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NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25 - Regulations.

30:5B-25 Regulations.  10. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1987, c.27, s.10; amended 2006, c.47, s.167.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.1 - Findings, declarations

30:5B-25.1. Findings, declarations  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The need for a variety of child care options for families with children between birth and 13 years of age has grown significantly in the past 20 years. As a result, family day care has become one of the most used forms of child care in the State.  b. In 1987, New Jersey implemented a voluntary registration system through the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.). The purpose of the act was to provide Statewide health and safety standards to protect children in family day care homes. Through this voluntary system, providers are able to qualify for the purchase of insurance, enroll in the Child Care Food Program, list their homes with Statewide child care resource and referral agencies, and provide care for children through State-funded programs. Parents were assured that minimum safety standards were met and the training of providers and the monitoring of homes was taking place.  c. When the 1987 law was amended in 1991 to require criminal history record background checks for all adults in the home of a family day care provider, both registrations and renewals dropped significantly. This was due to the cost of criminal history record background checks. Since the family day care registration system is voluntary, providers chose to continue to operate without State supervision. In 1992, the State established an 18 month moratorium on background checks during which time, an alternative procedure for checking the background of prospective family day care providers could be developed.  d. It is therefore in the best interests of the State to find a system of background checks which balances the rights of family day care providers with the State's duty to protect the safety of its youngest citizens.  L.1993,c.350,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.2 - Definitions.

30:5B-25.2 Definitions.  2. As used in sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1993, c.350 (C.30:5B-25.1 through C.30:5B-25.4): "Child abuse registry" means the child abuse registry of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11).  "Provider" means a family day care provider as defined by section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18) and includes, but is not limited to, a family day care provider's assistant and a substitute family day care provider.  "Family day care sponsoring organization" means an agency or organization which contracts with the Department of Human Services to assist in the registration of family day care providers in a specific geographic area pursuant to P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.).  "Household member" means an individual over 14 years of age who resides in a family day care provider's home.  L.1993, c.350, s.2; amended 2004, c.130, s.107; 2006, c.47, s.168; 2012, c.16, s.120.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.3 - Child abuse registry search.

30:5B-25.3 Child abuse registry search.  3. a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall conduct a search of its child abuse registry to determine if a report of child abuse or neglect has been filed, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.10), involving a person registering as a prospective provider or a household member of the prospective provider or as a current provider or household member of the current provider.  b. The division shall conduct the search only upon receipt of the prospective or current provider or household member's written consent to the search. If the person refuses to provide his consent, the family day care sponsoring organization shall deny the prospective or current provider's application for a certificate or renewal of registration.  c. The division shall advise the sponsoring organization of the results of the child abuse registry search within a time period to be determined by the Department of Children and Families. d. The department shall not issue a certificate or renewal of registration to a prospective or current provider unless the department has first determined that no substantiated charge of child abuse or neglect against the prospective or current provider or household member is found during the child abuse registry search. L.1993, c.350, s.3; amended 2004, c.130, s.108; 2006, c.47, s.169; 2012, c.16, s.121.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.4 - Rules, regulations.

30:5B-25.4 Rules, regulations.  4. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Department of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1993, c.350 (C.30:5B-25.1 through C.30:5B-25.4) including, but not limited to:  a. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of the denial of an application for a certificate or for renewal of registration based upon information obtained during a child abuse registry search; and  b. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse registry search and providing a family day care sponsoring organization with the results of the search.  L.1993, c.350, s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.109; 2006, c.47, s.170.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.5 - Definitions relative to family day care homes.

30:5B-25.5 Definitions relative to family day care homes.  1. As used in this act: "Certificate of registration" means a certificate of registration as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18). "Family day care home" means a family day care home as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18). "Family day care provider" means a family day care provider as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18). "Family day care sponsoring organization" means a family day care sponsoring organization as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-18). "Household member" means a person 18 years of age or older who resides in a family day care home. L.2017, c.89, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.6 - Criminal history background checks for certain family day care providers.

30:5B-25.6 Criminal history background checks for certain family day care providers.  2. a. By October 1, 2017, and as a condition of issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration thereafter , the Department of Children and Families shall require the following persons to undergo a State and federal criminal history record background check, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7): (1) any person who is a prospective or current family day care provider; (2) any assistant provider, substitute provider, or alternate provider of the prospective or current family day care provider; and (3) any household member of the prospective or current family day care provider. The background check shall be conducted by the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and shall include an examination of State files and the obtaining of a similar examination of federal files by federal authorities.  b. If a criminal history record background check reveals that a person identified in subsection a. of this section has a record of disqualifying convictions, the department shall advise the sponsoring organization , in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.9), of the results of the criminal history record background check, within a time period to be determined by the department. L.2017, c.89, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.8 - Payment.

30:5B-25.8 Payment.  4. The Commissioner of Human Services shall pay the cost of the criminal history record background checks conducted pursuant to P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.5 et al.) on behalf of the prospective or current family day care providers, as applicable. L.2017, c.89, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.9 - Exchange of fingerprint data; notification.

30:5B-25.9 Exchange of fingerprint data; notification.  5. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with, and to receive information from, the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. b. Upon receipt of criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police, for each of the parties identified in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.6), the Department of Children and Families shall notify the family day care provider, in writing, of the department's decision to approve or deny the family day care provider's application for a certificate or renewal of registration , or its decision to revoke the family day care provider's existing registration, as the case may be. The department shall also advise the family day care provider, the family day care sponsoring organization, and any person, other than the provider, who was the subject of the criminal history record background check, within a reasonable timeframe, of the results of any criminal history record background check that is conducted under section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7). c. If the department denies an application for a certificate or renewal of registration, or revokes an existing registration, because the family day care provider, or other relevant party listed in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.6), has been determined to have a disqualifying record of convictions, as provided by section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7), the convictions that constitute the basis for such denial or revocation shall be identified in the written notice of disqualifying convictions that is provided to the family day care provider or other person who was the subject of the criminal history record background check under subsection b. of this section. In such a case, the family day care provider or other person who was the subject of the criminal history record background check shall have 14 days from the date of the written notice to challenge the accuracy of the criminal history record information upon which the denial or revocation was based. If no challenge is filed , or if a challenge is filed, but the denial or revocation is upheld, the department shall notify the family day care sponsoring organization that the family day care provider's registration has been denied or revoked. d. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the department whenever a person who was the subject of a criminal history record background check under section 3 of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.7), is convicted of a crime or offense in this State after the date on which the background check was performed. Upon receipt of such notification, the department shall determine whether to revoke the family day care provider's certificate of registration. L.2017, c.89, s.5; amended 2019, c.182.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-25.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-25.10 - Rules, regulations.

30:5B-25.10 Rules, regulations.  7. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Children and Families shall, immediately upon filing proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, adopt rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2017, c.89 (C.30:5B-25.5 et al.). Such rules and regulations shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed 12 months, and shall, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted by the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2017, c.89, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-26 - Findings, declarations

30:5B-26. Findings, declarations  The Legislature finds and declares:  a. That the increase in single-parent households and two-career families has resulted in a growing number of young children who are unsupervised from the time school ends until a parent returns from work, with one national study estimating that 6,000,000 children, aged five to 13, are unsupervised daily.  b. That unsupervised children are more likely to engage in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or other delinquent behavior, and are at greater risk of being the victims of criminal acts.  c. That in many communities child care programs to serve these school-age children are nonexistent, too limited to accommodate the demand, or too expensive for some families to utilize.  d. That the State can play a useful and important role in the promotion of quality and adequate day care services which will benefit the well-being of children and families.  L. 1987, c. 215, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-27 - Child care grant program

30:5B-27. Child care grant program  The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a grant program to encourage and support the provision of nonsectarian child care in public and nonpublic school buildings or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner before and after the regular school day for children. Subject to the availability of funds, the commissioner may award annual grants to assist local school boards, public agencies and nonprofit organizations which propose to offer nonsectarian child care to school-age children.  L. 1987, c. 215, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-28 - Applicant requirements.

30:5B-28 Applicant requirements.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-29 - Rules, regulations

30:5B-29. Rules, regulations  The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.  L. 1987, c. 215, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-30 - Findings, declarations on child care services

30:5B-30. Findings, declarations on child care services  1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to develop comprehensive child care policies in order to establish a uniform system of subsidized child care services and to secure the maximum funding available under federal law authorizing grants to the states for child care services.  L.1993,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-31 - Authority of commissioner; rules, regulations

30:5B-31. Authority of commissioner; rules, regulations  2. a. The Commissioner of Human Services is authorized to establish criteria for determining financial and programmatic eligibility for child care services subsidized through State and federal funding sources, including provisions for the submission of proof of income and resources, and such other documentation as may be necessary to establish programmatic eligibility.  b. The commissioner is authorized to establish resource limits and a sliding fee scale applicable to participants based on income guidelines for all families eligible for subsidized child care services. In setting such fees, the commissioner shall give consideration to maximizing federal funding and to effectively utilizing all State and federal funding sources available for the purpose of subsidizing child care services in New Jersey.  c. The commissioner shall adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.  L.1993,c.46,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-33 - Rules, regulations; procedures.

30:5B-33 Rules, regulations; procedures.  3. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not limited to: a. Procedures for a unified child care agency to follow in submitting a request for a child abuse record information check on a prospective approved home provider or any adult member of the prospective provider's household; b. Implementation of an appeals process to be used in the case of a denial of a prospective approved home provider's application to provide child care services based on a finding of substantiated child abuse or neglect; and c. Establishment of time limits for conducting a child abuse record information check and providing a unified child care agency with the results of the check. L.2003,c.185,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1 - Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

30:6-1. Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired  The commission for the amelioration of the condition of the blind and the visually impaired, hereinafter in this article referred to as the "commission," shall hereafter be known as the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It shall provide all means which it deems feasible for ameliorating the condition of the blind and visually impaired and shall prepare and maintain a register of all the blind within the State. Wherever used herein, the word "blind" shall be deemed to mean and include the visually impaired.  Amended by L. 1962, c. 197, s. 40; L. 1970, c. 300, s. 22; L. 1986, c. 147, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1.1 - Definitions

30:6-1.1. Definitions  As used in this act:  a. "Blind" means having a condition which qualifies an individual as a blind person as defined in section 2 of P.L. 1964, c. 290 (C. 30:6-18).  b. "Commission" means the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department of Human Services.  c. "Visually impaired" means having a condition in which a person has a corrected visual acuity not exceeding 20/70, but not less than 20/200, in the person's better eye, or in which the peripheral field of the person's vision has contracted so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 40 degrees but no less than 20 degrees.  L. 1986, c. 147, s. 3, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1.2 - Confidential report

30:6-1.2. Confidential report  a. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall require the confidential reporting to the commission by every ophthalmologist, optometrist, other eye or health care provider, or any other agency, organization or facility as the commissioner determines to be appropriate, of all cases in which a person is known to be blind or visually impaired or may become blind or visually impaired as the result of a degenerative eye condition, including, but not limited to: corneal degeneration, uveitis, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, any progressive hereditary disease causing retinal degeneration, diabetic retinopathy which requires treatment, ischemic optic neuropathy, and glaucoma with a restriction of 10 degrees or less in either eye.  b. The Commissioner of Human Services shall determine by regulation the providers, facilities and agencies which shall be required to report to the commission pursuant to subsection a. of this section immediately upon ascertaining that a person is blind or visually impaired or has a degenerative eye condition. The commissioner shall also determine the types of conditions that shall be reported, the type of information that shall be contained in the confidential report and the method for making the report.  L. 1986, c. 147, s. 4, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1.3 - Use of report

30:6-1.3. Use of report  The confidential reports made pursuant to this act shall not be included under materials available to public inspection pursuant to P.L. 1963, c. 73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.). The reports shall be used only by the commission and other agencies that may be designated by the Commissioner of Human Services and shall not otherwise be divulged or made public so as to disclose the identity of any person to whom they relate, except insofar as:  a. The individual identified or his legal guardian, if any, or if he is a minor, his parent or legal guardian, consents to the disclosure; or  b. A court, upon making a determination that disclosure is necessary for the conduct of proceedings before it and that failure to make the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest, orders the disclosure.  L. 1986, c. 147, s. 5, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.