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NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.79 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.79 - Task force's use of services and consultants

9:6-8.79. Task force's use of services and consultants  6. a. The task force shall be entitled to call upon the services of any State, county or municipal department, board, commission or agency, as may be available to it for these purposes, and to incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary for the proper execution of its duties and as may be within the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for these purposes.  b. The task force shall consult with such organizations and associations as the Association for Children of New Jersey, the New Jersey Association of Children's Residential Facilities, the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., the Child Placement Advisory Council, the Medical Society of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Nurses Association, the New Jersey Education Association, the New Jersey Foster Parent Association, and the Graduate School of Social Work of Rutgers, The State University.  L.1994,c.119,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.80 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.80 - Meetings; hearings

9:6-8.80. Meetings; hearings  7. The task force may meet and hold hearings at such places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature.  L.1994,c.119,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.81 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.81 - Funds, solicitation, use

9:6-8.81. Funds, solicitation, use  8. The task force may solicit, receive, disburse and monitor grants and other funds made available from any governmental, public, private, not-for-profit or for-profit agency, including funds made available under any federal or State law, regulation or program.  L.1994,c.119,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.82 - Report

9:6-8.82. Report  9. The task force shall present a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year after the organization of the task force.  L.1994,c.119,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.83 - Short title.

9:6-8.83 Short title.  1. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act." L.1997,c.175,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.84 - Definitions relative to child abuse, neglect.

9:6-8.84 Definitions relative to child abuse, neglect.  2. As used in this act: "Board" means the Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board established under P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). "Child" means any person under the age of 18. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families. "Near fatality" means a case in which a child is in serious or critical condition, as certified by a physician. "Panel" means a citizen review panel as established under P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). "Parent or guardian" means a person defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21) who has the responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child or upon whom there is a legal duty for such care. "Reasonable efforts" means attempts by an agency authorized by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency to assist the parents in remedying the circumstances and conditions that led to the placement of the child and in reinforcing the family structure, as defined in section 7 of P.L.1991, c.275 (C.30:4C-15.1). "Sexual abuse" means contacts or actions between a child and a parent or caretaker for the purpose of sexual stimulation of either that person or another person. Sexual abuse includes: a. the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct; b. sexual conduct including molestation, prostitution, other forms of sexual exploitation of children, or incest; or c. sexual penetration and sexual contact as defined in N.J.S.2C:14-1 and a prohibited sexual act as defined in N.J.S.2C:24-4. "Significant bodily injury" means a temporary loss of the functioning of any bodily member or organ or temporary loss of any one of the five senses. "Withholding of medically indicated treatment" means the failure to respond to a child's life-threatening conditions by providing treatment, including appropriate nutrition, hydration, and medication which, in the treating physician's reasonable judgment, will most likely be effective in ameliorating or correcting all such conditions. The term does not include the failure to provide treatment, other than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication to a child when, in the treating physician's reasonable medical judgment: a. the child is chronically and irreversibly comatose; b. the provision of such treatment would merely prolong dying, not be effective in ameliorating or correcting all of the child's life-threatening conditions, or otherwise be futile in terms of the survival of the child; or c. the provision of such treatment would be virtually futile in terms of the survival of the child and the treatment itself under such circumstances would be inhumane. L.1997, c.175, s.2; amended 1999, c.53, s.16; 2006, c.47, s.58; 2012, c.16, s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.85 - Procedures for responding to reports of medical neglect.

9:6-8.85 Procedures for responding to reports of medical neglect.  3. The commissioner shall establish procedures for responding to the reporting of medical neglect, including instances of withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled children with life-threatening conditions, to provide for: a. coordination and consultation with persons designated by and within appropriate health care facilities, and b. prompt notification by these persons of cases of suspected medical neglect, including withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled children with life-threatening conditions. L.1997,c.175,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.86 - Pursuit of legal remedies for medical care.

9:6-8.86 Pursuit of legal remedies for medical care.  4. The division may pursue any legal remedies, including the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary to: a. prevent the withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled children with life-threatening conditions, or b. provide medical care or treatment for a child when such care or treatment is necessary to prevent or remedy serious harm to the child or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled children with life-threatening conditions. L.1997,c.175,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.87 - Exception to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent.

9:6-8.87 Exception to requirement to provide reasonable efforts to reunify child with parent.  5. In any case in which the division accepts a child in care or custody, including placement, the division shall not be required to provide reasonable efforts to reunify the child with a parent if an exception to the requirement to provide reasonable efforts has been established in accordance with section 25 of P.L.1999, c.53 (C.30:4C-11.3). L.1997, c.175, s.5; amended L.1999,c.53,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.88 - Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.

9:6-8.88 Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.  6. There is established the Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the board is established within the Department of Children and Families, but notwithstanding the establishment, the board shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any board or officer thereof. The purpose of the board is to review fatalities and near fatalities of children in New Jersey in order to identify their causes, their relationship to governmental support systems, and methods of prevention. The board shall describe trends and patterns of child fatalities and near fatalities in New Jersey; identify risk factors and their prevalence in these populations of children; evaluate the responses of governmental systems to children in families who are considered to be at high risk and to offer recommendations for improvement in those responses; characterize risk groups in terms that are compatible with the development of public policy; improve the sources of data collection by developing protocols for autopsies, death investigations, and complete recording of cause of death on the death certificate; and provide case consultation to individuals or agencies represented by the board. L.1997, c.175, s.6; amended 2006, c.47, s.59.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.89 - Membership, terms of board members.

9:6-8.89 Membership, terms of board members.  7. a. The board shall consist of 13 members as follows: the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, the Director of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families, the Attorney General, and the Superintendent of State Police, or their designees, the State Medical Examiner, and the Chairperson or Executive Director of the New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, who shall serve ex officio; and six public members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a representative of the New Jersey Prosecutors' Association, one of whom shall be a Law Guardian, one of whom shall be a pediatrician with expertise in child abuse and neglect, one of whom shall be a psychologist with expertise in child abuse and neglect, one of whom shall be a social work educator with experience and expertise in the area of child abuse or a related field and one of whom shall have expertise in substance abuse. b. The public members of the board shall serve for three-year terms. Of the public members first appointed, three shall serve for a period of two years, and three shall serve for a term of three years. They shall serve without compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties and within the limits of funds appropriated for this purpose. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. c. The Governor shall appoint a public member to serve as chairperson of the board who shall be responsible for the coordination of all activities of the board and who shall provide the technical assistance needed to execute the duties of the board. d. The board is entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available for the purposes of reviewing a case pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). The board may also seek the advice of experts, such as persons specializing in the fields of pediatric, radiological, neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic, and forensic medicine; nursing; psychology; social work; education; law enforcement; family law; substance abuse; child advocacy; or other related fields, if the facts of a case warrant additional expertise. L.1997, c.175, s.7; amended 2005, c.155, s.108; 2006, c.47, s.60; 2012, c.16, s.39.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.90 - Duties of board.

9:6-8.90 Duties of board.  8. The board shall: a. Identify the fatalities of children due to unusual circumstances according to the following criteria: (1) The cause of death is undetermined; (2) Death where substance abuse may have been a contributing factor; (3) Homicide, child abuse or neglect; (4) Death where child abuse or neglect may have been a contributing factor; (5) Malnutrition, dehydration, or medical neglect or failure to thrive; (6) Sexual abuse; (7) Head trauma, fractures or blunt force trauma without obvious innocent reason such as auto accidents; (8) Suffocation or asphyxia; (9) Burns without obvious innocent reason such as auto accident or house fire; and (10) Suicide. b. Identify fatalities and near fatalities among children whose family, currently or within the last 12 months, were receiving services from the division. L.1997,c.175,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.91 - Determinations of board; composition of team; report.

9:6-8.91 Determinations of board; composition of team; report.  9. a. The board shall determine which fatalities shall receive full review. The board may establish local or regional community-based teams to review information regarding children identified by the board. At least one team shall be designated to review information regarding child fatalities due to unusual circumstances. At least one team shall be designated to review child fatalities and near fatalities identified pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.90) as well as child fatalities where information available to the board indicates that child abuse or neglect may have been a contributing factor. b. Each team shall include, at a minimum, a person experienced in prosecution, a person experienced in local law enforcement investigation, a medical examiner, a public health advocate, a physician, preferably a pediatrician, and a casework supervisor from a division field office. As necessary to perform its functions, each team may add additional members or seek the advice of experts in other fields if the facts of a case warrant additional expertise. c. Each team shall submit to the board chairperson a report of its findings and recommendations based upon its review of information regarding each child fatality or near fatality. L.1997,c.175,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.92 - Confidential master file.

9:6-8.92 Confidential master file.  10. a. The board shall record the name, age, date of birth, place of death or pronouncement of death, date and time of death, and circumstances surrounding the death in a confidential master file. Similar information shall be recorded for each near fatality reviewed by the board. The file shall serve as the minimum record of the case and shall be the only file that contains the name of the child and shall not be subject to discovery, but may be used by the chairperson of the board to refer an individual case, including the board's deliberations and conclusions, to the extent necessary for an appropriate agency to investigate or to provide services. b. Except as provided in subsection a. of this section, the deliberations and conclusions of the board and of its teams, related to a specific case, shall be confidential. Summary records that are prepared by the board and the teams on each reported case shall be free of information that would identify the child. c. The summary reports, deliberations and conclusions of the board or its teams shall not supersede or replace the conclusions or opinions of the agencies that contribute information from their own records. d. The board shall review the reports submitted by each team and issue an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature which includes the number of cases reviewed and specific non-identifying information regarding cases of particular significance. The board shall also include in the report recommendations for achieving better coordination and collaboration among State and local agencies and recommendations for system-wide improvements in services to prevent fatalities and near fatalities among children. L.1997,c.175,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.93 - Subpoena, review of records.

9:6-8.93 Subpoena, review of records.  11. a. The board may subpoena and review records that pertain to the child, except as provided in any statute, regulation or Executive Order relating to the confidentiality of criminal investigations and criminal investigative files. The records subject to subpoena and review shall include, but are not limited to, private medical and hospital records, school records, mental health records, and other records which may be deemed pertinent to the review process and necessary for the formulation of a conclusion by the board. b. Records obtained by the board pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall not be subject to subpoena. c. If, at the time of initial notification or during the subsequent review, the board has reasonable cause to believe that the death is the result of child abuse or neglect, or has reasonable cause to believe that the death is the result of an on-going hazard to other members of the household, then the board shall notify or shall verify that notification has been made to the county prosecutor of the county wherein the death occurred or was pronounced, and to the division. L.1997,c.175,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.94 - Immunity from liability for civil damages.

9:6-8.94 Immunity from liability for civil damages.  12. A member of the board shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of providing in good faith any reports, records, opinions or recommendations pursuant to P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). L.1997,c.175,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.95 - Solicitation of grants, other funds.

9:6-8.95 Solicitation of grants, other funds.  13. The board may solicit and receive grants and other funds made available from a governmental, public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit agency, including funds made available under any federal or State law, regulation or program. L.1997,c.175,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.96 - Regulations by board.

9:6-8.96 Regulations by board.  14. The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) concerning the operation of the board, procedures for conducting reviews of cases involving child fatalities and near fatalities, and other matters necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.175,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.97 - Citizen review panels.

9:6-8.97 Citizen review panels.  15. a. The commissioner shall designate three citizen review panels for the purpose of examining the policies and procedures of State and local agencies and, as appropriate, specific cases, and evaluating the extent to which the agencies are effectively discharging their child protection responsibilities. b. The commissioner may designate as panels for the purposes of P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.), one or more existing entities established under federal or State law, if such entities have the capacity to satisfy the requirements of this act. c. Each panel shall be composed of volunteer members who are broadly representative of the community in which the panel is established, including members who have expertise in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. d. Each panel shall meet not less than once every three months. e. The members of the panels: (1) shall not disclose to any person or government official any identifying information about a specific child protection case with respect to which the panel is provided information; and (2) shall not make public other information unless authorized by State statute. f. Each panel shall have access to information as necessary to carry out its functions. Each panel is entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available for the purposes of effectuating the provisions of P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.). This subsection shall not be construed to permit access to information which may compromise the integrity of a division investigation or a civil or criminal investigation or judicial proceeding. g. Each panel shall prepare and make available to the public on an annual basis, a report containing a summary of its activities. h. A member of the panel shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of providing, in good faith, a report, record, opinion or recommendation pursuant to P.L.1997, c.175 (C.9:6-8.83 et al.. i. A panel may receive grants and other funds made available from any governmental, public, private, nonprofit or for-profit agency, including funds made available under any federal or State law, regulation or program. L.1997,c.175,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 9:6-8.98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Children--Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts|Section 9:6-8.98 - Rules, regulations by department.

9:6-8.98 Rules, regulations by department.  19. The Department of Children and Families shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997, c.175, s.19; amended 2006, c.47, s.61.