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NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-27.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-27.21 - Immunity from liability on use of background information.

30:4C-27.21 Immunity from liability on use of background information.  6. a. A facility that has received an employment application from an individual or currently employs a staff member shall be immune from liability for acting upon or disclosing information about the disqualification or termination of that applicant or staff member to another facility seeking to employ that individual if the facility has: (1) received notice from the department or the facility's board of directors, as applicable, that the applicant or staff member has been determined by the department or the board of directors to be disqualified from employment at a facility pursuant to this act; or (2) terminated the employment of a staff member because the individual was disqualified from employment at the facility on the basis of a conviction of a crime pursuant to section 4 of this act after commencing employment at the facility. b. A facility that acts upon or discloses information pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be presumed to be acting in good faith unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the facility acted with actual malice toward the individual who is the subject of the information. L.2003,c.186,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-27.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-27.22 - Child abuse record information check required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval.

30:4C-27.22 Child abuse record information check required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval.  8. a. As a condition of securing or maintaining a certificate of approval from the department, the administrator of a facility shall ensure that the division conducts a child abuse record information check of its 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 the facility. b. The department shall not issue a certificate of approval to a facility until the facility has requested that the division conduct a child abuse record information check on each staff member employed by or working at the facility. c. The department shall deny, revoke or refuse to renew the facility's certificate of approval, as appropriate, if the department determines that an incident of child abuse or neglect by an administrator of a facility has been substantiated. d. Each staff member of a facility shall provide prior written consent for the division to conduct a child abuse record information check. e. If the administrator of the facility refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a division child abuse record information check, the department shall suspend, deny, revoke or refuse to renew the facility's certificate of approval, as appropriate. f. If a staff member of the facility, other than the administrator, refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a division child abuse record information check, the individual shall be immediately terminated from employment at the facility. g. The division shall complete the child abuse record information check within 45 days after receiving the request for the check. L.2003,c.186,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-27.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-27.23 - Facility established after effective date, request for staff background checks.

30:4C-27.23 Facility established after effective date, request for staff background checks.  9. a. In the case of a facility established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the facility, prior to the facility's opening, shall ensure that a request for a child abuse record information check on each staff member is sent to the division. A staff member shall not be left alone as the only adult caring for a child at the facility until the results of the staff member's child abuse record information check have been received by the administrator of the facility. b. In the case of a facility granted a certificate of approval prior to the effective date of this act, the administrator of the facility, at the time of the facility's first renewal of its certificate of approval, shall ensure that a request for a child abuse record information check on each staff member is sent to the division. c. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins employment at a facility, the administrator of the facility shall ensure that a request for a child abuse record information check on the new staff member is sent to the division. A new staff member shall not be left alone as the only adult caring for a child at the facility until the results of the staff member's child abuse record information check have been received by the administrator of the facility. d. If the division determines that an incident of child abuse or neglect by a staff member has been substantiated, the division shall advise the administrator of the facility of the results of the child abuse record information check and the facility shall immediately terminate the individual from employment at the facility. e. The department shall consider, for the purposes of this act, any incidents of child abuse or neglect that were substantiated on or after June 29, 1995, to ensure that perpetrators have had an opportunity to appeal a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect; except that the department may consider substantiated incidents prior to that date, if the department, in its judgment, determines that the individual poses a risk of harm to children in a facility. In cases involving incidents substantiated prior to June 29, 1995, the department shall offer the individual an opportunity for a hearing to contest its action restricting the individual from employment at a facility. L.2003,c.186,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-27.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-27.24 - Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents.

30:4C-27.24 Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents.  10. In the case of a facility located outside the State serving children who are residents of the State, the administrator of the facility shall ensure that an applicant or staff member meets all applicable laws and regulations in that state governing criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks that may be required as a condition of employment. In the event that criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks are not mandated, the administrator of the facility shall require that the applicant or staff member make a voluntary disclosure of any criminal conviction. The results of the disclosure shall be made available to the department, so the department can determine the suitability of the individual for employment at the facility during the time children who are residents of the State are placed in the facility. L.2003,c.186,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-27.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-27.25 - Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks.

30:4C-27.25 Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks.  11. The department shall be responsible for the cost of processing and funding all criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks required pursuant to this act. The department shall also be responsible for paying the cost of obtaining the fingerprints or other identifier authorized by the Division of State Police, unless that service is available at no cost to the employee or individual seeking employment. L.2003,c.186,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-28 - Discharge for care, custody, or guardianship.

30:4C-28 Discharge for care, custody, or guardianship.  28. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency may at any time discharge from its care, custody, or guardianship any child, if in the opinion of the division the best interests of the child will be promoted thereby. L.1951, c.138, s.28; amended 1962, c.197, s.29; 2012, c.16, s.91.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29 - Payments for maintenance.

30:4C-29 Payments for maintenance.  29. Subject to the provisions of section 30 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-30), payments for maintenance shall be made by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is hereby empowered to receive from the State Treasurer and from the county treasurer of each county such sums as shall be appropriated for the purposes of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), and shall cause such sums to be set up in a special account or accounts subject to disbursement by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. L.1951, c.138, s.29; amended 1962, c.197, s.30; 2012, c.16, s.92.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.1 - Liability for maintenance costs.

30:4C-29.1 Liability for maintenance costs.  1. a. In any case in which the Department of Children and Families, through the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, is providing care or custody for any child when the child is in a resource family home, any legally responsible person of the child, if of sufficient financial ability, is liable for the full costs of maintenance of the child incurred by the division. If the legally responsible person is of insufficient financial ability, the person is liable in an amount which a court of competent jurisdiction directs according to a scheduled rate approved by the division. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the legally responsible person from voluntarily executing an agreement for payment to the division for the costs of maintenance of the child receiving care or custody when the child is in a resource family home.  b. The division shall have a lien against the property of the legally responsible person in an amount equal to the amount to be paid, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances.  c. If the legally responsible person fails to reimburse the department, through the division, for the costs of maintenance of a child incurred by the division when the child is in a resource family home, a court of competent jurisdiction, upon the complaint of the Commissioner of Children and Families, may summon the legally responsible person and other witnesses, and may order the legally responsible person to pay an amount to the department, according to a scheduled rate approved by the division. d. In any case in which the department, through the division, has agreed to provide youth facilities aid to a public, private, or voluntary agency pursuant to P.L.1962, c.142 (C.30:4C-29.1 et seq.), the division shall have a lien against the property of any person, persons, or agency so contracting, in an amount equal to the amount or amounts so contracted to be paid, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. The lien shall be reduced for each year of service provided by the agency at a rate to be negotiated by the division and the agency, but in no case more than 20% a year; provided, however, that annual reductions shall not exceed $10,000.  L.1962, c.142, s.1; amended 1964, c.102, s.21; 1979, c.309, s.4; 1985, c.8, s.4; 2004, c.130, s.80; 2006, c.47, s.140; 2012, c.16, s.93.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.2 - Lien on real property

30:4C-29.2. Lien on real property  At any time during the period during which said child is within the care and custody of the division and within two years after the date upon which said care and custody is terminated, the division, through any officer or employee authorized by it so to do, may execute and file a certificate with the county clerk, or if there be such an officer in the county, with the register of deeds and mortgages of the county, or with the clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, which certificate shall state the name of the child, the date when the child came under the care and custody of the division and the date of the agreement, if any, the name of the person or persons by whom the agreement was made, if any, and the sum or sums which said person or persons agreed or is liable to pay to the division for the support and maintenance of said child, and the amount due the division for such service at the time of the filing of the certificate, and the rate of accumulation, if any shall occur thereafter, and the person or persons from whom such sum or sums are or will become due, and upon the filing of said certificate the lien shall immediately attach to and become binding upon all real property in the ownership of the person or persons against whom it is filed in the county, if it is filed in the county, or wherever situate in the State, if it is filed in the Superior Court, and it shall have the force and effect of a judgment at law.  At any time after the signing of an agreement to provide youth facilities aid under this act for the duration of both that agreement and any service agreement, the division, through any officer or employee authorized so to do, may execute and file a lien certificate with the county clerk or with the clerk of the Superior Court, which shall state the names and addresses of both parties, the date of the signing of the contract, the sum or sums which were disbursed to the agency in the expectation that the agency would provide contract services to the division in the future, and the amount due the division at the time of filing of said certificate.  L. 1962, c. 142, s. 2. Amended by L. 1964, c. 102, s. 22; L. 1979, c. 309, s. 5, eff. Jan. 17, 1980; L. 1985, c. 8, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.3 - Books for recording certificates of lien; index

30:4C-29.3. Books for recording certificates of lien; index  The clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county, or the clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which all certificates of lien and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorded without the payment of any fee, which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the person or persons against whom the lien is claimed. L.1962, c. 142, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.4 - Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice

30:4C-29.4. Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice  The lien shall become binding upon any goods, rights, credits, chattels, moneys or effects which are held, for the present or subsequent use, of the person against whom the lien is claimed, by any person, firm or corporation, after notice of the existence of the lien forwarded by certified mail to said person, firm or corporation, who or which shall thereafter be precluded from disposing of said property rights until said lien is satisfied or the bureau consents thereto and any person, firm or corporation disposing of such properties or moneys after receipt of such notice of lien shall be liable to the bureau for the value of such properties or moneys so disposed of, except that when the notice of the lien is served upon a banking institution the lien shall be effective against such banking institution only in the amount of the accumulated delinquent maintenance stated therein. L.1962, c. 142, s. 4. Amended by L.1964, c. 102, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.5 - Compromise and settlement of claims

30:4C-29.5. Compromise and settlement of claims  The bureau is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for which any lien is filed under the provisions of this act and the making and consummation of any such compromise shall be sufficient authorization for the discharge thereof. L.1962, c. 142, s. 5. Amended by L.1964, c. 102, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-29.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-29.6 - Discharge of lien; certificate

30:4C-29.6. Discharge of lien; certificate  Any such lien may be discharged by filing in the office in which the certificate of lien is filed, a certificate setting forth that said lien is discharged of record, signed and acknowledged by the duly authorized officer or employee of the bureau. L.1962, c. 142, s. 6. Amended by L.1964, c. 102, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-30 - Sharing of cost of maintenance by State and county

30:4C-30. Sharing of cost of maintenance by State and county  The cost of maintenance provided under this act for or on behalf of any child shall be borne by the State at the rate of 75% of the per capita cost of maintenance and by the county at the rate of 25% of the per capita cost for the entire year. During the period from July 1 through December 31 of each year the State shall pay to each county an amount equal to the county share of the per capita cost from January 1 through December 31 of that year, but not to exceed 25% of the total State and county cost of maintenance.  The Governor shall fix and determine and state in his annual budget message a sum sufficient to pay the estimated amount required to carry into effect the provisions of this act, together with the deficiencies, if any, incurred in the previous year. The Legislature shall include the amount so determined and stated, in the annual appropriations bill.  The division may fix the rate of per capita payment for the maintenance of children in each State program and subprogram, including the allowance for clothing.  L.1951,c.138,s.30; amended 1962,c.197,s.31; 1968,c.139,s.4; 1985,c.8,s.6; 1990,c.66,s.4; 1991,c.63,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-30.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-30.1 - Hospital care; total cost to be borne by state

30:4C-30.1. Hospital care; total cost to be borne by state  Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the total cost of hospital care for children as provided for therein shall be borne by the State and the contributions required to be paid by the counties toward the cost of maintenance of said children shall include no part of the cost of such hospital care. L.1962, c. 138, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-31 - Federal assistance; compliance with requirements of Department of Health, Education and Welfare

30:4C-31. Federal assistance; compliance with requirements of Department of Health, Education and Welfare  The State Board of Control or its duly authorized representative is hereby empowered to negotiate with the Federal Government to secure such financial assistance for the carrying out of this act as may be provided in the Federal Social Security Act, and the State Treasurer is hereby empowered to receive such moneys and shall cause them to be placed in the account or accounts of the Bureau of Childrens Services, acting as the agent of the State Board of Control for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. The State Board of Control is further empowered to organize the work of the Department of Institutions and Agencies in behalf of children to comply, in any manner consistent with law, with the reasonable requirements of the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare pursuant to Federal law, and to cooperate in extending and strengthening public welfare services for the protection and care of homeless, dependent and neglected children and children in danger of becoming delinquent. L.1951, c. 138, p. 588, s. 31. Amended by L.1962, c. 197, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-32 - Burial of child receiving care; expenses.

30:4C-32 Burial of child receiving care; expenses.  32. Whenever a child receiving care, custody, or guardianship as provided by P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) has died, and an investigation by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency discloses that there are insufficient funds from any other source to provide proper burial, the division shall authorize the expenditure of an amount reasonably necessary to provide proper burial for the child, and the amount shall be a proper charge against State funds, within the limits of available appropriations, in the same manner and extent as expenditures for maintenance.  The amount reasonably necessary to provide proper burial shall be determined by the average cost for a proper burial and funeral charged by funeral directors in the locality in which the child is buried.  L.1951, c.138, s.32; amended 1962, c.197, s.33; 1985, c.282, s.1; 1990, c.66, s.5; 2012, c.16, s.94.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-33 - Compromise and settlement of claims.

30:4C-33 Compromise and settlement of claims.  33. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency may compromise and settle any claim due or which may become due the division for reimbursement of moneys paid to any individual or organization for maintenance of a child. A memorandum of the compromise and settlement shall be entered in the official records of the division. L.1951, c.138, s.33; amended 1962, c.197, s.34; 2012, c.16, s.95.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-34 - Recovery, reimbursement of moneys.

30:4C-34 Recovery, reimbursement of moneys.  34. Whenever the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall recover or receive reimbursement of any moneys paid to any individual or organization for the maintenance of a child, the moneys so recovered or received shall be credited to the State treasury or to the Federal Government in the same proportion as they were charged in the original instance. The division is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper action under the laws of this State for the recovery of any moneys wrongfully received or retained by any individual or organization, or for the recovery from the person or persons responsible under the laws of this State for the support of the child the value of maintenance furnished to the child. L.1951, c.138, s.34; amended 1962, c.197, s.35; 2012, c.16, s.96.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:4C-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:4C-35 - Contributions.

30:4C-35 Contributions.  35. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is authorized to retain any voluntary contributions of money heretofore received by it, and to receive future contributions. All contributions, whether already received or hereafter received, shall be kept in a separate fund, and shall be used only upon order of the division for the purposes for which the contributions were made, and the funds shall be in the custody and control of the division; provided, however, that any contribution made to the division, the original purpose of which is no longer practicable or possible of achievement, may be used by the division, at its discretion, for the general benefit and welfare of children under its supervision. L.1951, c.138, s.35; amended 1962, c.197, s.36; 2012, c.16, s.97.