the recommendation of those who have had the individual under their supervision. c. The department shall make the final determination regarding the employment of the administrator of a facility with a criminal conviction specified under this section. d. The administrator of the facility or the facility's board of directors shall make the final determination regarding the employment of a staff member or applicant with a criminal conviction specified under this section. e. If the administrator of a facility has knowledge that a staff member has criminal charges pending against the staff member, the administrator shall promptly notify the department to determine whether or not any action concerning the staff member is necessary in order to ensure the safety of the children who are placed in the facility. L.2003,c.186,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-54 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-54
Determination by court as to placement.
Status: in_force

5. The court shall, within 15 days following receipt of the notice of the initial placement pursuant to a voluntary agreement, determine, based solely upon the petition and other affidavits and written materials submitted to the court, whether or not reasonable efforts have been made to prevent the placement and whether or not the continuation of the child in his home would be contrary to the welfare of the child, and either approve the placement or order the return of the child to his home, except that, lack of reasonable efforts to prevent placement shall not be the sole basis for the court's order of a return of the child to his home. If the division has documented an exception to the requirement to provide reasonable efforts towards family reunification, the court shall make a finding of whether reasonable efforts are required in accordance with section 25 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-11.3). The child's health, safety and need for permanency shall be of paramount concern to the court when it makes its finding. The court also may require the submission of supplementary material or schedule a summary hearing if: a. The court has before it conflicting statements of material fact; b. The court determines that it is in the best interest of the child; or c. The child's parents or legal guardian requests the hearing. The court shall provide written notice to the parties involved in the hearing at least five days prior to the hearing. The court shall provide written notice of the date, time and place of such hearing to the parents or legal guardian of the child, the child or the child's counsel, the child's temporary caretaker, the division, and any other party the court deems appropriate. If the child's caretaker is a resource family parent, preadoptive parent or relative, the caretaker shall receive written notice of, and shall have a right to be heard at, the hearing, but the caretaker shall not be made a party to the hearing solely on the basis of the notice and right to be heard. L.1977, c.424, s.5; amended 1978, c.125, s.3; 1987, c.252, s.3; 1999, c.53, s.43; 2005, c.169, s.14; 2007, c.228, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-1.5
Voluntary use of services
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any individual to receive services from the commission. L. 1986, c. 147, s. 7, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.1
Provision of comprehensive evaluation, functional and guardianship services.
Status: in_force

84. The department shall provide comprehensive evaluation, functional and guardianship services, as hereafter designated, in order that eligible persons with developmental disabilities may be provided with adequate training, care and protection. Evaluation services shall include: (1) primary evaluation services consisting of inpatient and outpatient facilities for the direct evaluation of medical, psychological, social, educational and related factors affecting the functioning of the individual and pertinent to his need for specialized care, training or treatment as a person with a developmental disability; and (2) secondary evaluation services consisting of facilities for the appraisal of such data available from other sources. L.1965, c.59, s.84; amended 2010, c.50, s.45.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-10
Maintenance of personnel
Status: in_force

An officer or employee required by law to reside at an institution of this state shall, in addition to his salary, be entitled to maintenance for himself and family except when otherwise determined in each case by resolution of the governing body of the institution.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1
Boards of trustees; appointment; terms; vacancies; removal; compensation; organization.
Status: in_force

30:4-1. The State board, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint, from residents of the State without respect to political affiliation or belief, a board of trustees for each State institution or agency or for each group or class thereof as it may determine, which shall include one board of trustees for all adult male State correctional facilities and one board of trustees for all adult female State correctional facilities. The State board, with the approval of the Governor, may appoint a board of trustees or authorize or designate an existing board of trustees whenever the establishment or assumption of jurisdiction over an additional institution, or the acquisition of an institutional site, is authorized by the Legislature. Each board of trustees of an institution shall be known as "the board of trustees" naming the institution or group or class for which the board is appointed. The State board, with the approval of the Governor, shall name the boards of noninstitutional agencies. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the boards of trustees shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members. At least two women shall be members of each board in charge of the institutions or agencies for persons who are blind, or who have a mental illness or developmental disability, and at least two members of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall themselves be legally blind but not employees or related to an employee by blood, marriage, or adoption. The term of each board member shall be three years commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30, of the third year thereafter. A vacancy shall be filled by the State board, with the approval of the Governor, for the unexpired term only. The members of new or additional boards of trustees shall at the time of their appointment be divided into groups so that the terms of two members shall expire on June 30 of the year next succeeding appointment; the terms of two others on June 30 of the second year succeeding appointment; the term of the fifth member and, in case of larger boards the term of the sixth member, on June 30 of the third year succeeding appointment; and the term of the seventh member of a board having seven members on June 30 of the fourth year succeeding appointment. Their successors shall be appointed for three-year terms. The members of boards of trustees shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in the performance of duty. They shall be subject to removal by the State board, with the approval of the Governor, at any time for good and sufficient cause. Annually, on or before July 1 each board of trustees shall elect from its members a chair and vice chair and shall appoint a secretary, with the approval of the chief executive officer of the institution, who shall be an employee of the institution or agency and serve at the pleasure of the board without additional compensation. The term of office of the chair and vice chair shall be until June 30 of the following year or until their successors are elected and qualified. amended 1960, c.74, ss.1,2; 1962, c.197, ss.2,49; 1971, c.384, s.16; 1972, c.58, s.1; 1977, c.63, s.12; 2013, c.103, s.76; 2025, c.305, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-29.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-29.4
Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice
Status: in_force

The lien shall become binding upon any goods, rights, credits, chattels, moneys or effects which are held, for the present or subsequent use, of the person against whom the lien is claimed, by any person, firm or corporation, after notice of the existence of the lien forwarded by certified mail to said person, firm or corporation, who or which shall thereafter be precluded from disposing of said property rights until said lien is satisfied or the bureau consents thereto and any person, firm or corporation disposing of such properties or moneys after receipt of such notice of lien shall be liable to the bureau for the value of such properties or moneys so disposed of, except that when the notice of the lien is served upon a banking institution the lien shall be effective against such banking institution only in the amount of the accumulated delinquent maintenance stated therein. L.1962, c. 142, s. 4. Amended by L.1964, c. 102, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-39 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-39
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of this act: "Employee" means a person employed by the State to work at a State correctional facility or a person employed by a private entity under contract with the State to provide contracted services at a State correctional facility. "State correctional facility" means a correctional facility listed in section 8 of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-8). L.2019, c.408, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-22 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-22
Deposit and disposition of Federal moneys received
Status: in_force

The Department of Institutions and Agencies shall accept and receive as custodian any and all grants and money awarded for assistance in this State under or pursuant to any such Federal law. All moneys so received shall be deposited by the Department of Institutions and Agencies in a special fund or funds and shall be used exclusively for the purposes of any such Federal law. Such money shall be paid from such fund or funds in exactly the same manner as other funds of the State are expended upon vouchers certified or approved by the head of the State agency designated as the sole agency of this State for carrying out the purposes of such Federal law or other duly authorized representative of such agency, as provided by law. L.1947, c. 83, p. 464, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-36 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-36
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Thriving By Three Act." L.2022, c.25, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6.2
Information provided to inmate prior to release; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Corrections shall provide to each inmate at least 10 days prior to release from a State correctional facility: a. A copy of the inmate's criminal history record and written information on the inmate's right to have his 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. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2020, c.45) g. A copy of the inmate's birth certificate, as issued by the Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics, if the inmate was born in New Jersey; h. Assistance in obtaining a Social Security card; i. A one-day New Jersey bus or rail pass; j. A two-week supply of prescription medication and, to the extent consistent with clinical guidelines, a two-week prescription order with two additional refills; k. 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 l. (1) A medical discharge summary, which shall include instructions on how to obtain from the commissioner a copy of the inmate's full medical record. Upon request from the inmate, the commissioner shall provide a copy of the inmate's full medical record in a safe and secure manner, at no charge to the inmate. (2) Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the commissioner, in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to ensure that these records are expeditiously and securely provided, in a manner consistent with the provision of medical records by other providers. L.2009, c.329, s.2; amended 2011, c.191, s.1; 2020, c.45, s.1; 2021, c.312, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-10
Provisions applicable to private mental hospitals.
Status: in_force

6. The provisions of article 3 of chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, except as concerning or pertaining to the investigation and determination of legal settlement and indigence of patients, shall apply to duly licensed private mental hospitals for the care and treatment of persons with a mental illness, a mental deficiency, and an intellectual disability and every license issued hereunder shall be the licensee's authority to receive and hold a person duly admitted or committed pursuant to law. L.1956, c.161, s.6; amended 2010, c.50, s.58.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6F-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6F / Section 6F-4
Duties of council
Status: in_force

4. The council shall: a. Advise and make recommendations to the Department of Human Services and other related State agencies on ways to improve and develop services regarding traumatic brain injury, including the coordination of these services between public and private entities; b. Encourage citizen participation through the establishment of public hearings and other types of community outreach and prevention activities; c. Encourage and stimulate research, public awareness, education and prevention activities; d. Oversee any programs created under the federal law, Pub. L.104-166, known as the Traumatic Brain Injury Act, and any successive amendments to that act, and report to the federal government regarding these programs; and e. Advise the Commissioner of Human Services on the administration of the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund established pursuant to section 5 of this act. L.2001,c.332,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6g — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6g
Findings, declarations relative to emergency care.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In accordance with the "Health Care Reform Act," P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.), it has been and continues to be of paramount public interest for the State to take all necessary and appropriate actions to ensure access to, and the provision of, cost-effective and high-quality hospital care to its citizens. Consistent with these goals, it is and has been the policy of this State that reimbursement for emergency services and related screening and hospitalization be reasonable, in order to promote access to such care without overburdening the health care payment system. These imperative public policies continue to apply equally to both public and private payers of health care services; b. In light of the provisions of section 14 of the "Health Care Reform Act," P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.64), which prohibits hospitals from denying admission or appropriate services to a patient on the basis of that patient's ability to pay or source of payment, questions have arisen as to the rates at which emergency services should be reimbursed when they are provided to enrollees in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare managed care plans by non-participating hospitals. In order to ensure that the goal of cost-efficient access to emergency services is furthered, it is necessary to clarify the rates that have been and continue to be deemed reasonable reimbursement; and c. It is necessary that the reimbursement clarification be understood as reaffirming the paramount public health and welfare purpose of promoting cost-efficiency in the delivery of emergency services and related screening and hospitalization. L.2004,c.103,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.3
Involuntary commitment to treatment.
Status: in_force

3. The standards and procedures in this act apply to all adults involuntarily committed to treatment, including those assigned to an outpatient treatment provider or admitted to a short-term care facility, psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital and all adults voluntarily admitted from a screening service to a short-term care facility or psychiatric facility. The standards and procedures in this act shall not apply to adults voluntarily admitted to psychiatric units in general hospitals or special psychiatric hospitals, except as provided in section 11 or 20 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.11 or C.30:4-27.20). L.1987, c.116, s.3; amended 2009, c.112, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-15.1
Tenure for warden
Status: in_force

1. Any person now holding the office, position or employment of warden of a county penitentiary or jail in a county of the first class having more than 800,000 inhabitants, who has been appointed for a full term of three years and after serving such full term has been reappointed to such office, position or employment, shall, if the board of chosen freeholders of the county, by resolution, so determines, continue to hold such office, position or employment during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be removed therefrom, except for good cause shown, after a fair and impartial hearing before the board of chosen freeholders of the county, upon written charges of the cause of complaint preferred against him, signed by the person making the same and filed in the office of the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, and copies whereof have been served upon him, at least 30 days before said hearing, at which hearing he shall be entitled to be represented by counsel, to produce witnesses and testify in his own behalf, and shall be entitled to, and the board of chosen freeholders shall be empowered to issue, writs of subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses, and from the decision in any such hearing such person shall be entitled to appeal to the Superior Court, which court shall hear the cause de novo and may order such person reinstated in his said office, position or employment, if it shall decide that such order is proper and just under the circumstances. L.1950,c.19,s.1; amended 1967,c.115,s.2; 1991,c.91,s.328.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.19e — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.19e
Agreements subject to approval of state house commission
Status: in_force

Any agreement entered into between the department and Rutgers shall be subject to the approval of the State House Commission. L.1967, c. 32, s. 5, eff. April 26, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-73 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-73
Findings, declarations relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is in the public interest for the State to provide for the protection of individuals with developmental disabilities by identifying those caregivers who have wrongfully caused them injury; b. The safety of individuals with developmental disabilities receiving care from State-operated facilities or programs, from those facilities or programs licensed, contracted, or regulated by the Department of Human Services or Children and Families, or from State-funded community-based services shall be of paramount concern; c. It is the intent of this legislation to assure that the lives of innocent individuals with developmental disabilities are immediately safeguarded from further injury and possible death and that the legal rights of such individuals are fully protected; and d. Therefore, this act establishes a Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services to prevent caregivers who become offenders against individuals with developmental disabilities from working with individuals with developmental disabilities. L.2010, c.5, s.1; amended 2017, c.213, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-2
Definition of developmental disability.
Status: in_force

2. For the purposes of this act, a "developmental disability" means: a. A severe, chronic disability of a person which (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental or physical impairments; (2) Is manifest before age 22; (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely; (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, or economic self-sufficiency; and (5) Reflects the need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. b. Other disabilities requiring services and treatment similar to that required by those who meet the criteria defined above. L.1979,c.105,s.2; amended 2003, c.54, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-10.2
Inmate access to drug treatment program; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any rules or regulations to the contrary, no person incarcerated in a State correctional facility shall be denied access to participation in a drug treatment program which operates within a State correctional facility if the denial is based solely on that person having any detainer or open charge issued against him which precludes eligibility for full minimum custody status. b. The Commissioner of Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2017, c.23, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-61 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-61
Duties of council, director.
Status: in_force

6. The council shall provide guidance and direction to the director of the council, who shall be responsible for the following duties: a. Carry out a program to provide information and education on advances in the diagnosis and biomedical treatment of autism to families in the State with autistic members and to the general public; b. Establish a five-member Scientific Advisory Committee whose members shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The members of the committee shall include: three biomedical research scientists with demonstrated achievements in biomedical research relating to autism; and two medical clinicians whose practice is primarily devoted to the treatment of individuals with autism. The committee shall identify and make recommendations to the council regarding grants for the most promising pilot studies for biomedical research, diagnosis and treatment for autism and autism spectrum disorders; c. Present the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the council, which shall select the final grants for pilot studies; d. Establish mechanisms to use the results of biomedical research on autism and autism spectrum disorders, conducted at the center and through the pilot studies in the development of policies and programs to improve the outcomes of individuals in the State with these disorders; e. Establish a mechanism for the sharing of information among researchers and clinicians in the State conducting biomedical research on autism and autism spectrum disorders; f. Provide for a mechanism that would permit the public to obtain information on the existing and planned programs and activities being conducted through the center and the pilot studies, and the council to receive comments from the public regarding these programs and activities; g. Continually seek and apply for funding to supplement and eventually replace the moneys provided pursuant to subsection f. of R.S.39:5-41; and h. Report not later than March 1 of each year to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature on the status of the Center of Excellence for Autism and other activities of the council. L.1999, c.105, s.6; amended L.2007, c.168, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4F-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4F / Section 4F-7
Findings; declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that there is a clear need to establish a program of respite care to assist families in the care of their elderly and functionally impaired family members. Most functionally impaired adults prefer to be cared for in their homes by family and friends whom they trust and feel comfortable with, and where they can continue to make valuable contributions to family life. Nearly all of the care provided to functionally impaired adults is given by family members who are not compensated for their services. They provide full-time care, often with little help from other family members or the community. This family involvement is a critical element in enabling persons who otherwise might be institutionalized to remain in their own home environment. Without relief and support, however, caregivers may become unable to continue in the caregiving role. The consequence may be unavoidable and irreversible institutionalization of the dependent adult and an added burden on public funds. The Legislature further finds that there is a compelling need to support caregivers of functionally impaired adults in their efforts to keep the family intact. Providing respite and related services is a major mechanism for this support. Respite serves to relieve some of the daily stresses of caregiving, to improve the quality of life for functionally impaired adults and their caregivers, to maintain the integrity of the family unit, to strengthen personal and social support systems and to deter institutionalization. The Legislature, therefore, declares that it is the policy of the State to provide a structure for the establishment of respite services which will provide relief and support to family or other unpaid caregivers from the demands of daily care of frail elderly or other functionally impaired adult family members; to encourage families to provide care for functionally impaired dependents at home, and thus offer an alternative to long-term institutional placement; to expand the continuum of supportive services for the functionally impaired and their families; to ensure that respite care and related supportive services are made available on a sliding fee basis to eligible persons not covered under other programs; and to assist families in securing the respite services, including information and peer support, which are necessary for their continued care of a functionally impaired family member. L. 1987, c. 119, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7.2
References to Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Gero-Psychiatric Hospital
Status: in_force

3. Whenever reference is made in any law, contract or document to the Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Center for Geriatrics, the same shall mean and refer to the Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Gero-Psychiatric Hospital. L.1994,c.24,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-136 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-136
State prison defined
Status: in_force

The State Prison shall include the existing prison in Trenton or wherever it may hereafter be located, and all institutions, farms, camps, quarries or grounds designated by the State Board where convicts sentenced to the State Prison may from time to time be kept, housed or employed. Amended by L.1948, c. 60, p. 149, s. 2.