N.J. Stat. § 30:8-56 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-56
Advisory committee on county aid to released prisoners
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the Department of Institutions and Agencies an Advisory Committee on County Aid to Released Prisoners which shall act in an advisory capacity to the several boards of chosen freeholders in the formulation of rules and regulations for the administration of this act in the interest of efficiency and uniformity which shall consist of the Director of the Division of Correction and Parole in that department, ex officio, and of four additional members, two of whom shall be members of the board of chosen freeholders of different counties, one of whom shall be the sheriff of a county or the county officer in charge of the county jail and one of whom shall be a county probation officer, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies to serve without compensation for terms of 1 year. L.1973, c. 24, s. 3, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4B-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-1
Division of Economic Assistance
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Human Services may, in accordance with R.S.30:1-9, establish a Division of Economic Assistance. The division shall consist of personnel, bureaus, agencies and other administrative units as the Commissioner of Human Services may, from time to time, establish therein. L.1950,c.166,s.1; amended 1962,c.197,s.4; 1967,c.206,s.1; 1989,c.88,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.40 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.40
Development Center at Ancora
Status: in_force

2. The Developmental Center at Ancora is established within the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services and shall include the pilot program designed to serve the special needs of both the dually diagnosed and discharged pending placement populations. The Developmental Center at Ancora shall accept for treatment only those individuals transferred from State facilities under the supervision of the Division of Mental Health Services and the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services. Nothing in this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to require placement at the Developmental Center at Ancora of those persons discharged pending placement who are not in need of institutional care and who have been judicially or administratively determined appropriate for community placement. For those persons for whom institutional placement is initially determined to be judicially or administratively appropriate, the Developmental Center at Ancora shall nevertheless provide discharge-oriented treatment to achieve the goal of ultimate discharge into community settings as soon as their conditions permit. L.1987,c.32,s.2; amended 1995,c.4,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-73 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-73
Primary liability of county from which patient is committed; findings as to legal settlement, etc.
Status: in_force

The county from which any patient is committed shall be chargeable with the cost of the care and maintenance of any such patient committed to a State institution until the court shall find as a fact and the final judgment of commitment shall set forth whether the patient or his legally responsible relatives are able to pay the cost of his hospitalization and has a legal settlement in the county or has such legal settlement but is found able to pay. If the patient has no such legal settlement in the county then said county shall receive a credit adjustment to reimburse it for any such charges made against it for any such patient. If the judgment is made by the court of another county, certified copies of the same shall be filed with the clerk of the county charged and the county adjuster of that county. If it shall appear that the patient has a legal settlement in some other county then the cost of clothing and maintenance of any indigent patient which may have accrued prior to the determination of legal settlement in any county shall be paid by the county in which the settlement is determined to be. When a patient is admitted to an institution and dies or is removed therefrom for any cause before final hearing, the court having jurisdiction is authorized to make a judicial finding as to his admission, legal settlement and ability to pay for the purpose of providing for payment of maintenance and clothing during the patient's confinement. Amended by L.1942, c. 250, p. 679, s. 1, eff. June 1, 1942; L.1953, c. 29, p. 523, s. 35; L.1965, c. 59, s. 58.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-12.1
NJ FamilyCare Program, high deductible contract prohibited.
Status: in_force

21. The Commissioner of Human Services shall not utilize or establish any contract that provides for a deductible which qualifies the contract as a high deductible health plan for which qualified medical expenses are paid using a health savings account established pursuant to section 223 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.223) in the implementation and operation of 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). L.2005,c.248,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11A-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-4
Application for certificate of approval
Status: in_force

Application for a certificate of approval shall be made upon forms furnished by the department, and the applicant shall be required to furnish any evidence which the department may require, as part of or in support of such application, relating to the applicant's ability and intention to comply with prescribed standards of facilities and operation. L.1953, c. 212, p. 1607, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-16.19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16.19
County reentry coordinator.
Status: in_force

11. a. The governing body of each county in this State may, by duly adopted ordinance or resolution, appoint a county reentry coordinator who shall be responsible for evaluating the needs of, and navigating the appropriate treatment and services for, each inmate in a county correctional facility in this State. b. The county reentry coordinator shall evaluate each inmate in a county correctional facility who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration or ordered detained pending trial following a pretrial detention hearing. The purpose of the evaluation shall be to: (1) identify which social services and reentry and rehabilitative programs would benefit the inmate including, but not limited to, the Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative; (2) determine whether the inmate is eligible to apply for federal, State, and county public assistance program benefits including, but not limited to, State and federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid, and housing assistance program benefits; (3) determine whether the inmate would benefit from substance use disorder treatment including, but not limited to, medication-assisted treatment; and (4) identify other appropriate treatment, services, and programs which would benefit the inmate. c. The evaluation required pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be conducted in conjunction with the clinical screening of inmates as part of the initial classification process. d. The county reentry coordinator shall offer assistance to the inmate in accessing any services deemed appropriate for the inmate, based on the evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, by: (1) assisting the inmate with scheduling and otherwise accessing appropriate treatment, services, and programming upon the inmate's release from the facility; (2) providing information concerning, and assistance in completing, applications for appropriate State and county public assistance program benefits which shall include, but not be limited to, State and federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid, and housing assistance program benefits. The county reentry coordinator shall make every effort to ensure that the inmate is actively enrolled in appropriate programming upon or as soon as practicable following the inmate's release from the facility; (3) providing information concerning available substance use disorder treatment and services including, but not limited to, medication-assisted treatment. The county reentry coordinator shall assist the inmate with scheduling and otherwise accessing appropriate treatment and services upon the inmate's release from the facility; (4) providing information concerning relevant social services and reentry and rehabilitative programs including, but not limited to, the Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative. The county reentry coordinator shall assist the inmate with completing applications for and otherwise accessing appropriate services and programming upon the inmate's release from the facility; (5) providing information concerning services provided by the State's One-Stop Career Centers. The county reentry coordinator shall schedule appointments for the inmate to meet with representatives from the career center and shall register the inmate for participation in any mandatory programming upon the inmate's release from the facility; (6) providing information concerning insurance eligibility and assistance in completing applications for insurance coverage; the county reentry coordinator shall make every effort to ensure that coverage for the inmate is active upon or as soon as practicable following the inmate's release from the facility; and (7) providing information concerning any other treatment, services, and programming deemed appropriate based on the evaluation required pursuant to this section. e. The county reentry coordinator also shall: (1) provide assistance to each inmate, upon release from a county correctional facility, with obtaining a non-driver identification card; (2) ensure, to the best of the coordinator's ability, and conditioned on discharge information provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts, that each inmate is released from custody during regular business hours so that the inmate may access appropriate treatment and services immediately upon release; and (3) ensure each inmate at the time of discharge is provided with the prescription medication required pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.2021, c.312 (C.30:8-16.14). f. The county reentry coordinator shall consult and coordinate with the county board of social services or welfare agency, as appropriate, when providing information or assistance with respect to a benefit or service administered by the board or welfare agency. L. 2021, c.312, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-6
Medical assistance for qualified applicants.
Status: in_force

6. a. Subject to the requirements of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, the limitations imposed by this act, and by the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the department shall provide medical assistance to qualified applicants, including authorized services within each of the following classifications: (1) Inpatient hospital services; (2) Outpatient hospital services; (3) Other laboratory and X-ray services; (4) (a) Skilled nursing or intermediate care facility services; (b) Early and periodic screening and diagnosis of individuals who are eligible under the program and are under age 21, to ascertain their physical or mental health status and the health care, treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects and chronic conditions discovered thereby, as may be provided in regulation of the Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services and approved by the commissioner; (5) Physician's services furnished in the office, the patient's home, a hospital, a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, or elsewhere. As used in this subsection, "laboratory and X-ray services" includes HIV drug resistance testing, including, but not limited to, genotype assays that have been cleared or approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, laboratory-developed genotype assays, phenotype assays, and other assays using phenotype prediction with genotype comparison, for persons diagnosed with HIV infection or AIDS. b. Subject to the limitations imposed by federal law, by this act, and by the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the medical assistance program may be expanded to include authorized services within each of the following classifications: (1) Medical care not included in paragraph (5) of subsection a. above, or any other type of remedial care recognized under State law, furnished by licensed practitioners within the scope of their practice, as defined by State law; (2) Home health care services; (3) Clinic services; (4) Dental services; (5) Physical therapy and related services; (6) Prescribed drugs, dentures, and prosthetic devices; and eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select; (7) Optometric services; (8) Podiatric services; (9) Chiropractic services; (10) Psychological services; (11) Inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under 21 years of age, or under age 22 if they are receiving such services immediately before attaining age 21; (12) Other diagnostic, screening, preventative, and rehabilitative services, and other remedial care; (13) Inpatient hospital services, nursing facility services, and immediate care facility services for individuals 65 years of age or over in an institution for mental diseases; (14) Intermediate care facility services; (15) Transportation services; (16) Services in connection with the inpatient or outpatient treatment or care of substance use disorder, when the treatment is prescribed by a physician and provided in a licensed hospital or in a narcotic and substance use disorder treatment center approved by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1970, c.334 (C.26:2G-21 et. seq.) and whose staff includes a medical director, and limited those services eligible for federal financial participation under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act; (17) Any other medical care and any other type of remedial care recognized under State law, specified by the Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, and approved by the commissioner; (18) Comprehensive maternity care, which may include: the basic number of prenatal and postpartum visits recommended by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; additional prenatal and postpartum visits that are medically necessary; necessary laboratory, nutritional assessment and counseling, health education, personal counseling, managed care, outreach, and follow-up services; treatment of conditions which may complicate pregnancy; doula care; and physician or certified nurse midwife delivery services. For the purposes of this paragraph, "doula" means a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth, to help her to achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible; (19) Comprehensive pediatric care, which may include: ambulatory, preventive, and primary care health services. The preventive services shall include, at a minimum, the basic number of preventive visits recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics; (20) Services provided by a hospice which is participating in the Medicare program established pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Pub.L.89-97 (42 U.S.C. s.1395 et seq.). Hospice services shall be provided subject to approval of the Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services for federal reimbursement; (21) Mammograms, subject to approval of the Secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services for federal reimbursement, including one baseline mammogram for women who are at least 35 but less than 40 years of age; one mammogram examination every two years or more frequently, if recommended by a physician, for women who are at least 40 but less than 50 years of age; and one mammogram examination every year for women age 50 and over; (22) Upon referral by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant of a person who has been diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, or pre-diabetes, in accordance with standards adopted by the American Diabetes Association: (a) Expenses for diabetes self-management education or training to ensure that a person with diabetes, gestational diabetes, or pre-diabetes can optimize metabolic control, prevent and manage complications, and maximize quality of life. Diabetes self-management education shall be provided by an in-State provider who is: (i) a licensed, registered, or certified health care professional who is certified by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators as a Certified Diabetes Educator, or certified by the American Association of Diabetes Educators with a Board Certified-Advanced Diabetes Management credential, including, but not limited to: a physician, an advanced practice or registered nurse, a physician assistant, a pharmacist, a chiropractor, a dietitian registered by a nationally recognized professional association of dietitians, or a nutritionist holding a certified nutritionist specialist (CNS) credential from the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists; or (ii) an entity meeting the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, as evidenced by a recognition by the American Diabetes Association or accreditation by the American Association of Diabetes Educators; (b) Expenses for medical nutrition therapy as an effective component of the person's overall treatment plan upon a: diagnosis of diabetes, gestational diabetes, or pre-diabetes; change in the beneficiary's medical condition, treatment, or diagnosis; or determination of a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant that reeducation or refresher education is necessary. Medical nutrition therapy shall be provided by an in-State provider who is a dietitian registered by a nationally recognized professional association of dietitians, or a nutritionist holding a certified nutritionist specialist (CNS) credential from the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, who is familiar with the components of diabetes medical nutrition therapy; (c) For a person diagnosed with pre-diabetes, items and services furnished under an in-State diabetes prevention program that meets the standards of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, as established by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and (d) Expenses for any medically appropriate and necessary supplies and equipment recommended or prescribed by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant for the management and treatment of diabetes, gestational diabetes, or pre-diabetes, including, but not limited to: equipment and supplies for self-management of blood glucose; insulin pens; insulin pumps and related supplies; and other insulin delivery devices; (23) Expenses incurred for the provision of group prenatal services to a pregnant woman, provided that: (a) the provider of such services, which shall include, but not be limited to, a federally qualified health center or a community health center operating in the State: (i) is a site accredited by the Centering Healthcare Institute, or is a site engaged in an active implementation contract with the Centering Healthcare Institute, that utilizes the Centering Pregnancy model; and (ii) incorporates the applicable information outlined in any best practices manual for prenatal and postpartum maternal care developed by the Department of Health into the curriculum for each group prenatal visit; (b) each group prenatal care visit is at least 1.5 hours in duration, with a minimum of two women and a maximum of 20 women in participation; and (c) no more than 10 group prenatal care visits occur per pregnancy. As used in this paragraph, "group prenatal care services" means a series of prenatal care visits provided in a group setting which are based upon the Centering Pregnancy model developed by the Centering Healthcare Institute and which include health assessments, social and clinical support, and educational activities; (24) Expenses incurred for the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk, which shall include human milk fortifiers if indicated in a medical order provided by a licensed medical practitioner, to an infant under the age of six months; provided that the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the Department of Health and a licensed medical practitioner has issued a medical order for the infant under at least one of the following circumstances: (a) the infant is medically or physically unable to receive maternal breast milk or participate in breast feeding, or the infant's mother is medically or physically unable to produce maternal breast milk in sufficient quantities or participate in breast feeding despite optimal lactation support; or (b) the infant meets any of the following conditions: (i) a body weight below healthy levels, as determined by the licensed medical practitioner issuing the medical order for the infant; (ii) the infant has a congenital or acquired condition that places the infant at a high risk for development of necrotizing enterocolitis; or (iii) the infant has a congenital or acquired condition that may benefit from the use of donor breast milk and human milk fortifiers, as determined by the Department of Health; (25) Comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits to an individual who is 18 years of age or older, or who is pregnant. Coverage shall include: brief and high-intensity individual counseling, brief and high-intensity group counseling, and telemedicine as defined by section 1 of P.L.2017, c.117 (C.45:1-61); all medications approved for tobacco cessation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and other tobacco cessation counseling recommended by the Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline issued by the U.S. Public Health Service. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) Information regarding the availability of the tobacco cessation services described in this paragraph shall be provided to all individuals authorized to receive the tobacco cessation services pursuant to this paragraph at the following times: no later than 90 days after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.473: upon the establishment of an individual's eligibility for medical assistance; and upon the redetermination of an individual's eligibility for medical assistance; (b) The following conditions shall not be imposed on any tobacco cessation services provided pursuant to this paragraph: copayments or any other forms of cost-sharing, including deductibles; counseling requirements for medication; stepped care therapy or similar restrictions requiring the use of one service prior to another; limits on the duration of services; or annual or lifetime limits on the amount, frequency, or cost of services, including, but not limited to, annual or lifetime limits on the number of covered attempts to quit; and (c) Prior authorization requirements shall not be imposed on any tobacco cessation services provided pursuant to this paragraph except in the following circumstances where prior authorization may be required: for a treatment that exceeds the duration recommended by the most recently published United States Public Health Service clinical practice guidelines on treating tobacco use and dependence; or for services associated with more than two attempts to quit within a 12-month period; (26) Provided that there is federal financial participation available, benefits for expenses incurred in conducting a colorectal cancer screening in accordance with United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. The method and frequency of screening to be utilized shall be in accordance with the most recent published recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force and as determined medically necessary by the covered person's physician, in consultation with the covered person. No deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement shall be imposed for a colonoscopy performed following a positive result on a non-colonoscopy, colorectal cancer screening test recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; (27) (a) Within 24 months of the effective date of P.L.2023, c.187 (C.30:4D-6u et al.), and conditional on the receipt of all necessary federal approvals and the securing of federal financial participation pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2023, c.187 (C.30:4D-6u), community-based palliative care benefits which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (i) specialized medical care and emotional and spiritual support for beneficiaries with serious advanced illnesses; (ii) relief of symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness; (iii) improvement of quality of life for both the beneficiary and the beneficiary's family; and (iv) appropriate care for any age and for any stage of serious illness, along with curative treatment. (b) Benefits provided under this paragraph shall include, but shall not be limited to, services provided by a hospice pursuant to paragraph (20) of subsection b. of this section, provided that: (i) hospice services may be provided at the same time that curative treatment is available, to the extent that services are not duplicative; (ii) hospice services may be provided to beneficiaries whose conditions may result in death, regardless of the estimated length of the beneficiary's remaining period of life; and (iii) the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services may include any other service deemed appropriate under the benefits provided under this paragraph. (c) Providers authorized to deliver benefits provided under this paragraph shall include Medicaid-approved licensed hospice agencies, Medicaid-approved home health agencies licensed to provide hospice care, and other Medicaid-approved licensed health care providers. (d) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to result in the elimination or reduction of covered benefits or services under the Medicaid program. (e) This paragraph shall not affect a beneficiary's eligibility to receive, concurrently with services provided for in this paragraph, any services, including home health services, for which the beneficiary would have been eligible in the absence of this paragraph, to the extent that services are not duplicative; and (28) (a) medically necessary treatment for women with a diagnosis of perimenopause, menopause, and symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause, including, but not limited to: (i) hormonal therapies such as hormone replacement therapy and bioidentical hormone treatments; (ii) non-hormonal treatments, including medications to manage menopausal symptoms; (iii) behavioral health care services; (iv) pelvic floor physical therapy; (v) bone health treatments, including screenings and medications due to hormonal changes related to perimenopause and menopause; (vi) preventative services that have a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force for early detection and treatment of health conditions related to perimenopause and menopause such as osteoporosis and cancer; and (vii) counseling and education regarding menopause management. (b) Individuals receiving medical assistance shall be provided with clear and accessible information regarding covered perimenopause and menopause related treatments. (c) As used in this paragraph: “Menopause” means the permanent end of a female’s menstrual cycle, diagnosed by a licensed medical provider after 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period. “Perimenopause” means the transitional period leading to menopause, marked by fluctuating hormone levels and changes in menstrual cycles. c. Payments for the foregoing services, goods, and supplies furnished pursuant to this act shall be made to the extent authorized by this act, the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and, where applicable, subject to the agreement of insurance provided for under this act. The payments shall constitute payment in full to the provider on behalf of the recipient. Every provider making a claim for payment pursuant to this act shall certify in writing on the claim submitted that no additional amount will be charged to the recipient, the recipient's family, the recipient's representative, or others on the recipient's behalf for the services, goods, and supplies furnished pursuant to this act. No provider whose claim for payment pursuant to this act has been denied because the services, goods, or supplies were determined to be medically unnecessary shall seek reimbursement from the recipient, his family, his representative, or others on his behalf for such services, goods, and supplies provided pursuant to this act; provided, however, a provider may seek reimbursement from a recipient for services, goods, or supplies not authorized by this act, if the recipient elected to receive the services, goods, or supplies with the knowledge that they were not authorized. d. Any individual eligible for medical assistance (including drugs) may obtain such assistance from any person qualified to perform the service or services required (including an organization which provides such services or arranges for their availability on a prepayment basis), who undertakes to provide the individual such services. No copayment or other form of cost-sharing shall be imposed on any individual eligible for medical assistance, except as mandated by federal law as a condition of federal financial participation. e. Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no payments for medical assistance shall be made under this act with respect to care or services for any individual who: (1) Is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution); provided, however, that an individual who is otherwise eligible may continue to receive services for the month in which he becomes an inmate, should the commissioner determine to expand the scope of Medicaid eligibility to include such an individual, subject to the limitations imposed by federal law and regulations, or (2) Has not attained 65 years of age and who is a patient in an institution for mental diseases, or (3) Is over 21 years of age and who is receiving inpatient psychiatric hospital services in a psychiatric facility; provided, however, that an individual who was receiving such services immediately prior to attaining age 21 may continue to receive such services until the individual reaches age 22. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the commissioner from extending medical assistance to all eligible persons receiving inpatient psychiatric services; provided that there is federal financial participation available. f. (1) A third party as defined in section 3 of P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-3) shall not consider a person's eligibility for Medicaid in this or another state when determining the person's eligibility for enrollment or the provision of benefits by that third party. (2) In addition, any provision in a contract of insurance, health benefits plan, or other health care coverage document, will, trust, agreement, court order, or other instrument which reduces or excludes coverage or payment for health care-related goods and services to or for an individual because of that individual's actual or potential eligibility for or receipt of Medicaid benefits shall be null and void, and no payments shall be made under this act as a result of any such provision. (3) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not apply to a trust agreement that is established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1396p(d)(4)(A) or (C) to supplement and augment assistance provided by government entities to a person who is disabled as defined in section 1614(a)(3) of the federal Social Security Act (42 31 U.S.C. s.1382c (a)(3)). g. The following services shall be provided to eligible medically needy individuals as follows: (1) Pregnant women shall be provided prenatal care and delivery services and postpartum care, including the services cited in paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of subsection a. of this section and paragraphs (1) through (10), (12), (15), and (17) of subsection b. of this section, and nursing facility services cited in paragraph (13) of subsection b. of this section. (2) Dependent children shall be provided with services cited in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection a. of this section and paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (10), (12), (15), and (17) of subsection b. of this section, and nursing facility services cited in paragraph (13) of subsection b. of this section. (3) Individuals who are 65 years of age or older shall be provided with services cited in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection a. of this section and paragraphs (1) through (5), (6) excluding prescribed drugs, (7), (8), (10), (12), (15), and (17) of subsection b. of this section, and nursing facility services cited in paragraph (13) of subsection b. of this section. (4) Individuals who are blind or disabled shall be provided with services cited in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection a. of this section and paragraphs (1) through (5), (6) excluding prescribed drugs, (7), (8), (10), (12), (15), and (17) of subsection b. of this section, and nursing facility services cited in paragraph (13) of subsection b. of this section. (5) (a) Inpatient hospital services, paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, shall only be provided to eligible medically needy individuals, other than pregnant women, if the federal Department of Health and Human Services discontinues the State's waiver to establish inpatient hospital reimbursement rates for the Medicare and Medicaid programs under the authority of section 601(c)(3) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1983, Pub.L.98-21 (42 U.S.C. s.1395ww(c)(5)). Inpatient hospital services may be extended to other eligible medically needy individuals if the federal Department of Health and Human Services directs that these services be included. (b) Outpatient hospital services, paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section, shall only be provided to eligible medically needy individuals if the federal Department of Health and Human Services discontinues the State's waiver to establish outpatient hospital reimbursement rates for the Medicare and Medicaid programs under the authority of section 601(c)(3) of the Social Security Amendments of 1983, Pub.L.98-21 (42 U.S.C. s.1395ww(c)(5)). Outpatient hospital services may be extended to all or to certain medically needy individuals if the federal Department of Health and Human Services directs that these services be included. However, the use of outpatient hospital services shall be limited to clinic services and to emergency room services for injuries and significant acute medical conditions. (c) The division shall monitor the use of inpatient and outpatient hospital services by medically needy persons. h. In the case of a qualified disabled and working individual pursuant to section h6408 of Pub.L.101-239 (42 U.S.C. s.1396d), the only medical assistance provided under this act shall be the payment of premiums for Medicare part A under 42 U.S.C. ss.1395i-2 and 1395r. i. In the case of a specified low-income Medicare beneficiary pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1396a(a)10(E)iii, the only medical assistance provided under this act shall be the payment of premiums for Medicare part B under 42 U.S.C. s.1395r as provided for in 42 U.S.C. s.1396d(p)(3)(A)(ii). j. In the case of a qualified individual pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1396a(aa), the only medical assistance provided under this act shall be payment for authorized services provided during the period in which the individual requires treatment for breast or cervical cancer, in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner. k. In the case of a qualified individual pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.1396a(ii), the only medical assistance provided under this act shall be payment for family planning services and supplies as described at 42 U.S.C. s.1396d(a)(4)(C), including medical diagnosis and treatment services that are provided pursuant to a family planning service in a family planning setting. l. As used in paragraph (12) of subsection b. of this section, preventative care includes, but is not limited to, immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the Department of Health, which shall in making its recommendations consider the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the federal Department of Health and Human Services and, as appropriate, the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American College of Physicians. L.1968, c.413, s.6; amended 1977, c.63, s.13; 1979, c.365, s.4; 1984, c.56; 1984, c.86; 1985, c.371, ss.2,5; (1985, c.371, s.5 amended 1985, c.510); 1987, c.115, s.3; 1989, c.251, s.1; 1991, c.20, ss.2,3; 1991, c.371; 1992, c.208, s.2; 1995, c.153, s.2; 1995, c.292, s.2; 2000, c.96, s.2; 2001, c.186, s.2; 2003, c.294; 2012, c.17, s.359; 2017, c.131, s.117; 2017, c.161, s.1; 2018, c.1, s.2; 2019, c.85; 2019, c.317, s.1; 2019, c.473; 2023, c.8, s.11; 2023, c.187, s.1; 2025, c.200, s.11; 2025, c.283, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.33 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.33
Determination of fulfillment of conditions; contracts with public general hospital and local government; schedule; provisions
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner shall determine whether: (1) The calculation by the hospital of total patient-days and nonthird party patient-days is accurate; (2) The medical and hospital care and services provided nonthird party patients are reasonable and necessary; (3) The hospital is making its best efforts to collect accounts receivable from nonthird party patients who are not medically indigent as defined by the commissioner; (4) The charges imposed upon nonthird party patients by the hospital do not exceed the reasonable cost of health care services provided; and (5) The charges imposed upon nonthird party patients are proportional to such patients' ability to pay; (6) The current liabilities of the hospital exceed its cash balance in such manner or proportion as to render the hospital financially distressed. b. Upon determination that all of the conditions in subsection a. (1-5) have been satisfied, the commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts with public general hospitals, together with the municipality or county by which the hospital is maintained or operated, according to the following schedule: (1) Where the number of nonthird party patient days is less than 10% of the total number of patient days actually provided by the hospital, no payment shall be made; and (2) Where the number of nonthird party patient days exceeds 10% of the total number of patient days actually provided by the hospital, payment shall be made under one of the following formulas: (a) Where the Medicaid reimbursement for the hospital is based on a per diem rate system, payment shall be made at the rate of 100% of the final current Medicaid per diem rate for all nonthird party patient days in excess of 3% of such total. (b) Where the Medicaid reimbursement for the hospital is based on a system other than a per diem rate, payment shall be made at the rate of 100% of the total costs of services rendered, calculated at the Medicaid rate, to nonthird party patients, multiplied by the ratio of the percentage of nonthird party patient days, of the total number of actual patient days, minus 3% to the percentage of nonthird party patient days, of the total number of patient days. c. Upon the commissioner's determination that a hospital, which has received assistance pursuant to the "Public General Hospital Assistance Act," P.L.1977, c. 289 (C. 30:9-12:29 et seq.), meets the condition described in subsection a. (6) of this section, the commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts with such public general hospital, together with the municipality or county by which the hospital is maintained or operated, for assistance in an amount consistent with a formula developed by the commissioner based on the hospital's financial needs, available assets and potential operating deficiencies, but not less than the amounts appropriated pursuant to this act for the benefit of such hospital during fiscal year 1979. Such assistance shall be conditioned on receipt from the county of not less than $1.1 million and from the municipality of not less than $2 million for the management and operation of the hospital for each fiscal year after their fiscal year 1980. d. Such contracts shall provide that: (i) The hospital receiving assistance agrees to an annual audit of all expenditures by the hospital, according to procedures established by the commissioner in consultation with the State Treasurer; (ii) The hospital receiving assistance agrees to cooperate fully in any review by the commissioner or his designee of operating procedures or management. e. Such contracts may provide that: (i) Certain services provided by the hospital be maintained, increased, modified, or continued; provided, however, that no additions or modifications may be imposed if the effect of such additions or modifications would be to increase the total cost of uncompensated services provided by the hospital; (ii) Specific changes in management or operating procedures, which the commissioner has determined will improve efficiency, be implemented; and (iii) The municipality or county by which the hospital is maintained issue or cause to be issued bonds in order to provide capital improvements to increase operating efficiency. No such provisions, however, shall be construed to require such an issue unless such an issue is authorized by law. f. The commissioner shall promptly negotiate all necessary contracts in order that the purposes of this act may be fulfilled to provide assistance to qualifying public general hospitals. L.1977, c. 289, s. 5, eff. Dec. 1, 1977. Amended by L.1981, c. 26, s. 2, eff. Feb. 9, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-82.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-82.2
Provision of mental health, substance abuse disorder services to inmates.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Human Services and the Commissioner of Corrections shall formulate a plan to provide adequate and appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services to inmates in all State-owned, operated, or contracted correctional facilities. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) Procedures for identifying a person in need of mental health and substance use disorder services when the person is initially admitted to a State-owned, operated, or contracted correctional facility, and while the person is confined therein; (2) Procedures for providing a mental health and substance use disorder evaluation to a person identified under subsection a. of this section to determine whether the person is in need of mental health or substance use disorder services; (3) Procedures for providing adequate and appropriate mental health or substance use disorder treatment to a person determined to be in need under paragraph (2) of this subsection; (4) Enumeration of the types of mental health and substance use disorder treatment that may be provided to a person determined to be in need under paragraph (2) of this subsection, which types of treatment shall include, but need not be limited to, individual or group counseling, treatment with prescription drugs, and increased monitoring as needed to prevent harm to self or others, which may include confinement in a secure hospital setting; (5) Procedures for the provision of medication-assisted treatment in substance use disorder treatment programs, as appropriate and available; (6) Procedures for terminating the treatment provided under paragraph (3) of this subsection when it is no longer needed by the person receiving it; (7) Identifying community mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers and services to assist in a person's community reintegration upon the person's discharge from a State-owned, operated, or contracted correctional facility; (8) Procedures for ensuring cooperation between the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services at all personnel levels and at every stage of identification, evaluation, treatment, and termination of treatment so that adequate and appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services are provided; (9) Procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of mental health and substance use disorder treatment records; and (10) Procedures for biennial review and revision of the plan developed under this section. b. Mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in State-owned, operated, or contracted facilities, as appropriate, shall be delivered by licensed provider organizations. c. The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to establish standards and requirements for the licensure of substance use disorder treatment programs operating within State-owned, operated, or contracted correctional facilities, as appropriate. In developing regulations, the department shall take into consideration the unique characteristics of treatment programs operating within a correctional environment. d. The Department of Human Services is authorized to develop a plan to provide mental health and substance use disorder services to inmates in county-operated correctional facilities, in consultation with the county-designated individual or entity charged with the planning of treatment services for county inmates. L.1986, c.71, s.2; amended 2015, c.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2
Principal office of each board
Status: in_force

The principal office of each board of managers shall be at an institution under its special charge, and the board shall meet there at least once a month and as often there and elsewhere in the state as it shall determine.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.3
Investigation of residency, ability to pay; records maintained by county
Status: in_force

86. Whenever any developmentally disabled person is admitted to residential functional services the commissioner or his designated agent shall investigate and take statements concerning residency of the person and the financial ability to pay for the cost of the residential functional services. The department shall determine the financial ability to pay for the cost of care and maintenance and the legal settlement in accordance with applicable provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes and notify the county of settlement, if any, that a person has been admitted. The county shall maintain a record of any person receiving residential functional services and make the record available for examination by the department. The county shall cooperate fully with the department in the department's review and investigation of the person or his chargeable relative's financial ability to pay for the residential functional services provided to the person. A determination of indigency shall be made by the department and retained in the person's record maintained by the county. If arrangements are made which are satisfactory to the department for full payment of the cost of care and treatment of the person and if the commissioner or his designated agent is satisfied that the person requires residential functional services and should be admitted then he shall be so admitted. L.1965,c.59,s.86; amended 1966,c.82,s.2; 1990,c.66,s.2; 1995,c.155,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.4
Issuance of statement of eligibility.
Status: in_force

16. The commissioner or his designated agent shall, immediately upon determination of the person's developmental disability, as provided herein, report his findings to the applicant, and in the event that the person who makes such application or on whose behalf the application has been made is found eligible, the commissioner or his designated agent shall issue to the applicant a statement of eligibility for the functional services of the Division of Developmental Disabilities. The statement of eligibility shall advise the applicant of the particular functional service deemed most appropriate for the training, habilitation, care and protection of the person as of the time of determination and shall further advise the applicant concerning the immediate availability of such services, or alternate services. The statement of eligibility shall also advise the applicant of the requirements of section 5 of P.L.1995, c.155 (C.30:4-25.9), R.S.30:4-66 and R.S.30:4-74. L.1965, c.59, s.16; amended 1995, c.155, s.7; 2010, c.50, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6E / Section 6E-5
Functions, duties of office.
Status: in_force

5. a. The office shall serve as the single point of entry within State government for persons with disabilities who are seeking assistance and who do not meet the requirements for disability-specific programs currently located in the department or another agency of State government. The office shall operate a toll-free telephone service to provide a comprehensive information and referral system for persons with disabilities and their families and those who serve and advocate for them, as well as members of the general public, and shall periodically publish a Statewide directory of disability services. b. The office shall operate as the State-level coordinating body between all agencies of State government providing services to persons with disabilities and shall serve as a locus within State government for the interests of persons with disabilities and their families. c. The office shall serve as the primary liaison within State government to the county offices for the disabled and shall provide technical assistance to the county offices and seek to establish an electronic network which connects it to each of the county offices. In addition, the director shall work with those counties which do not maintain an office for the disabled to establish such an office and shall seek federal, foundation and other grant funding to establish or enhance county offices for the disabled. d. The office shall administer the personal assistance services program established pursuant to the "Personal Assistance Services Act," P.L.1987, c.350 (C.30:4G-13 et seq.) and seek to coordinate all other publicly funded programs which provide personal assistance or other home-based services to persons with disabilities. The office shall also operate such State, federal or foundation-funded demonstration programs as may be determined by the commissioner. e. The commissioner shall establish an advisory and policy development board to make recommendations to the director on policy and operations of the office. The membership of the board shall reflect a broad spectrum of disabilities and shall include representation from among the following: persons with disabilities, family members of persons with disabilities, service providers and organizations or agencies which advocate for persons with disabilities. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1999,c.91,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-179 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-179
Annual compensation fixed
Status: in_force

From and after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, all persons employed by the state of New Jersey as prison officers, reformatory officers or farmer guards, shall receive annual compensation as fixed in this article.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-19
Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention Working Group.
Status: in_force

27. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish an Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention Working Group to develop a plan to carry out ongoing and sustainable measures to strengthen outreach to low and moderate income families who may be eligible for Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, or NJ FamilyCare Advantage, to maximize enrollment in these programs, and to ensure retention of enrollees in these programs. a. The members of the working group shall include: (1) The Commissioners of Human Services, Health, Banking and Insurance, Children and Families, Labor and Workforce Development, Education, and Community Affairs, and the Secretary of Agriculture, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; and (2) Ten public members appointed by the Commissioner of Human Services who shall include: one person who represents racial and ethnic minorities in this State; one person who represents managed care organizations that participate in the Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs; one person who represents the vendor under contract with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to provide NJ FamilyCare eligibility, enrollment, and health benefit coordinator services to the division; one person who represents New Jersey Policy Perspective; one person who represents the Advocates for Children of New Jersey; one person who represents Legal Services of New Jersey; one person who represents the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute; one person who represents county navigators; and two people who represent the New Jersey for Health Care coalition. b. As part of the plan, the working group shall: (1) determine if there are obstacles to enrollment of minorities in the State in the Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs due to ethnic and cultural differences and, if so, develop strategies for the Department of Human Services to overcome these obstacles and increase enrollment among minorities; (2) recommend outreach strategies to identify and enroll all eligible children in the Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs and to retain enrollment of children and their parents in the programs; (3) establish monthly enrollment goals for the number of children who need to be enrolled in Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage in order to ensure that as many children as possible who are eligible for these programs are enrolled within a reasonable period of time, in accordance with the mandate established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2008, c.38 (C.26:15-2); and (4) make such other recommendations to the Commissioner of Human Services as the working group determines necessary and appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section. c. The working group shall organize and hold a meeting no later than 60 days following the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.132. The working group shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among the members. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the working group. (1) The public members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and within the limits of funds available to the working group. (2) The working group shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes. d. Upon completion of the plan, the working group shall report on its activities to the chairperson of the Senate and Assembly standing reference committees on health and human services, and include a copy of the plan and any recommendations for legislative action it deems appropriate. e. The Commissioner of Human Services shall post the plan on the department's Internet website and include a table showing the monthly enrollment goals established in the plan and the actual new and continued enrollments for that month. The commissioner shall update the table monthly. f. The Department of Human Services shall provide staff support to the working group. L.2008, c.38, s.27; amended 2012, c.17, s.397; 2021, c.132, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.33 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17.33
Medicaid medical home demonstration project; terms defined.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, subject to federal approval and the availability of federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, shall establish a three-year Medicaid medical home demonstration project as provided in this act. The demonstration project shall be developed in consultation and implemented with the managed care organizations that contract with the Medicaid program to provide health care services to Medicaid recipients or with other appropriate vendors that contract with the Medicaid program to provide health care services to general public assistance recipients. b. The Medicaid program shall: (1) Consider payment methodologies that support care-coordination through multi-disciplinary teams, including payment for care of patients with chronic diseases and the elderly, and that encourage services such as: (a) patient or family education for patients with chronic diseases; (b) home-based services; (c) telephonic communication; (d) group care; (e) oral health examinations, when applicable; and (f) culturally and linguistically appropriate care. In addition, the payment system shall be structured to reward quality and improved patient outcomes; (2) Develop a system to support primary care providers in developing an organizational structure necessary to provide a medical home; and (3) Identify primary care providers for participation in the demonstration project that provide care to their patients using a medical home model, which at a minimum shall include primary care providers utilizing a multi-disciplinary team that provides patient-centered care coordination through the use of health information technology and chronic disease registries across the patient's life-span and across all domains of the health care system and the patient's community. c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the choice of a Medicaid or general public assistance recipient who is participating in the medical home demonstration project to directly access a qualified health care provider for family planning services who is not participating in the demonstration project. d. Subject to the availability of federal matching funds, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services shall begin implementing the demonstration project no later than January 1, 2011. e. As used in this act: "General public assistance" means the Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance program established pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.); "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.); and "Primary care provider" includes, but is not limited to, a primary care professional medical practice, a federally qualified or community health center, and a primary care outpatient clinic operated by a general hospital. L.2010, c.74, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-18 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-18
Reporting and oversight
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature, at least once each year, which report shall include a summary of its activities for the preceding year and any recommendations or suggestions for legislative consideration. The commissioner shall meet at least once a year with representatives of the statewide recognized professional societies of each of the providers of all of the medical services for the purpose of hearing suggestions on a continuing basis for the improvement of the administration and operation of this act, the commissioner shall report these suggestions to the Governor and the Legislature. The Legislature through the Senate and Assembly Standing Committees on Institutions and Welfare shall review, on a continuous basis, the development, administration and operation of the program provided for in this act. To facilitate this review and oversight, the commissioner shall submit to the committees the report provided for above, the report of the department's program for the progressive implementation of Medicaid in New Jersey and such other reports as shall be called for by the committees from time to time. Periodically during a fiscal year and at least 30 days prior to announcing any modification of eligibility requirements under a categorical program, the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies shall specially report to the Senate and Assembly standing committees on Institutions and Welfare, outlining in detail the proposed modifications, including estimates of the impact on the case loads and costs as to the program directly affected and on other categorical programs. L.1968, c. 413, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-20 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-20
Program; establishment
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall establish a program which shall be known as "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged." L.1975, c. 194, s. 1, eff. Aug. 21, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.2
License conditional upon check of child abuse records.
Status: in_force

2. a. As a condition of securing a new or renewal license or approval, the division shall conduct a check of the division's child abuse records to determine if an incident of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11), against any staff member of a child care center. b. The department shall not issue a regular license or approval to a center until the department determines that no staff member employed by or working at the center has a record of substantiated child abuse or neglect. c. The department shall deny, revoke or refuse to renew the center's license or approval, as appropriate, if the department determines that an incident of child abuse or neglect by an owner or sponsor of a center has been substantiated. L.1997,c.254,s.2; amended 2004, c.130, s.95.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-12
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the incidence of suicide among adolescents has increased alarmingly and suicide presently ranks as the second leading cause of death for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 24 years; that the increase in the rate of adolescent suicide is often associated with the significant changes in life-styles, values and family relationships that are occurring in our society; that the occurrence of adolescent suicide is found among youth of all racial, social and economic backgrounds and even though suicide is underreported as a cause of death for adolescents, in 1982, 114 youth suicides were reported in New Jersey; that mental health professionals believe that many suicides can be prevented through suicide awareness education programs in the schools and crisis intervention programs for adolescents and their families in the community; and that in order to ensure that the most effective prevention and crisis intervention programs are available and developed Statewide, it is necessary to establish a youth suicide prevention program in the State Department of Human Services which will be administered by community mental health services providers in cooperation with local boards of education. L. 1985, c. 195, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7i — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7i
Exemption from close proximity requirements, notification as to off-site location.
Status: in_force

3. A pediatric rehabilitation hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall not be subject to the close proximity requirements established pursuant to N.J.A.C.10:52-1.3(b)(1) for the purposes of receiving Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement for outpatient hospital services. A pediatric rehabilitation hospital which establishes an off-site location to provide outpatient services shall notify the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C.10:52-1.3. L.2001,c.393,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.16
Report of abuse of patient.
Status: in_force

2. a. Any employee of a State psychiatric hospital, who, as a result of information obtained in the course of his employment, has reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a patient is being or has been abused by any other employee of the hospital, by another patient in the hospital or by any other person, shall report the information in a timely manner to the person designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to this act to receive the report. b. Any other person having reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a patient is being or has been abused may report the information to the person designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to this act to receive the report. c. The report shall contain the name of the patient, the name of the psychiatric hospital and the unit to which the patient is assigned, if known, information regarding the nature of the suspected abuse and any other information which might be helpful in an investigation of the case and the protection of the patient. L.1997,c.70,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.24 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.24
Authority may enter into contract with private entity.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) A county hospital authority may enter into a contract with a private entity, subject to subsection f. of this section, to be referred to as a public-private partnership agreement, that permits the private entity to assume full financial and administrative responsibility for a project, provided that the project is financed in whole or in part by the private entity and that the county or the county hospital authority retains full ownership of the land upon which the project is completed. (2) As used in this section, "project" means the on-site construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement, extension, management, or operation of a building, structure, or facility of, or for the benefit of, a county hospital. (3) A public-private partnership agreement may include an agreement under which a county hospital authority leases to a private entity, in whole or in part, the operation of a revenue-producing facility of a county hospital to which the county or the county hospital authority holds title, in exchange for up-front or structured financing by the private entity for the construction of a building, structure, or facility of, or for the benefit of, the hospital. Under the lease agreement, the county or county hospital authority shall continue to hold title to the facility, and may continue to hold the license of the facility, and the private entity shall be responsible for the management, operation, and maintenance of the facility. A county or county hospital authority is permitted, in its discretion, to assign the right to apply for or acquire the license for the facility to the private entity, provided the county or county hospital authority obtains covenants and conditions from the private entity for the management, operation, or maintenance of the facility. The private entity shall receive some or all, as per the agreement, of the revenue generated by the facility and shall operate the facility in accordance with hospital standards. At the end of the lease term, subsequent revenue generated by the facility, along with management, operation, and maintenance responsibility, shall revert to the county or the county hospital authority. b. (1) A private entity that assumes financial and administrative responsibility for a project pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall not be subject to the procurement and contracting requirements of any statute applicable to a county hospital authority, including the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). For the purposes of facilitating the financing of a project pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public entity: (a) may become the owner or lessee of the project or the lessee of the land, or both, (b) may become the lessee of a revenue-producing facility to which the county or the county hospital authority holds title, (c) may issue indebtedness in accordance with the public entity's enabling legislation, and (d) notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, shall be empowered to enter into contracts with a private entity and its affiliates without being subject to the procurement and contracting requirements of any statute applicable to the public entity provided that the private entity has been selected by the county hospital authority pursuant to a solicitation of proposals or qualifications. (2) For the purposes of this section, a public entity shall include the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, and any project undertaken pursuant to subsection a. of this section of which the authority becomes the owner or lessee, or which is situated on land of which the authority becomes the lessee, shall be deemed a "project" under the "New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Law," P.L.1972, c.29 (C.26:2I-1 et seq.). (3) As the carrying out of any project described pursuant to this section constitutes the performance of an essential public function, a project predominantly used in furtherance of the purposes of a county hospital authority undertaken pursuant to this section, provided it is owned by or leased to a public entity, non-profit business entity, foreign or domestic, or a business entity wholly owned by a non-profit business entity, shall at all times be exempt from property taxation and special assessments of the State, or any municipality, or other political subdivision of the State and, notwithstanding the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-15), section 2 of P.L.1977, c.272 (C.54:4-2.2b), or any other section of law to the contrary, shall not be required to make payments in lieu of taxes. The land upon which a project is located shall also at all times be exempt from property taxation. Further, the project and land upon which the project is located shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1984, c.176 (C.54:4-1.10) regarding the tax liability of private parties conducting for profit activities on tax exempt land, or section 1 of P.L.1949, c.177 (C.54:4-2.3) regarding the taxation of leasehold interests in exempt property that are held by nonexempt parties. c. The general contractor, construction manager, design-build team, or subcontractor for a project proposed in accordance with this section shall be classified by the Division of Property Management and Construction to perform work on a public-private partnership hospital project. d. (1) Projects proposed in accordance with this section shall be submitted to the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority for its review and approval and, when practicable, are encouraged to adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System as adopted by the United States Green Building Council. (2) Where no public fund has been established for the financing of a public improvement, the chief financial officer of the public owner shall require the private entity for whom the public improvement is being made to post, or cause to be posted, a bond guaranteeing prompt payment of moneys due to the contractor, his or her subcontractors and to all persons furnishing labor or materials to the contractor or his or her subcontractors in the prosecution of the work on the public improvement. e. A general contractor, construction manager, design-build team, or subcontractor shall be registered pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.), and shall be classified by the Division of Property Management and Construction to perform work on a public-private partnership hospital project. f. (1) All projects proposed in accordance with this section shall be submitted to the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority for the authority's review and approval. The projects are encouraged, when practicable, to adhere to the green building manual prepared by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c.132 (C.52:27D-130.6). (2) (a) In order for an application to be complete and considered by the authority, the application shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a public-private partnership agreement between the county hospital authority and the private developer; (ii) a full description of the project, including a description of any agreement for the lease of a revenue-producing facility related to the project; (iii) the estimated costs and financial documentation for the project; (iv) a timetable for completion of the project extending no more than five years after consideration and approval; and (v) any other requirements that the authority deems appropriate or necessary. (b) As part of the estimated costs and financial documentation for the project, the application shall contain a long-range maintenance plan and shall specify the expenditures that qualify as an appropriate investment in maintenance. The long-range maintenance plan shall be approved by the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority pursuant to regulations promulgated by the authority that reflect national building maintenance standards and other appropriate building maintenance benchmarks. (3) The authority shall review all completed applications, and request additional information as is needed to make a complete assessment of the project. No project shall be undertaken until final approval has been granted by the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority; provided, however, that the authority shall retain the right to revoke approval if it determines that the project has deviated from the plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. (4) The New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement this subsection, including provisions for fees to cover administrative costs. g. Where no public fund has been established for the financing of a public improvement, the chief financial officer of the public owner shall require the private entity for whom the public improvement is being made to post, or cause to be posted, a bond guaranteeing prompt payment of moneys due to the contractor, his or her subcontractors and to all persons furnishing labor or materials to the contractor or his or her subcontractors in the prosecution of the work on the public improvement. h. The provisions of P.L.2009, c.136 (C.52:18-42 et al.) shall not apply to any project carried out pursuant to this section. L.2016, c.55, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-73 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-73
Use of monies saved.
Status: in_force

8. Any monies saved by the Department of Children and Families in preventing the out-of-home placement of children pursuant to this act shall be used by the department to provide services pursuant to the interdepartmental plan developed pursuant to this act. L.1992, c.111, s.8; amended 2006, c.47, s.147.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-4.3
Copies of rules and regulations; certification of consent and approval
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies shall cause a copy of every rule or regulation and a certification of every consent and approval issued or granted by the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies or the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies pursuant to the provisions of this act to be given to the Attorney General and to the Deputy Attorney General assigned to the Department of Institutions and Agencies. L.1962, c. 140, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-13
Licensing of nursing home administrators; regulations
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for license and a license fee of $100, and an examination fee of $100, the department shall cause an investigation to be made of the applicant and shall issue a license if it is found that said applicant is of good moral character and complies with the provisions of this act, the regulations of the department and the minimum standards established for the administration of a convalescent home or private nursing home. The license shall not be transferable or assignable and shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises wherein the individual acts as an administrator, as prescribed by the regulations of the department. The Commissioner of Health, with the advice of the Nursing Home Administrators' Licensing Board, shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations, and minimum standards for the training, experience and education of individuals acting as administrators of convalescent homes and private nursing homes to be licensed hereunder as may be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. In addition, the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to provide for such periodic increases in the license fee and the examination fee as the commissioner deems necessary. Such rules, regulations and minimum standards when adopted shall be binding upon all licensees and applicants for a license under this chapter. Licensees and applicants for a license as a convalescent home or private nursing home administrator of an institution or home conducted exclusively for persons who rely upon treatment by spiritual means alone through prayer in accordance with the creed or tenets of a recognized church or religious denomination as described in section 9 of P.L.1947, c.340 (C.30:11-9) shall meet all rules, regulations, and minimum standards prescribed by the board, except medical rules, regulations, and minimum standards. L.1968,c.356,s.3; amended 1970,c.169; 1986,c.100,s.1; 1991,c.78,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6E / Section 6E-3
Office of Disability Services.
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established an Office of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services. b. The office shall not subsume within it any other office, commission or other agency of State government, nor shall funds appropriated for the operation of any other office, commission or other agency of State government be expended for the establishment or operation of the Office of Disability Services. L.1999,c.91,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.3a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.3a
Joint study, Human Services, Health, appropriate treatment settings placement, challenges, supply, demand, involuntary, voluntary commitment beds.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health shall jointly conduct a study concerning the challenges of placing individuals in appropriate treatment settings and the supply of and demand for both involuntary commitment beds and voluntary commitment beds in this State. In conducting the study, the departments shall solicit input from interested stakeholders including, but not limited to, hospitals, the Office of the Public Defender, the Administrative Office of the Courts, advocates representing mental health patients, advocates representing individuals with disabilities, and representatives of psychiatric screening centers. b. No later than 18 months after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a et al.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall submit to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a report, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a summary of the findings from the study conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section; (2) an analysis of the supply of and demand for involuntary commitment beds and voluntary commitment beds, including consideration of, to the extent practicable, the geographic location of the patient and whether the patient is an adult patient or a pediatric patient, whether the patient has a criminal history, whether the patient is uninsured or underinsured, and whether the patient has been diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability and a mental health condition or has been diagnosed with a substance use disorder and a mental health condition; (3) the number of temporary licenses granted by the Department of Health pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a) as of the date the information concerning the licenses is submitted to the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a); and (4) any recommendations for legislative action. c. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health shall jointly conduct a follow-up study to the study conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. In conducting the study, the departments shall solicit input from interested stakeholders including, but not limited to, hospitals, the Office of the Public Defender, the Administrative Office of the Courts, advocates representing mental health patients, advocates representing individuals with disabilities, and representatives of psychiatric screening centers. No later than April 30, 2026, the Commissioner of Human Services shall submit to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a report, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a summary of the findings from the study conducted pursuant to this subsection; (2) an analysis of the supply of and demand for involuntary commitment beds and voluntary commitment beds, including consideration of, to the extent practicable, the geographic location of the patient and whether the patient is an adult patient or a pediatric patient, whether the patient has a criminal history, whether the patient has a complex medical condition, whether the patient is uninsured or underinsured, and whether the patient has been diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability and a mental health condition, or has been diagnosed with a substance use disorder and a mental health condition; (3) an analysis of the supply of, and demand, bed capacity, and waiting lists for, forensic beds at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Ann Klein Forensic Center, and Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, including consideration of whether the number of forensic beds available meets the demand from hospitals and jails based on existing waiting lists; (4) an analysis of the supply of and demand for short-term care facility beds, including consideration of, as applicable, whether the beds are subject to certificate of need requirements and if so, whether the Department of Health should issue a call for certificate of need applications to increase the supply of short-term care facility beds; (5) an analysis of the State's Psychiatric Emergency Screening Services system, including any recommendations for the modernization of the system in order to improve the system's operations and effectiveness in placing patients in appropriate care settings in a timely manner; (6) the number of temporary licenses granted by the Department of Health pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a) as of the date the information concerning the licenses is submitted to the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a); (7) an analysis of the information collected pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.139 (C.30:4-27.9a); and (8) any recommendations for legislative action. L.2023, c.139, s.2; amended 2025, c.108, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-15
Inquiries; annual report
Status: in_force

The commission is empowered to make inquiries concerning the causes of blindness and the proportion of cases within the State which is preventable and is entitled to receive the cooperation of other State and local government agencies in making these inquiries. The commission shall publish an annual report, including, but not limited to, incidence and prevalence rates of blind and visually impaired persons in all areas of the State. Amended by L. 1986, c. 147, s. 2, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-3
Department of Human Services; operation of shelters
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services shall provide services to those public or private agencies, which meet the standards set forth in this act, to operate shelters for victims of domestic violence. Priority for the allocation of services shall be to viable, existing programs which have successfully performed the delivery of shelter and other services to victims of domestic violence prior to the effective date of this act. L.1979, c. 337, s. 3, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.67 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.67
Submission of information by facility.
Status: in_force

2. Each facility in the State that is licensed to provide mental health or substance use disorder services, as provided for in section 1 of this act, and receives State or county funding shall submit to the data dashboard report, no less than once a day, information advising of the number of open beds that are available for the provision of mental health or substance use disorder services on that day. L.2017, c.155, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11A-14 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-14
Effective date
Status: in_force

Section thirteen of this act shall take effect immediately, and all other sections of this act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1953, c. 212, p. 1612, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 30:14-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12
Federal funds
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall seek and make use of any funds which are available from Federal or other sources in order to augment any State funds appropriated for the purposes of this program. L.1979, c. 337, s. 12, eff. Jan. 22, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.15
Modification, termination, review.
Status: in_force

10. a. Whenever the commissioner believes that guardianship is no longer required or that another person should be appointed to serve as guardian, the commissioner shall apply to the Superior Court for an order modifying or terminating the letters of guardianship. Where someone other than the commissioner is serving as guardian, notice shall be provided to that person. b. At least once every three years, the commissioner shall review the case of each person who receives functional or other services and who has a guardian. c. The Public Defender, the incapacitated person, or someone acting on behalf of the incapacitated person may institute a similar action for judicial review at any time. d. In cases where the commissioner serves as guardian, the Public Defender shall be given notice of any actions taken pursuant to subsection a. or b. of this section. The Public Defender shall be given an opportunity to meet the person subject to review and inspect the commissioner's records. L.1985, c.133, s.10; amended 1994, c.58, s.49; 2013, c.103, s.86.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.13
Declaration of public policy
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the public policy of this State to provide the means and facilities for the study of the causes and to contribute to the knowledge of the control, prevention and the cure of neuropsychiatric disorders which have proven so inimical to the health and welfare of the citizens of the State and which, if uncontrolled, constitute a menace to the individual afflicted thereby or to society in general. L.1953, c. 122, p. 1307, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-12.32 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12.32
Information to be submitted by hospitals
Status: in_force

From time to time, as determined by the commissioner, but not less than quarterly, each hospital seeking assistance under this act shall submit to the commissioner the following information: a. The total number of patient-days of in-patient service provided by the hospital to all patients; b. The number of patient-days of in-patient service provided by the hospital to nonthird party patients; c. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that health care and services provided by the hospital to nonthird party patients are reasonable and necessary; d. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that the hospital is making its best efforts to collect accounts receivable from nonthird party patients, who are not medically indigent as defined by the commissioner; e. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that charges imposed upon nonthird party patients by the hospital do not exceed the reasonable cost of health care services provided; and f. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine that charges imposed upon nonthird party patients are proportional to such patients' ability to pay. g. Such information as the commissioner may require in order to determine whether the current liabilities of the hospital exceed its cash balance in such manner or proportion as to render the hospital financially distressed. L.1977, c. 289, s. 4, eff. Dec. 1, 1977. Amended by L.1981, c. 26, s. 1, eff. Feb. 9, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.15 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.15
Termination of current staff member; exceptions.
Status: in_force

6. a. If a staff member of a child care center is convicted of a crime specified in section 5 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.14) after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.), the staff member shall be terminated from employment at, or ownership or sponsorship of, a child care center. b. For crimes and offenses other than those cited in section 5 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.14), an applicant or staff member may be eligible for employment at, or ownership or sponsorship of, a child care center if the department determines that the person has affirmatively demonstrated to the department clear and convincing evidence of the person's rehabilitation pursuant to subsection c. of this section. c. In determining whether a person has affirmatively demonstrated rehabilitation, the following factors shall be considered: (1) the nature and responsibility of the position at the child care center which the convicted person 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 person 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 person under their supervision. d. The department shall make the final determination regarding the employment of an applicant or staff member with a criminal conviction. L.2000,c.77,s.6; amended 2004, c.130, s.100.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-49 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-49
Work release earnings
Status: in_force

The earnings of such person shall be collected by the work release administrator and the employer shall be notified by registered mail, which notice shall include a copy of the order placing the person at outside labor. From such earnings, payment shall be made for the following purposes and in the order listed: (1) Board and personal expenses of such person inside and outside of jail or workhouse. (2) Court costs, court-ordered penalty assessments, restitution and fines. (3) After written notice to the appropriate welfare board the legally ascertained support of such person's dependents. (4) Payment of debts and legal obligations of such person acknowledged by him in writing and filed with the work administrator in such form as he shall specify. Any balance of such earnings that shall remain after the payment of the above shall be retained until the person's discharge and after proper accounting, shall be paid to him. L. 1968, c. 372, s. 6, eff. Dec. 27, 1968. Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 7, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-11
Powers of commissioner; "appointing authority"
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be the official agent of the department for all purposes. Except as otherwise provided by law the commissioner shall be considered the "appointing authority" of the department within the contemplation of the Civil Service laws. He shall likewise be the budget officer, and, unless some other official be designated by him for the purpose, he shall be its fiscal officer. He shall have general charge and supervision of the work of the department. Amended by L.1948, c. 87, p. 497, s. 3; L.1971, c. 384, s. 7, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-3d — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-3d
Definitions, Medicaid eligibility redetermination.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "Beneficiary" means an individual eligible for medical assistance through Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Division" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services. "Eligibility redetermination" means the administrative process by which the division or a county welfare agency reviews a beneficiary's income, financial resources, and circumstances relating to the beneficiary's application for continuation of benefits received under Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare. "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "NJ FamilyCare" means the NJ FamilyCare program established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.). b. No later than the first day of the fourteenth month next following the expiration of the federal public health emergency declared in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the commissioner shall direct the division or a county welfare agency to conduct an eligibility redetermination for a beneficiary no less than 365 days following the date of the beneficiary's initial enrollment in, or the date of the beneficiary's last eligibility redetermination for, Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare. The commissioner shall determine the means and method by which an eligibility redetermination shall be conducted. c. To the extent permitted under federal law and regulation, the commissioner, not later than the first day of the fourteenth month next following the expiration of the federal public health emergency declared in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, shall provide for at least 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility for adult eligibility groups without imposing any reporting requirements regarding changes of income or resources and regardless of the delivery system through which the beneficiary receives benefits. d. The commissioner 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.2022, c.123, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-28 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-28
Applicant requirements.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-14) and the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, shall establish criteria for assessing the suitability of grant applicants. Each applicant for a grant under this act shall: a. Describe the need for and type of child care services to be furnished; b. Provide assurances that the applicant has knowledge of and experience in the special nature of child care services for school-age children; c. Provide assurances that each person to be employed by the applicant for child care has appropriate experience and character including a criminal history records check of the files of the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division; d. Provide evidence that the applicant will be afforded use of an appropriate school facility or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner, which may be a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.); e. Provide assurances that the program will be in conformity with all appropriate statutes, regulations, ordinances, and such programs as shall be developed for the program created by P.L.1987, c.215 (C.30:5B-26 et seq.); f. Provide a tentative budget for the program, including a proposed sliding-fee schedule which should reflect a family's capacity to pay; g. Provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in the development and implementation of the child care program; and h. Provide such other assurances and information as the commissioner shall reasonably require to carry out the provisions of P.L.1987, c.215. L.1987, c.215, s.3; amended 2012, c.16, s.122.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-17
Penalty.
Status: in_force

17. (a) Any person who willfully obtains benefits under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) to which a person is not entitled or in a greater amount than that to which a person is entitled and any provider who willfully receives medical assistance payments to which a provider is not entitled or in a greater amount than that to which a provider is entitled is guilty of a crime of the third degree, provided, however, that the presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 for persons who have not previously been convicted of an offense shall not apply to a person who is convicted under the provisions of this subsection. (b) Any provider, or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or entity, who: (1) Knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any cost study, claim form, or any document necessary to apply for or receive any benefit or payment under P.L.1968, c.413; or (2) At any time knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement, written or oral, of a material fact for use in determining rights to such benefit or payment under P.L.1968, c.413; or (3) Conceals or fails to disclose the occurrence of an event which (i) affects a person's initial or continued right to any such benefit or payment, or (ii) affects the initial or continued right to any such benefit or payment of any provider or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity in whose behalf a person has applied for or is receiving such benefit or payment with an intent to fraudulently secure benefits or payments not authorized under P.L.1968, c.413 or in a greater amount than that which is authorized under P.L.1968, c.413; or (4) Knowingly and willfully converts benefits or payments or any part thereof received for the use and benefit of any provider or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to a use other than the use and benefit of such provider or such person, firm, partnership, corporation, or entity; is guilty of a crime of the third degree, provided, however, that the presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 for persons who have not previously been convicted of an offense shall not apply to a person who is convicted under the provisions of this subsection. (c) Any provider, or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or entity who solicits, offers, or receives any kickback, rebate, or bribe in connection with: (1) The furnishing of items or services for which payment is or may be made in whole or in part under P.L.1968, c.413; or (2) The furnishing of items or services whose cost is or may be reported in whole or in part in order to obtain benefits or payments under P.L.1968, c.413; or (3) The receipt of any benefit or payment under this act, is guilty of a crime of the third degree, provided, however, that the presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 for persons who have not previously been convicted of an offense shall not apply to a person who is convicted under the provisions of this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to (A) a discount or other reduction in price under P.L.1968, c.413 if the reduction in price is properly disclosed and appropriately reflected in the costs claimed or charges made under P.L.1968, c.413; and (B) any amount paid by an employer to an employee who has a bona fide employment relationship with such employer for employment in the provision of covered items or services. (d) Whoever knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made or induces or seeks to induce the making of any false statement or representation of a material fact with respect to the conditions or operations of any institution or facility in order that such institution or facility may qualify either upon initial certification or recertification as a hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or health agency, thereby entitling them to receive payments under P.L.1968, c.413, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. (e) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity who violates the provisions of any of the foregoing subsections of this section or any provisions of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.265 (C.2A:32C-3), shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be liable to civil penalties of: (1) payment of interest on the amount of the excess benefits or payments at the maximum legal rate in effect on the date the payment was made to said person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity for the period from the date upon which payment was made to the date upon which repayment is made to the State; (2) payment of an amount not to exceed three-fold the amount of such excess benefits or payments; and (3) payment in the sum of not less than and not more than the civil penalty allowed under the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. s.3729 et seq.), as it may be adjusted for inflation pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub.L.101-410 for each excessive claim for assistance, benefits or payments. (f) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity, other than an individual recipient of medical services reimbursable by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, who, without intent to violate P.L.1968, c.413, obtains medical assistance or other benefits or payments under P.L.1968, c.413 in excess of the amount to which he is entitled, shall be liable to a civil penalty of payment of interest on the amount of the excess benefits or payments at the maximum legal rate in effect on the date the benefit or payment was made to said person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity for the period from September 15, 1976 or the date upon which payment was made, whichever is later, to the date upon which repayment is made to the State, provided, however, that no such person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity shall be liable to such civil penalty when excess medical assistance or other benefits or payments under this act are obtained by such person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity as a result of error made by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, as determined by said division; provided, further, that if preliminary notification of an overpayment is not given to a provider by the division within 180 days after completion of the field audit as defined by regulation, no interest shall accrue during the period beginning 180 days after completion of the field audit and ending on the date preliminary notification is given to the provider. (g) All interest and civil penalties provided for in P.L.1968, c.413 and all medical assistance and other benefits to which a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity was not entitled shall be recovered in an administrative proceeding held pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), except that recovery actions against minors or incapacitated persons shall be initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction. (h) Upon the failure of any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity to comply within 10 days after service of any order of the director or the director's designee directing payment of any amount found to be due pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, or at any time prior to any final agency adjudication not involving a recipient or former recipient of benefits under P.L.1968, c.413, the director may issue a certificate to the clerk of the Superior Court that such person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity is indebted to the State for the payment of the amount. A copy of such certificate shall be served upon the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity against whom the order was entered. Thereupon the clerk shall immediately enter upon the record of docketed judgments the name of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity so indebted, and of the State, a designation of the statute under which such amount is found to be due, the amount due, and the date of the certification. Such entry shall have the same force and effect as the entry of a docketed judgment in the Superior Court. Such entry, however, shall be without prejudice to the right of appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court from the final order of the director or the director's designee. (i) In order to satisfy any recovery claim asserted against a provider under this section, whether or not that claim has been the subject of final agency adjudication, the division or its fiscal agents is authorized to withhold funds otherwise payable under P.L.1968, c.413 to the provider. (j) The Attorney General may, when requested by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent, apply ex parte to the Superior Court to compel any party to comply forthwith with a subpoena issued under P.L.1968, c.413. Any party who, having been served with a subpoena issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1968, c.413, fails either to attend any hearing, or to appear or be examined, to answer any question or to produce any books, records, accounts, papers or documents, shall be liable to a penalty of $500 for each such failure, to be recovered in the name of the State in a summary civil proceeding to be initiated in the Superior Court. The Attorney General shall prosecute the actions for the recovery of the penalty prescribed in this section when requested to do so by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent and when, in the judgment of the Attorney General, the facts and law warrant such prosecution. Such failure on the part of the party shall be punishable as contempt of court by the court in the same manner as like failure is punishable in an action pending in the court when the matter is brought before the court by motion filed by the Attorney General and supported by affidavit stating the circumstances. (k) Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, but in addition to any other penalty or disposition that may be imposed by law: (1) a person who violates the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $15,000 and not more than $25,000 for each violation; and (2) a person who violates the provisions of subsection (d) of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $25,000 for each violation. (l) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section under circumstances in which the aggregate amount obtained or sought to be obtained is $1,000 or more, who has previously been convicted of a violation of the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section within 10 years of the current violation, under circumstances where the aggregate amount obtained or sought to be obtained was $1,000 or more, is guilty of a crime of the second degree and, in addition to any other penalty or disposition authorized by law and notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $150,000 for each such repeat violation. amended 1976, c.89; s.2, 2007, c.265, s.16; 2010, c.30, s.2; 2013, c.103, s.88.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80.11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80.11
Effect of order of expungement
Status: in_force

If an order expunging such commitment is granted, the commitment shall be deemed not to have occurred and the petitioner may answer accordingly any question relating to its occurrence. L.1976, c. 108, s. 4, eff. Oct. 29, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-165.6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-165.6
Person with developmental disability to continue receipt of residential functional services; exceptions.
Status: in_force

89. Any person with a developmental disability under the age of 18 years who, on the effective date of this act, is receiving residential functional services under order of commitment of any court shall continue to receive residential care as if admitted under Class F of this act, unless within 30 days of the effective date of this act the commissioner shall apply to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part for an order of commitment to care and custody as provided herein. Persons over the age of 18 for whom a guardian of the person has been appointed and who are receiving residential functional services shall be considered to have been admitted under Class F of this act. Where no guardian has been appointed for a person who is over the age of 18 who is receiving residential functional services on the effective date of this act, the last prior order issued with respect to him shall continue in force and effect for one year following the effective date of this act, unless prior to that time either (1) the person with a developmental disability has been discharged or (2) a guardian of his person has been appointed, or (3) application has been made by a court of competent jurisdiction for his admission to care under Class I as provided herein. Any order for payment of maintenance issued under prior provisions of Title 30 in effect on the effective date of this act shall remain in force and effect. L.1965, c.59, s.89; amended 1966, c.82, s.3; 1991, c.91, s.321; 2010, c.50, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-11 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-11
Approval or disapproval of lowest responsible bid; direction of payment
Status: in_force

The State Medicaid Commission by majority vote of all its members shall (a) approve or disapprove the lowest responsible bid submitted under 8. a. and should the bid be disapproved (b) direct that payment of claims under this act be made by the Department of Institutions and Agencies in the manner provided in section 8. b. or 8. c. as shall be determined by the State Medicaid Commission. L.1968, c. 413, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act." L.1968, c. 413, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-123.51a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-123.51a
Inmate of county penal institution; revocation of parole; denial of credits and ineligibility for parole
Status: in_force

Pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1979, c. 441 (C. 30:4-123.60), any inmate sentenced to a term of incarceration in a county penal institution who is granted parole and whose parole is revoked, shall not be credited for any time served during that parole and shall not be eligible for parole during the remainder of that county sentence. L.1982, c. 71, s. 5, eff. July 16, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 30:11-28 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-28
Services of state employees to carry out duties
Status: in_force

The Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board is hereby empowered within the limits of appropriations made available to it and on a cost reimbursable basis, to obtain the services of any State department and State employee necessary to carry out its duties. L.1968, c. 356, s. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.10
Court proceedings.
Status: in_force

10. a. (1) A short-term care or psychiatric facility or a special psychiatric hospital shall initiate court proceedings for involuntary commitment to inpatient or outpatient treatment by submitting to the court a clinical certificate completed by a psychiatrist on the patient's treatment team or an electronically scanned clinical certificate in lieu of the original certificate, and the screening certificate or an electronically scanned screening certificate in lieu of the original certificate which authorized admission of the patient to the facility; provided, however, that both certificates shall not be signed by the same psychiatrist unless the psychiatrist has made a reasonable but unsuccessful attempt to have another psychiatrist conduct the evaluation and execute the certificate. (2) A screening service or outpatient treatment provider shall initiate court proceedings for commitment to outpatient treatment by submitting to the court a clinical certificate completed by a psychiatrist on the patient's treatment team or an electronically scanned clinical certificate in lieu of the original certificate, and the screening certificate or an electronically scanned screening certificate in lieu of the original certificate which authorized assignment of the patient to outpatient treatment with the outpatient treatment provider; provided, however, that both certificates shall not be signed by the same psychiatrist unless the psychiatrist has made a reasonable but unsuccessful attempt to have another psychiatrist conduct the evaluation and execute the certificate. b. Court proceedings for the involuntary commitment to treatment of any person not referred by a screening service may be initiated by the submission to the court of two clinical certificates, at least one of which is prepared by a psychiatrist. The person shall not be involuntarily committed before the court issues a temporary court order. c. A court proceeding for involuntary commitment to treatment of an inmate who is scheduled for release upon expiration of a maximum term of incarceration shall be initiated by the Attorney General or county prosecutor by submission to the court of two clinical certificates, at least one of which is prepared by a psychiatrist. d. The Attorney General, in exercise of the State's authority as parens patriae, may initiate a court proceeding for the involuntary commitment to treatment of any person in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection a. or b. of this section. When the Attorney General determines that the public safety requires initiation of a proceeding pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the Attorney General may apply to the court for an order compelling the psychiatric evaluation of the person. The court shall grant the Attorney General's application if the court finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person may be in need of involuntary commitment to treatment. The Attorney General may delegate the authority granted pursuant to this subsection, on a case by case basis, to the county prosecutor. e. Any person who is a relative by blood or marriage of the person being screened who executes a clinical certificate, or any person who signs a clinical certificate for any purpose or motive other than for purposes of care, treatment and confinement of a person in need of involuntary commitment to treatment, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. f. Upon receiving these documents the court shall immediately review them in order to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the person is in need of involuntary commitment to treatment. g. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that the person, other than a person whose commitment is sought pursuant to subsection c. of this section, is in need of involuntary commitment to treatment, it shall issue a temporary order authorizing the assignment of the person to an outpatient treatment provider or the admission to or retention of the person in the custody of the facility, that is both appropriate to the person's condition and is the least restrictive environment, pending a final hearing. h. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that a person whose commitment is sought pursuant to subsection c. of this section is in need of involuntary commitment to treatment, it shall issue an order setting a date for a final hearing and authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to arrange for temporary commitment pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1986, c.71 (C.30:4-82.2) to the Ann Klein Forensic Center in Trenton or other facility designated for the criminally insane pending the final hearing and prior to the expiration of the person's term. The order shall specifically provide for transfer of custody to the Ann Klein Forensic Center in Trenton or other facility designated for the criminally insane if the person's maximum term will expire prior to the final hearing. i. In the case of a person committed to treatment at a short-term care facility or special psychiatric hospital, after the facility's treatment team conducts a mental and physical examination, administers appropriate treatment and prepares a discharge assessment, the facility may transfer the patient to a psychiatric facility prior to the final hearing; provided that: (1) the patient, his family and his attorney are given 24 hours' advance notice of the pending transfer; and (2) the transfer is accomplished in a manner which will give the receiving facility adequate time to examine the patient, become familiar with his behavior and condition and prepare for the hearing. In no event shall the transfer be made less than five days prior to the date of the hearing unless an unexpected transfer is dictated by a change in the person's clinical condition. j. A clinical certificate or screening certificate that is electronically scanned pursuant to subsection a. or b. of this section shall be transmitted in accordance with the Rules of Court. L.1987, c.116, s.10; amended 1994, c.134, s.6; 2009, c.112, s.11; 2014, c.43.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-33 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-33
Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor
Status: in_force

In each county having a workhouse every person sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not more than six months shall be delivered by the sheriff or other proper officer of the county in which the conviction was had to the master of the workhouse, together with a copy of the sentence of the court, certified under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court or if there be no clerk, then under the hand and seal of the magistrate or judge imposing the sentence, and shall be there received and safely kept to hard labor, agreeably to such sentence, by the master of the workhouse for the term of his sentence and for such further time as the costs of prosecution and fine, if any, shall remain unpaid, unless the prisoner be sooner discharged in due course of law. This section shall not apply to an offender whose sentence shall be imprisonment or the payment of a fine, or imprisonment and the payment of a fine, without the addition of hard labor in either case. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 536, s. 54.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-35.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-35.1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Pharmaceutical Rebate Act." L.1992,c.83,s.1; per s.6 as amended by 1993, c.97, s.2, expired June 30, 1994.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-8.17 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-8.17
Definitions relative to Regional Health Hubs.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Core region" means the geographic area of responsibility for a Regional Health Hub. "Data catchment area" means the zip codes in New Jersey for which a Regional Health Hub receives NJ FamilyCare claims data. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Existing Regional Health Hub" means those four organizations designated as Regional Health Hubs by the FY20 New Jersey State Budget, P.L.2019, c.150 and identified in subsection b. of section 3 of this act. "Health information platform" means a Health Information Exchange (HIE) or other electronic platform that is used to run population-level analytics or exchange health information among various organizations. "New Regional Health Hub" means an entity that is designated by the commissioner as a Regional Health Hub after the effective date of, and as provided by, this act. "Prospective service region" or "prospective region" means a geographical area that is designated by the commissioner, pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of this act, as being in need of a Regional Health Hub. "Regional Health Hub" means any entity that is designated as a Regional Health Hub, as provided by this act, including an existing Regional Health Hub or a new Regional Health Hub. L.2019, c.517, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-4 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-4
Qualifications of members.
Status: in_force

4. The public members shall be representative of the diverse social, economic and geographical interests in the State, and shall include at least 15 persons who are consumers or immediate family members of consumers of services for persons with developmental disabilities. The seven State members shall be official representatives of State agencies, as follows: five representatives, each of whom shall administer funds provided under at least one of the following federal laws related to individuals with disabilities: the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973" (29 U.S.C. s.701 et seq.), the "Individuals With Disabilities Education Act" (20 U.S.C. s.1400 et seq.), the "Older Americans Act of 1965" (42 U.S.C. s.3001 et seq.) and Titles V and XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s.701 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. s.1396 et seq.); one representative from the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services; and one representative from the Division of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services. L.1979,c.105,s.4; amended 1994, c.58, s.48; 2003, c.54, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-130 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-130
Witnesses' fees and mileage
Status: in_force

All persons summoned pursuant to section 30:4-129 of this title shall receive the like fees and mileage as are allowed to witnesses summoned to testify in court. The state treasurer shall pay the same out of the department maintenance fund upon the comptroller's warrant in such sum as the commissioner shall certify as correct.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-80 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-80
Tax levy; repayment by those legally liable
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall annually levy and raise the amount required to meet the expense of maintaining and clothing the patients chargeable to such county in the several state institutions, and such further sum as is estimated will be necessary to cover all similar bills for one year in advance. Each county shall have power to compel every individual or municipality legally liable for the support of such patients, to repay the amount of such bills, with interest, and each board of managers shall have authority to sue for and recover in the name of its treasurer, from any county indebted, all sums due for support, maintenance and clothing of any patient chargeable to the county.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1AA-13 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1AA / Section 1AA-13
Powers, duties of director
Status: in_force

The director shall: a. Administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein any administrative subdivisions he deems necessary. The director may formulate and adopt rules and regulations and prescribe duties for the efficient conduct of the office pursuant to Department of Human Services policies and procedures; b. Solicit and accept grants of funds from the federal government and from other public and any private sources for any of the purposes of this act; and c. Perform other functions which may be prescribed in this act or by any other law. L. 1987, c. 5, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-69 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-69
Initiation of background check.
Status: in_force

7. In accordance with this act, the department shall initiate a criminal history record background check on all community agency heads, community agency employees, community care residence applicants, community care residence alternates, or community care residence household members who have not had a criminal history record background check completed in the previous two years from the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.328 (C.30:11B-4.3 et al.) L.1999, c.358, s.7; amended 2000, c.97, s.7; 2017, c.328, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-21.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-21.3
Holocaust reparations, restitution not considered income for determination of PAAD eligibility
Status: in_force

2. Amounts received as reparations or restitution for the loss of liberty or damage to health by the victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution; returns of tangible or intangible property seized, misappropriated, or lost as a result of National Socialist (Nazi) actions or policies and any cash values in replacement of such property; payments of insurance policies purchased by the victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution; and any accumulated or accrued interest on such amounts shall not be counted as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled program established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.). L.1998,c.113,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-21.1
Transfers not mandatory.
Status: in_force

1. The Division of Developmental Disabilities, except as provided in section 2 of this act, shall not transfer, or otherwise compel the transfer of, an individual with a developmental disability who is currently residing in an out-of-State placement to a residential placement in this State, if the individual or the guardian of the individual objects to such transfer in writing. L.2015, c.192, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6C-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6C / Section 6C-7
Aftercare treatment; refusal to continue as violation of probation
Status: in_force

Any individual released or discharged from a State or county mental hospital or similar facility after having been voluntarily admitted or committed thereto as a disorderly person as provided for herein, shall receive specialized medically oriented aftercare treatment for the balance of the time that the individual shall remain on probation. If the individual receiving aftercare treatment refuses to continue to receive such treatment and thus violates the condition of his probation, he shall be returned to the court for further disposition as provided for herein. L.1964, c. 226, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4A-3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-3
Superintendent; specialists
Status: in_force

The diagnostic center shall be under the direct supervision of the superintendent, who shall be appointed and whose salary shall be fixed by the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, and who shall serve at the will of said board. Such further specialists in the field of medicine, psychiatry and psychology shall be appointed to the staff, together with such other assistants as shall appear necessary, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Revised Statutes, Civil Service. Wherever possible the services of specialists now attached to the several State and county mental hospitals shall be utilized. L.1946, c. 118, p. 550, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26a — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26a
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies is authorized to formulate and adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1974, c. 178, s. 5, eff. Dec. 10, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-3b1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-3b1
Permanent change of station order, residency requirement, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services within the Department of Human Services shall accept a permanent change of station order to a duty location located in New Jersey, issued by any branch of the United States military to the parent or legal guardian of an applicant, for the purposes of satisfying the residency requirement for the provision of home and community based services reimbursed by the Medicaid program. b. For the purpose of this section: "Legal guardian" means a person who exercises continuing control over the person or property, or both, of an individual, pursuant to a court order. "Medicaid program" means the program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "Permanent change of station order" means the official documentation issued by a branch of the United States military to an active duty member requiring the member's relocation, along with the relocation of any dependents living with the member, from one duty location to another. L.2022, c.84, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-21
Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden.
Status: in_force

30:8-21. In all cases where any sheriff or undersheriff shall be by law authorized or required to confine or keep in jail any person arrested or in custody on any civil process, or in any civil suit or proceeding, by surrender in discharge of bail or in any other way, such sheriff or undersheriff shall deliver such person so arrested or in custody to the jail warden of such county, if there shall be one, within such jail, with a copy of the process, commitment or surrender by virtue of which such person was arrested or is in custody, and after such delivery such sheriff or undersheriff shall not be liable for any escape of such prisoner; but the board of chosen freeholders of such county, or their keeper or warden, if they shall have appointed one under the provisions of section 30:8-20 of this Title, shall, for any escape after such delivery, be liable in the same manner as the sheriff of the county would be if he had the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county and of the prisoners therein. Such sheriff or undersheriff may require such keeper or warden to give a receipt, upon the process or commitment by which such prisoner may be arrested or held, for the body of such prisoner. Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 16, eff. Jan. 15, 1971; amended 2023, c.250, s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-3d1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-3d1
Presumptive eligibility, Medicaid, home, community-based services, long-term services, supports program; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. Within 30 months of enactment of P.L.2023, c.306 (C.30:4D-3d1), and conditional on the receipt of all necessary approvals and the securing of federal financial participation pursuant to subsection g. of this section, the Department of Human Services shall provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid, including, where appropriate, eligibility for the managed long-term services and supports program, for an individual who is: seeking home and community-based services or PACE enrollment; awaiting an eligibility determination for Medicaid or for the managed long-term services and supports program or services provided through PACE; and likely to be financially and clinically eligible for Medicaid and where necessary the managed long-term services and supports program or services provided through PACE, as determined by the department. b. Conditional on federal financial participation, the department shall provide Medicaid coverage for eligible home and community-based services or services provided through PACE to an individual who is granted presumptive eligibility pursuant to this section. Coverage provided under this subsection shall begin upon the receipt of an individual's request for services, pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and shall be terminated if the individual is determined clinically or financially ineligible for home and community-based services or services provided through PACE under Medicaid during the eligibility determination process. c. An individual seeking presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services or services provided through PACE under Medicaid shall submit a request to the department in a manner and form as determined by the commissioner. d. An individual granted presumptive eligibility pursuant to this section shall be required to submit a completed application for Medicaid and any applicable Medicaid waiver program offering home and community-based services or services provided through PACE no later than the end of the month following the month in which presumptive eligibility is granted. e. Conditional on federal financial participation, a home and community-based services provider or PACE center shall be reimbursed for all Medicaid-eligible services rendered to an individual who has been granted presumptive eligibility pursuant to this section, regardless of whether the individual granted presumptive eligibility is determined clinically or financially ineligible for home and community-based services or services provided through PACE under Medicaid during the eligibility determination process. f. The department shall provide each individual granted presumptive eligibility pursuant to this section a written notice explaining the terms and conditions of presumptive eligibility and the home and community-based services or services provided through PACE the individual will be eligible to receive. g. The commissioner shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. The provision of presumptive eligibility pursuant to this section shall be contingent on securing all necessary federal approvals and federal financial participation as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section. h. In designing the program required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Department shall assess the success of other jurisdictions in providing for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and related services for Medicaid recipients; consider methods for minimizing costs due to determinations of clinical or financial ineligibility; and engage with relevant stakeholders to determine how to best tailor the benefit to the needs of the Medicaid population. i. As used in this section: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Department" means Department of Human Services. "Eligibility determination" means the administrative process by which the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services or a county welfare agency reviews a beneficiary's income, financial resources, and circumstances relating to the beneficiary's application for benefits received under Medicaid or any applicable Medicaid waiver program offering home and community-based services or services provided through PACE. "Home and community-based services" means community-based services provided under the managed long term services and supports program or personal care assistant services provided in the home under New Jersey's Medicaid State Plan. "Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). "PACE" means the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly as defined in section 1 of P.L.1997, c.296 (C.26:2H-88). L.2023, c.306.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-59 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-59
Payment by county to department of corrections for reassigned inmates
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county whose jail, workhouse or penitentiary has been prohibited from accepting new inmates, and whose inmates have been assigned to other penal facilities pursuant to section 2 of this act, shall appropriate an amount to repay the Department of Corrections for the custody, care, maintenance, and for all other services normally provided by the county to inmates of such facilities. For the first full calendar year, or portion thereof, following the effective date of this act said payment shall be $60.00 a day for each inmate, and said sum shall increase 5% per annum each year thereafter. Any facility receiving inmates pursuant to section 2 of this act shall receive from the Department of Corrections $60.00 per day for each inmate sent to the institution for the first full calendar year, or portion thereof, following the effective date of this act. Such sum shall increase by 5% per annum each year thereafter. L.1979, c. 472, s. 3, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-13.2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-13.2
Counties of first class over 800,000; compensation of employees
Status: in_force

From and after January first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, in counties of the first class having a population exceeding eight hundred thousand inhabitants, the compensation of guards, keepers, industrial officers and guard orderlies employed in the jails, houses of detention and penitentiaries, shall be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. L.1949, c. 34, p. 113, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-15.10 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-15.10
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

9. The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2000, c.58, s.9; amended 2006, c.47, s.126.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
Bond may be required
Status: in_force

Each board of managers may in its discretion require any official or employee to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties and fix the amount of such bond. In event that a surety company bond shall be given, the amount of the premium required thereon shall be paid from the maintenance account of the institution or agency to which the bonded person shall be attached.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-26.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-26.9
Provisional approval for resource family parent; definition.
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Children and Families may grant approval to a prospective resource family parent for a period not to exceed six months, upon completion of the State portion of the criminal history record investigation required pursuant to P.L.1985, c.396 (C.30:4C-26.8), pending completion and review of the federal portion of the criminal history record investigation required pursuant to that act, if: (1) the State portion of the criminal history record investigation indicates no information which would disqualify the person, (2) the prospective resource family parent and any adult residing in the prospective resource family parent's home submit a sworn statement to the Department of Children and Families attesting that the person does not have a record of criminal history which would disqualify the person, and (3) there is substantial compliance with department standards for resource family homes indicating there is no risk to a child's health or safety. For purposes of this section, "resource family parent" means any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with its approval, for care and shall include any person with whom a child is placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency for the purpose of adoption until the adoption is finalized. L.1989, c.21, s.1; amended 1999, c.53, s.35; 2004, c.130, s.66; 2005, c.169, s.9; 2006, c.47, s.136; 2012, c.16, s.85.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-2
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the developmentally disabled are entitled to certain fundamental rights as citizens and that these rights shall not be abrogated solely by reason of admission to any facility or receipt of any service for developmentally disabled persons; that services which are offered to the developmentally disabled shall be provided in a manner which respects the dignity, individuality and constitutional, civil and legal rights of each developmentally disabled person; and that it is the purpose of this act to denote such rights and establish standards for the provision of such services. L.1977, c. 82, s. 2, eff. May 5, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-61 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-61
Confidentiality of information.
Status: in_force

9. a. The Medicaid Inspector General shall not publicly disclose information that is specifically prohibited from disclosure by any provision of federal or State law. b. Whenever a person requests access to a government record that the Medicaid Inspector General obtained from another public agency during the course of an investigation, which record was open for public inspection, examination or copying before the investigation commenced, the public agency from which the Medicaid Inspector General obtained the record shall comply with the request if made pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), provided that the request does not in any way identify the record sought by means of a reference to the Medicaid Inspector General's investigation or to an investigation by any other public agency, including, but not limited to, a reference to a subpoena issued pursuant to such investigation. L.2007,c.58,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-16 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-16
Individual habilitation plans; preparation; conditions of transfer; review of plan
Status: in_force

a. Except in emergency situations, the department shall ensure that an individual habilitation plan is prepared for each developmentally disabled person subject to transfer at least 30 days prior to the time the actual transfer takes place. In addition to conforming to the requirements of sections 11 and 12 of P.L. 1977, c. 82 (C. 30:6D-11, 12), the plan shall state with particularity what habilitation goals shall be achieved for a transfer to be successful and what services, supervision, and living arrangements are needed to secure compliance with this act once the transfer is made. No transfer shall occur until all enumerated elements of the plan can be made available. A copy of the prepared plan shall be immediately given to every person participating in its development and review. b. Before a transfer occurs, persons participating in the development and review of the plan shall be given the opportunity to inspect the site of the proposed transfer and the site where the proposed services will be rendered. The appointment of a State employee as guardian of the developmentally disabled person shall not relieve the department of its responsibility to give parents and other interested persons an opportunity to participate in the development and review of the plan and to inspect proposed sites. A representative of the operator of the community residential facility shall also be given an opportunity to participate in the development and review of the plan. c. The department shall ensure that the individual habilitation plan is reviewed not earlier than four weeks and not later than six weeks after the transfer occurs. L.1983, c. 524, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1B-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-6
Powers, duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

6. The commissioner, as administrator and chief executive officer of the department, shall: a. Administer the work of the department; b. Appoint and remove officers and other personnel employed within the department, subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, and other applicable statutes, except as herein otherwise specifically provided; c. Perform, exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of the department through such divisions as may be established by this act or otherwise by law; d. Organize the work of the department in such divisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be necessary for efficient and effective operation; e. Formulate, adopt, issue and promulgate, in the name of the department such rules and regulations for the efficient conduct of the work and general administration of the department, the institutions or noninstitutional agencies within its jurisdiction, its officers and employees as may be authorized by law; f. Determine all matters relating to the unified and continuous development of the institutions and noninstitutional agencies within his jurisdiction; g. Determine all matters of policy and regulate the administration of the institutions or noninstitutional agencies within his jurisdiction, correct and adjust the same so that each shall function as an integral part of a general system. The rules, regulations, orders and directions promulgated by the commissioner for this purpose shall be accepted and enforced by the executive having charge of any institution or group of institutions or noninstitutional agencies or any phase of the work within the jurisdiction of the department; h. Institute or cause to be instituted such legal proceedings or processes as may be necessary to enforce properly and give effect to any of his powers or duties; for the purpose of any such investigation, he may cause to be examined under oath any and all persons whatsoever and compel by subpena the attendance of witnesses and the production of such books, records, accounts, papers and other documents as are appropriate. If a witness fails without good cause to attend, testify or produce such records or documents as are directed in the subpena, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons or subpena issued from a court of record in this State; i. Make a report in each year to the Governor and to the Legislature of the department's operations for the preceding fiscal year, and render such other reports as the Governor shall from time to time request or as may be required by law; j. Appoint such advisory committees as may be desirable to advise and assist the department or a division in carrying out its functions and duties; k. Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarters as he shall deem necessary to the proper functioning of the department; l. Develop and from time to time revise and maintain a comprehensive master plan for the State's correctional system which shall indicate, among other things, the department's goals, objectives, resources and needs; m. Promote the development of alternatives to conventional incarceration for those offenders who can be dealt with more effectively in less restrictive, community-based facilities; n. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.280); o. Promote a unified criminal justice system, including the integration of State and local correctional programs and probation and parole services; p. Provide for the timely and efficient collection and analysis of data regarding the correctional system to insure the continuing review and evaluation of correctional services, policies and procedures; q. Perform such other functions as may be prescribed in this act or by any other law; and r. Compile and provide to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services identifying information on each inmate incarcerated in each State institution at the time of incarceration. The information shall be transmitted electronically in a timely manner and shall provide identifying characteristics, including name and Social Security number, to be used by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services to verify individuals' eligibility for benefit programs administered by each department. L.1976, c.98, s.6; amended 1995, c.280, s.282; 2013, c.274, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.51 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.51
Family support services considered State benefit
Status: in_force

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the family support services provided pursuant to this act shall be considered a State benefit and shall not be counted as income for the purposes of State taxation or eligibility for other State benefits. L.1995,c.314,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-3.26 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.26
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2009, c.161, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-63 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-63
Definitions relative to criminal history background checks for community agency employees.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. b. "Community agency employee" means any individual 18 years of age or older who is employed by a public or private agency under contract with or licensed by the department to provide services to department clients who have developmental disabilities or brain injuries and includes all personnel working or residing at an agency who may come into direct contact with clients. c. "Community agency head" means the person responsible for the overall operation of the agency under contract with or licensed by the department. d. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. e. "Community agency" means a public or private agency under contract with or licensed by the department to provide services to department clients who have developmental disabilities or brain injuries. f. "Community agency board" means the board of directors of a community agency. g. "Community care residence" means a private house or apartment in which a person 18 years or older is under contract with or licensed by the department to provide individuals with developmental disabilities or persons with brain injury with care and a level of training and supervision that is based upon the documented needs of the individuals. h. "Community care residence applicant" means a person age 18 or older who satisfactorily initiates and completes the application process in order to obtain a license to operate a community care residence. i. "Community care residence alternate" means a person 18 years of age or older who has been selected by the applicant to provide care and supervision for individuals who require supervision at the community care residence. j. "Community care residence household member" means a person 18 years of age or older who resides in a community care residence, but does not include the individual who is receiving services from the department. k. "Under contract" means a provider under a written agreement with the department or a provider approved by the department to provide disability services to individuals that are eligible to receive services from the department. L.1999, c.358, s.1; amended 2000, c.97, s.1; 2017, c.328, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-6.19 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-6.19
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

11. The commissioner shall report to the Governor and Legislature no later than three years after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.) on the effectiveness of the criminal history record background checks in screening applicants and staff members of child care centers. The commissioner shall include in the report recommendations for modifying the provisions of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.) that the commissioner deems to be necessary and appropriate.
L.2000,c.77,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4J-9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4J / Section 4J-9
Findings, declarations relative to family health care coverage.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The most serious health problem facing approximately 1.2 million New Jersey residents, including approximately 264,000 children, is lack of access to affordable health care coverage, which forces too many New Jersey families to go without needed preventive and other nonemergency care until serious illness requires expensive hospital care. b. Research has shown that affordable and accessible health care coverage for parents can benefit their children, since parents who have a connection to ongoing health care coverage are more likely to ensure that their children get necessary immunizations and regular checkups from a primary care provider. Adults and children who lack insurance coverage forgo care until medical conditions, which were either preventable or treatable at the outset, require more extensive and expensive intervention or treatment. c. Children with health care coverage have a significantly greater opportunity to be healthier, realize their full educational and developmental potential and become productive citizens. Providing health care coverage for uninsured adults increases worker productivity and can reduce dependence on public assistance and other State-subsidized programs including hospital charity care. d. The federal State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), established in 1997 as Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, allows a state to establish a health insurance program for low-income children. In response to the enactment of SCHIP, New Jersey established the NJ KidCare program in 1997 and the NJ FamilyCare program in 2000 to provide subsidized private health insurance coverage to children whose family income does not exceed 350% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and to their parents if their income does not exceed 200% of the FPL. NJ FamilyCare also provided coverage for adults without children whose income did not exceed 100% of the FPL. Upon the establishment of NJ FamilyCare, the two programs were combined and administered as NJ FamilyCare. Within a short time, enrollment of adults far exceeded expectations and available funding, and various changes were made to the program to contain costs, such as scaling back benefits, limiting eligibility to parents and other adults who were already enrolled in, or had applied for, the program as of June 14, 2002, and no longer accepting any new applications from parents or other adults. e. Initially, NJ FamilyCare appreciably reduced the costs of charity care provided by hospitals, but when NJ FamilyCare coverage for parents and other adults was curtailed, charity care costs again increased. f. In order to (1) ensure that the original purpose of NJ FamilyCare is realized, that is, low income parents as well as their children are given access to health insurance coverage, (2) increase enrollment of children, and (3) maximize federal financial participation under both the State Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs, it is necessary and appropriate to restore coverage for parents of children who qualify for Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare, by increasing income eligibility levels, over a three-year period, for parents under the Medicaid program to 133% of the FPL. Further, to provide for a more comprehensive health care system, it is also necessary and appropriate to restore coverage through the Medicaid program, over a three-year period, for adults without dependent children whose income is up to 100% of the FPL, subject to the availability of federal Medicaid funds. g. Since 2002, the number of parents enrolled in NJ FamilyCare has steadily declined and the growth in coverage of children has slowed. Current application and renewal procedures create unnecessary barriers for applicants and enrollees, and have contributed to a decline in the enrollment of additional children and in the retention of enrollees. Experience in other states suggests that adopting certain enrollment simplification reforms in both the NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid programs can significantly increase enrollment and retention of eligible children and their parents. h. The expanded health care coverage provided by this act builds on New Jersey's longstanding commitment to assure access to quality health care that is provided in an efficient and effective manner and at a reasonable cost. L.2005,c.156,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-68 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-68
Maintenance of information.
Status: in_force

6. The department shall maintain all criminal history record information submitted under this act in accordance with rules and regulations which the commissioner shall adopt to implement the provisions of this act. L.1999, c.358, s.6; amended 2000, c.97, s.6; 2017, c.328, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-49 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-49
Funding of Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program
Status: in_force

7. The program shall be funded from the monies made available to the State from tobacco companies under the nationwide settlement of the respective actions by state governments against those companies, entered into by the State in the Master Settlement Agreement in State of New Jersey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., Superior Court, Chancery Division, Middlesex County, No. C-254-96. L.2001,c.96,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B-2
Findings
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to license and regulate child care programs and facilities in order to insure the continuous growth and development of children. The Legislature further finds that comprehensive child care programs are of value to the health, safety, education, physical, social and intellectual growth and general well-being of the children served and that the programs strengthen and supplement the family unit. The Legislature further finds that child care programs provide places for preventive health measures, early detection of illnesses and handicaps and development of special talents and interests. The Legislature further finds that the State and parents have a responsibility in the education of children and that the role of the teacher as caregiver is essential to the continuous development of children. The Legislature further finds that experience indicates that the development of child care centers should be encouraged, whether publicly or privately supported, to provide a full range of services benefiting the child, parent and community and that there is a great need for expansion of existing centers and for the establishment of additional centers and other child care programs. L.1983,c.492,s.2; amended 1992,c.95,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:3-7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7
Powers of state board as to building operations; architectural treatment; plans and specifications
Status: in_force

The state board, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise all the powers and perform all of the duties heretofore vested in or imposed upon the state architect or the state department of architecture, by whatever name known, and shall, through the commissioner and other appropriate board, division, commission or bureau of the department, conduct all state institutional building operations and all constructive work allied thereto, except for the state board of education. It shall at all times render assistance to all other state departments, except the state board of education, in determining the designs, location and arrangements of all public works and of all of their approaches and appurtenances calling for architectural treatment and the services of engineers, and shall approve the design of all such features thereof as are susceptible of architectural treatment. No payment shall be made on any contract for work done for the state except for the state board of education or any division thereof requiring architectural treatment except upon the certificate of the commissioner addressed to the comptroller, setting forth that the drawings and specifications have been complied with, which certificate shall be indorsed by the state board and by the board or body to which the appropriation was made. All specifications and contract drawings made for the commissioner, as hereinafter provided, shall be signed by the technical assistant responsible to the commissioner for their preparation and shall be approved by him, by the state board and by the commission, board or body to which the appropriation was made. When so signed and approved no other body shall have power to modify or change such specifications or drawings except that the commissioner may at any time during the progress of the work, with the approval of the state board and of the commission, board or other body, make necessary additions thereto or deviations from the amount thereof, provided that the sum appropriated for such work is not thereby exceeded, unless the state house commission shall have made an emergency appropriation to supplement the appropriation made therefor.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7ss — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7ss
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "Division" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services. "Local education agency" means a public authority legally constituted by the State as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for kindergarten through grade 12 public educational institutions. "Medicaid" means the program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). b. The division, or a managed care organization contracted with the division to provide benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries, shall reimburse a local education agency for behavioral health services covered under Medicaid, delivered in-person or via telehealth, and provided to a student who is an eligible Medicaid beneficiary. Services provided under this subsection shall be: (1) reimbursable by Medicaid regardless of the following: whether the student participates in an Individualized Education program, 504 Accommodation Plan, Individualized Health Care Plan, or Individualized Family Service Plan; or whether the covered services are provided at no charge to the student; and (2) provided by a licensed medical practitioner approved as a Medicaid provider or a local education agency approved as a Medicaid provider. c. Any local education agency claiming reimbursement under this section shall take all reasonable measures to ascertain and pursue any claims for reimbursement for services under this section against legally liable third parties in accordance with section 1902(a)(25) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.s.1396a(a)(25)). If there is no response to a claim submitted by a local educational agency to a legally liable third party within 45 days, the local educational agency may bill Medicaid. The local educational agency shall retain a copy of the claim submitted to the legally liable third party for a period of three years. d. A local education agency shall utilize Medicaid reimbursement payments issued under this section to provide behavioral health services for students and their families. e. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to: (1) prohibit a Medicaid beneficiary from receiving behavioral health services covered under Medicaid from a Medicaid provider who is not a local education agency, provided that the services provided comply with all State and federal laws and regulations; and (2) require Medicaid reimbursement for behavioral health services covered under Medicaid provided to a Medicaid beneficiary by a local education agency in tandem with duplicative behavioral health services provided by another approved Medicaid provider located in the community to the same beneficiary, to the extent that State or federal law or regulation prohibit the provision of such duplicative services. f. The division, in conjunction with the Department of Education and the Department of the Treasury, shall assist a local education agency in implementing a plan to submit Medicaid claims for covered behavioral health services and obtain Medicaid reimbursements under this section. To the extent possible, this system shall overlap with the claims, reimbursement, and administrative procedures associated with the Special Education Medicaid Initiative as a means to streamline all school-based Medicaid claims, which system shall include the requirement for a local education agency to obtain parental or guardian consent prior to billing Medicaid for any service provided under this section. A local education agency may enter into an agreement with one or more other local education agencies in the State for the purposes of contracting with a third-party entity to process and submit Medicaid claims for covered behavioral health services provided under this section. L.2023, c.108, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.31 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27.31
Rights at court hearing
Status: in_force

8. A person subject to involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator has the following rights at a court hearing pursuant to section 7 and any subsequent review court hearing: a. The right to be represented by counsel or, if indigent, by appointed counsel; b. The right to be present at the court hearing unless the court determines that because of the person's conduct at the court hearing the proceeding cannot reasonably continue while the person is present; c. The right to present evidence; d. The right to cross-examine witnesses; and e. The right to a hearing in camera. L.1998, c.71, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-26 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-26
Method of transfer
Status: in_force

The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1972, c. 110, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.12 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.12
Entry into cooperative agreements by departments.
Status: in_force

3. The Departments of Health and Senior Services, Human Services and Education, respectively, shall enter into cooperative agreements with each other to develop the initial, uniform application form and to exchange necessary information, as authorized by the applicant's consent on the initial, uniform application, such as name, address, telephone number, Social Security number of the applicant, family information and the types of services requested by or provided to the applicant, to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2000,c.112,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:9-23.18 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.18
Creation of hospital authority.
Status: in_force

4. a. (1) The governing body of a city may create, by ordinance, a body corporate and politic to be known as the " . . . . Municipal Hospital Authority," inserting the name of such city. The authority shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the city creating it. (2) The governing body of a county that owns a county hospital may create by ordinance or resolution as appropriate, a body corporate and politic to be known as the " . . . . County Hospital Authority," inserting the name of the county. The authority shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the county creating it. (3) A governing body of a city or county creating a local hospital authority shall have power from time to time and for such period and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as may be provided by such resolution or ordinance and accepted by the authority: (a) to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the authority, and to loan or donate such money to the authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the authority, (b) to covenant and agree with the authority to pay to or on the order of the authority annually or at shorter intervals as a subsidy for the promotion of its purposes not exceeding such sums of money as may be stated in such resolution or ordinance or computed in accordance therewith, and (c) upon authorization by it in accordance with law of the performance of any act or thing which it is empowered by law to authorize and perform and after appropriation of the moneys (if any) necessary for such performance, to covenant and agree with the authority to do and perform such act or thing and as to the time, manner and other details of its doing and performance, and, in accordance with the limitations and any exceptions thereto and in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by the local bond law to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds for the purpose of financing such project and appropriation, and to pay the proceeds of such bonds to the authority. b. A local hospital authority created pursuant to this section shall be subject to the procedures of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.), and shall operate pursuant to the provisions of that law, except as otherwise provided in P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.). The sole purpose of a municipal hospital authority shall be to carry out an acquisition and to operate and maintain a hospital. The sole purpose of a county hospital authority shall be to operate and maintain a county hospital. Nothing in P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) or any other State statute or regulation shall require that a county hospital authority hold any facility license to accomplish any of the objectives of P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) or for a hospital to be designated a "county hospital" or to prohibit the right to apply for a license by any operator. Further, nothing herein or any action taken in accordance with P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.) shall affect a county hospital's designation or ability to operate, manage, or obtain reimbursement as a county hospital, as provided by New Jersey law. c. Except as otherwise limited by P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.), the authority shall have power: (1) To finance and implement the acquisition of a hospital and to operate and maintain a hospital; (2) To sue and be sued; (3) To have an official seal and alter it at pleasure; (4) To make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal management and for the conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To maintain an office at a place within the State as it may determine; (6) To acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its income, revenues, funds, and moneys; (7) To acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, rent, hold, use, and dispose of real or personal property for its purposes; (8) To borrow money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes and to secure them by a mortgage on its property or any part thereof, or by a pledge of its revenues, and otherwise to provide for and secure the payment of them and to provide for the rights of the holders of the bonds or notes; (9) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements that are necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers under this act; (10) To establish, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, repair, improve, own, manage, operate, and maintain a hospital, or oversee the management and operation of a hospital, and let, award and enter into construction contracts, purchase orders and other contracts with respect to a hospital as the authority shall determine; (11) To fix and revise from time to time, and charge and collect, rents, fees and charges for the use, occupancy or services of the hospital or any part thereof or for admission thereto, and for the grant of concessions therein and for things furnished or services rendered by the authority through a hospital; (12) To function as the hospital governing body responsible for approving hospital-wide policy, establishing and enforcing rules, regulations and bylaws for the use or operation of the hospital or the conduct of its activities, maintaining quality of care, and providing institutional management and planning, which functions may be delegated or assigned to another entity, so long as the authority retains direct oversight over the entity; (13) Subject to any agreement with bondholders or noteholders, to invest moneys of the authority not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds or notes, in obligations, securities and other investments the authority deems prudent; (14) To contract for and to accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from the State or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, or from any other source, including for-profit or nonprofit organizations or the general public, and to comply, subject to the provisions of this act, with the terms and conditions thereof; (15) Subject to any agreements with bondholders or noteholders, to purchase bonds or notes of the authority out of any funds or money of the authority available for those purposes, and to hold, cancel or resell the bonds or notes; (16) To appoint and employ an executive director and additional officers, who need not be members of the authority, and accountants, attorneys, financial advisors, or experts and any other officers, agents and employees as it may require and determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties and compensation, all without regard to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service of the New Jersey Statutes; (17) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through, or by means of contracts, including through a joint venture, with a nonprofit or for-profit entity or entities; (18) To procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations or assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable; and (19) To do anything necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers granted in P.L.2006, c.46 (C.30:9-23.15 et al.). L.2006, c.46, s.4; amended 2016, c.55, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-25.23 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.23
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to eliminate or otherwise affect the need of the Division of Developmental Disabilities to require the completion of the New Jersey Comprehensive Assessment Tool prior to the receipt of adult services or to conduct any ongoing assessment as needed to comply with federal requirements, quality monitoring, and any other State or federal laws, regulations, or policies. L.2014, c.78, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-85.1 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-85.1
Transfer of inmates
Status: in_force

Any inmate of any county jail, workhouse or penitentiary may be transferred to any appropriate existing correctional institution maintained by the State or which may hereafter be established or designated by the State board for the purposes herein provided. Such transfer shall be made on forms to be prescribed by the department, upon the request of the chief executive officer, warden or keeper of any county correctional institution or upon the initiative of the commissioner in accordance with the formally adopted rules and regulations of the State board, after recommendation by a special classification review board appointed by the State board from among members of the department's central staff that such transfer should be made. No such transfer shall be made to the State Prison nor shall any such transfer operate as authority for the detention of any person for a term in excess of that fixed by the original sentence or order of commitment. By the same method, any inmate of a correctional institution maintained by the State, on the initiative of the commissioner, may be transferred, with the consent of the board of chosen freeholders, to an appropriate correctional institution in any one of the several counties. In the event it is determined by the Commissioner of Corrections that a county jail, workhouse or penitentiary is not suitable or adequate to properly secure any inmate under sentence or charged with any criminal offense, he may transfer the inmate to any existing correctional institution maintained by the State, including the State Prison. The Commissioner of Corrections shall be empowered to determine a specific State correctional institution, including the State Prison, for the proper and secure incarceration of the inmate. Any person so transferred may be retransferred to his place of original confinement or may be transferred to any existing jail, workhouse or penitentiary located in any one of the several counties. The cost of such transfer and the expense of maintaining the inmate in any State institution or an institution located in a county other than the county from which the inmate was originally committed and confined shall be borne by the State. L. 1948, c. 204, p. 1004, s. 1. Amended by L. 1985, c. 165, s. 1, eff. May 10, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-101 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-101
Couples not to be maintained in separate quarters, exceptions.
Status: in_force

30:4-101. Married, domestic partnership, or civil union couples who are residents of a public institution maintained in whole or in part by the State, or a county, municipality, or subdivision thereof, shall not be maintained in separate quarters. This provision shall not apply to institutions for persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities, or to correctional institutions or where the health or mental condition of the persons concerned warrants separation. amended 2010, c.50, s.42; 2013, c.103, s.85.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6-2 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-2
Aiding the blind; loans, stock, tools furnished; repayment
Status: in_force

The commission during each fiscal year may expend such sum as shall be appropriated, for the practical encouragement, by loans of capital, of stock in trade, or of tools and apparatus, to blind persons desirous of earning a living by any form of business or productive activity. The commission may also loan any of the moneys provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the amelioration of the condition of the blind, and contract for the repayment of the same, and the moneys when repaid shall form a part of the fund to be kept and maintained by the board for its work.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-21 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-21
Guardianship order not to be restrictive.
Status: in_force

21. The order of the court committing a child to the guardianship of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall in no wise be restrictive of the duties, powers, and authority of the division in the care, custody, placement, welfare, and exclusive guardianship of the child as provided in P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), and the division shall be removed as the guardian only by a court of competent jurisdiction upon charges preferred and upon good cause shown after an opportunity to be heard. L.1951, c.138, s.21; amended 1962, c.197, s.22; 2012, c.16, s.72.
N.J. Stat. § 30:1-23 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-23
Surplus or unsuitable lands; sale to municipality; conveyance of title by department
Status: in_force

When any lands of the Department of Institutions and Agencies have been declared by the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies to be surplus or unsuitable for use for the purposes of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, and the sale of such lands is authorized by the Governor, such lands may be sold to the municipality in which same are situate, at such fair price and upon such terms and conditions as shall be fixed by the State House Commission. Upon acceptance by the municipality of the terms and conditions fixed by the State House Commission, and performance by the municipality of such of the terms and conditions as the State House Commission may require to be performed prior to the conveyance of title, the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, on behalf of the State, shall be authorized to convey to such municipality title to said property. L.1956, c. 223, p. 788, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 384, s. 14, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.7 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.7
Findings, declarations relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There are hundreds of community care residences in the State in which an adult or family secures a license from the Department of Human Services to provide care or training, or both, to up to four individuals with developmental disabilities; b. For protection of the individuals with developmental disabilities residing in these community care residences, there needs to be an increase in the oversight of the persons licensed to operate community care residences, the case managers who are required to conduct monthly visits of these residences, and the day programs that individuals with developmental disabilities are scheduled to, but may not actually, attend; c. It is also important to improve communications with guardians and authorized family members of individuals with developmental disabilities residing in community care residences so that guardians and authorized family members know whether the individual is receiving good care, attending scheduled day programs, and following the individualized habilitation plan developed for the individual; d. Currently an individual with a developmental disability residing in a community care residence is required to have annual medical examinations; for the protection of an individual who may be suffering injury inflicted by the licensee of the community care residence, the examining physician should be required to take protective custody of the individual and report such action to the Department of Human Services; e. Ensuring that investigators have access to communications concerning allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a disability, and that investigative reports examine the role of those overseeing the persons providing care to individuals with developmental disabilities, would provide needed information for any civil or criminal proceeding that may follow an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; and f. It is the policy of this State to: ensure that there is sufficient oversight of community care residences and day programs attended by individuals with developmental disabilities residing in community care residences; protect these individuals from injury that may be inflicted by the very persons charged with providing them with care; and safeguard and report information that may be important for a civil or criminal proceeding that may follow an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual with a developmental disability residing in a community setting. L.2012, c.69, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 30:8-42 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-42
Workhouse inmates
Status: in_force

The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for services in 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 all prisoners employed in any work or service necessary for the maintenance of the workhouse or penitentiary or their inmates. The wage allowed each prisoner shall not exceed fifty cents for each day of eight hours' work by such prisoners. In the payment of wages to prisoners preference shall be given to those who have persons legally dependent upon them for support. 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. 5, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-91.3 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-91.3
Extension of limits of place of confinement
Status: in_force

The commissioner or his duly authorized agent or agents may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a prisoner as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe he will honor his trust, by authorizing him, under prescribed conditions, to (a) Visit a specifically designated place or places for a period not to exceed 30 days and return to the same or another institution or facility. An extension beyond the 30-day limit may be granted to permit a visit to a dying relative, attendance at the funeral of a relative, the obtaining of medical services not otherwise available, the contacting of prospective employees, or for any other compelling reason consistent with the public interest; or (b) Work at paid employment to participate in a training or educational program in the community on a voluntary basis while continuing as a prisoner of the institution or facility to which he is committed, provided that: (i) Representatives of local union central bodies or similar labor union organizations are consulted; (ii) Such paid employment will not result in the displacement of employed workers, or be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality or impair existing contracts for services; and (iii) The rates of pay and other conditions of employment will not be less than those paid or provided for work of similar nature in the locality in which the work is to be performed. (iv) No prisoner employed in the free community in private enterprise under the provisions of this act shall, while working in such employment or going to and from such employment, be deemed to be an agent, employee or servant of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, the State of New Jersey or any of its subdivisions. L.1969, c. 22, s. 3, eff. April 23, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-5.9 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-5.9
Rules concerning licensed community care residence.
Status: in_force

3. A community care residence licensed by the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.A.C. 10:44B-1.1 et seq. shall be subject to the following provisions: a. If, as a result of an annual inspection of a community care residence by the Office of Licensing that allows for inquiry into the facilities, records, equipment, sanitary conditions, accommodations, and management of an individual with a developmental disability as required by N.J.A.C.10:44B-1.1 et seq., a licensee is required to provide a plan of correction and that plan has not been successfully implemented, as determined by the supervisor of the case manager of the individual or the office, within 30 days of the date that the licensee submitted the plan to the office, an individual with a developmental disability residing in that residence shall be removed from the residence if the supervisor, in consultation with the office, determines that the licensee's failure to implement the plan of correction threatens the health and well-being of the individual with the developmental disability. b. If the health, safety, or well-being of an individual with a developmental disability residing in a community care residence is threatened because of a licensee's noncompliance with the standards adopted by regulation of the department, the individual with a developmental disability shall be removed from the residence, and the licensee shall be subject to negative licensing action by the Office of Licensing. c. (1) The department shall have the authority to impose a penalty in an amount of $350 per day on the licensee for a repeated failure to implement a required plan of correction. The penalty shall be payable to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey and shall be used to provide food and care to individuals with developmental disabilities residing in community care residences. (2) If the department determines that a repeated failure to implement a required plan of correction endangers the health and well-being of an individual with a developmental disability, the department may, upon notice and after hearing, revoke the license issued to operate a community care residence. L.2012, c.69, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4C-3.8 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-3.8
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2003, c.40, s.2; amended 2003, c.47, s.118.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4F-6 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4F / Section 4F-6
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1983, c. 284, s. 6; per s.7, expired June 30, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7aa — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4D / Section 4D-7aa
Analysis of data.
Status: in_force

3. The division, in collaboration with the Department of Health, Medicaid managed care organizations, and any nonprofit entity contracted by the division to process, distribute, and maintain the Perinatal Risk Assessment data, shall analyze the Perinatal Risk Assessment data in order to identify trends in the risk factors associated with Medicaid recipients and individuals eligible for Emergency Medical Services for Non-Qualified Aliens during pregnancy. Commencing no later than 18 months after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, the division shall submit a written report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), providing a summary of its findings and any proposals for legislative action needed to improve the maternal outcomes of Medicaid recipients and individuals eligible for Emergency Medical Services for Non-Qualified Aliens. L.2019, c.88, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 30:4-177.57 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-177.57
Use of certain monies received by State
Status: in_force

5. All monies received by the State from the sale of facility property shall be earmarked exclusively for capital and equipment costs associated with the development of community placement for persons with serious mental illness or developmental disabilities, according to criteria to be established by the commissioner. L.1997,c.258,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-9.5 — NJ Code / Title 30 / Chapter 6D / Section 6D-9.5
Drug testing for direct care staff applicants and employees.
Status: in_force

5. a. (1) A person applying for employment as a direct care staff member at a program, facility, or living arrangement licensed or funded by the department, other than a developmental center that is already subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.220 (C.30:4-3.27), shall consent to and undergo drug testing for controlled dangerous substances as a condition of such employment. (2) If a person applying for employment pursuant to this subsection, on or after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.238 (C.30:6D-9.1 et al.), tests positive for the unlawful use of any controlled dangerous substance, or refuses to submit to drug testing as required by this subsection, the person shall be removed from consideration for employment. b. (1) Direct care staff members employed at a program, facility, or living arrangement identified in subsection a. of this section, shall be subject, during the course of employment, to random drug testing for controlled dangerous substances, as provided by this subsection. (2) At least once a year, the employing program, facility, or living arrangement shall require one or more of the direct care staff members employed thereby to undergo random drug testing for controlled dangerous substances. The person who is responsible for the overall operation of the program, facility, or living arrangement shall have the discretion to determine the total number of direct care staff members who will be required to undergo random drug testing, each year, pursuant to this subsection. c. In addition to the annual performance of random drug testing, as provided by subsection b. of this section, a program, facility, or living arrangement identified in subsection a. of this section may additionally require a direct care staff member employed thereby to undergo drug testing for controlled dangerous substances, at any time, if the direct care staff member's immediate supervisor has reasonable suspicion to believe that the staff member is illegally using a controlled dangerous substance, based on the staff member's visible impairment or professional misconduct which relates adversely to patient care or safety. The supervisor shall report this information to his immediate supervisor in a form and manner specified by the commissioner, and, if the latter concurs that there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a direct care staff member is illegally using a controlled dangerous substance, that supervisor shall notify the person who is responsible for the overall operation of the program, facility, or living arrangement, and request written approval therefrom to order the direct care staff member to undergo drug testing pursuant to this subsection. Drug testing under this subsection shall not be ordered without the written approval of the person who is responsible for the overall operation of the program, facility, or living arrangement. d. If a direct care staff member is subjected to a drug test under subsection b. or c. of this section, and tests positive for the unlawful use of any controlled dangerous substance, the direct care staff member may be referred for treatment services or terminated from employment. A direct care staff member who refuses to submit to drug testing, as required by subsection b. or c. of this section, shall be terminated from employment. e. Any drug testing performed pursuant to this section shall be done at the expense of the department. f. Any program, facility, or living arrangement identified in subsection a. of this section, which employs a direct care staff member, shall notify the staff member of the provisions of this section. L.2017, c.238, s.5.