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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:5B-42 - Report submitted to Governor, Legislature.

30:5B-42 Report submitted to Governor, Legislature.
7. The Commissioner of Human Services and the Economic Development Authority shall each submit a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than two years after the establishment of the grant programs established pursuant to this act. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, information on the number of grant applicants, the number and amounts of grants awarded, the purposes for which grant funds were used, the number of additional infant and toddler child care spaces created using grant funds, information provided by licensed child care providers, registered family day care providers, and Head Start programs under section 6 of this act, and any recommendations concerning the continuation or expansion of the grant programs.
L.2022, c.25, s.7.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-1.4 - No liability

30:6-1.4. No liability
An individual or organization providing information to the commission in accordance with this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be deemed to be or held liable for divulging confidential information.
L. 1986, c. 147, s. 6, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-1.5 - Voluntary use of services

30:6-1.5. Voluntary use of services
Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any individual to receive services from the commission.
L. 1986, c. 147, s. 7, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-2 - Aiding the blind; loans, stock, tools furnished; repayment

30:6-2. Aiding the blind; loans, stock, tools furnished; repayment
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-11 - Funds for training of blind; contributions from federal government

30:6-11. Funds for training of blind; contributions from federal government
When, upon investigation, the commission finds that any blind person who is a resident of this State may be enabled to earn his living in part or in whole, by a course of special instruction or training, the commission may, within the limit of available appropriations, grant sufficient funds to, or in behalf of, a blind individual for the purpose of defraying the cost of board, tuition, travel expenses, tools, and other necessary training charges.
The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, or its duly authorized representative, is hereby empowered to negotiate with and enter into co-operative agreements with the Federal Government for the purpose of receiving contributions therefrom for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind and any funds so received shall be paid into the State treasury and held for the use of the commission to be used, together with funds obtained from the State and from other sources for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, and for the payment and reimbursement due and growing out of the commission's administration of the State plan for the rehabilitation of the blind which shall include the setting up of necessary rules, regulations, standards, policies and methods of administration in conformity with applicable Federal law and regulation for promoting and carrying through the vocational rehabilitation of blind individuals. Any Federal funds received for administrative purposes shall be made available to the commission as part of its annual appropriation.
Amended by L.1944, c. 241, p. 802, s. 2; L.1967, c. 197, s. 1, eff. Aug. 15, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-13 - Surgical or medical treatment

30:6-13. Surgical or medical treatment
If the commission, upon examination, finds that a blind individual may have any disability benefited or removed by proper surgical operation, or medical treatment, according to the evidence of a qualified specialist, the commission may expend for such surgical operation or medical treatment those funds which may be available for the purpose in order to treat, remedy, or remove such disability.
Amended by L.1944, c. 241, p. 803, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15 - Inquiries; annual report

30:6-15. Inquiries; annual report
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15.1 - Permit for operation of stand in public building, grounds and premises by blind person

30:6-15.1. Permit for operation of stand in public building, grounds and premises by blind person
It shall be lawful for the head of any department, board, agency, or governing body in charge of any State, county or municipal building, grounds and premises, to grant priority and preference to the New Jersey State Commission for the Blind in the issuance of a permit to operate in such building, grounds and premises, under their control, a stand, with or without mechanical machines, for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and such other articles as may be approved; provided, however, that such stand, with or without mechanical machines, shall be operated by a blind person under the supervision and control of the said New Jersey Commission for the Blind. Such blind person must be 21 years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State for 1 year immediately prior to the date of his application for a stand, with or without mechanical machines. In buildings, grounds and premises where a stand, with or without mechanical machines, now exists the present operator shall not be removed, but when such operator ceases to operate such stand, with or without mechanical machines, priority and preference for the further operation of the stand, with or without mechanical machines, shall be granted to the New Jersey Commission for the Blind.
L.1938, c. 349, p. 877, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1938. Amended by L.1962, c. 59, s. 1; L.1963, c. 81, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15.2 - Exemption from license fee, rental or other charge

30:6-15.2. Exemption from license fee, rental or other charge
No license fee, rental, or other charge shall be demanded, exacted, required or received for the granting of such permit or for the operation of such stand.
L.1938, c. 349, p. 877, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15.3 - Administration of State's vending machine program; use of revenues

30:6-15.3. Administration of State's vending machine program; use of revenues
1. The State's vending machine program for State properties shall be administered by the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the Department of Human Services.
There is appropriated annually to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired the amount of revenue from the audits or other collection activities of the State's vending machine program. From these revenues, an annual amount shall be appropriated to provide vision screening services and other prevention services within the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired based on available funding and program need, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. In each fiscal year, there shall be a maximum amount allowable for costs within the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to administer the vending machine program and for audits or other collection activities. The maximum amount of administrative costs permitted shall be no more than 15% of the revenue collected in the respective fiscal year, and in no case shall exceed $130,000. This amount shall also be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
L.1999,c.146,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15.4 - Appropriation of excess revenues

30:6-15.4. Appropriation of excess revenues
2. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Human Services, revenues in excess of the amounts budgeted to expand vision screening services and other prevention services and associated administrative costs may be appropriated:
a. to return up to 25% of the revenue received from respective Department of Human Services facilities to the facilities to be used for client welfare programs when not needed for vision screening and other prevention services;
b. to provide liability insurance for clients of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired who are operators of vending facilities in the commission's Business Enterprise Program; and
c. to expand vision screening and other prevention services.
L.1999,c.146,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-15.5 - Appropriation of unexpended balance

30:6-15.5. Appropriation of unexpended balance
3. The unexpended balance of vending machine program receipts at the end of the State fiscal year on June 30, 1999 and any subsequent fiscal year shall be appropriated to expand vision screening services and other prevention services.
L.1999,c.146,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-16 - Instruction of certain persons; children; rates.

30:6-16 Instruction of certain persons; children; rates.
30:6-16. An annual sum, the per capita amount of which for each pupil shall be fixed by the State House Commission, when appropriated by the Legislature, may be applied by the commission mentioned in R.S.30:6-1 for the instruction or placing for instruction in a suitable and convenient institution or elsewhere, persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf blind, blind, visually impaired, or with a developmental disability or mental deficiency and who are residents of the State as the board may select.
Whenever deemed necessary by the commission, blind babies and young children with physical or intellectual disabilities whose needs cannot be met in other institutions for the blind shall be sent to some convenient and suitable institution in the State where special hospital care, instruction and support can be provided but the rate to be paid by the State including clothing and necessary transportation shall not exceed the rate fixed by the State House Commission.
The rate to be paid for any blind child placed in an institution outside the State, including clothing shall not exceed the per capita rate fixed by the State House Commission.
amended 1944, c.241, s.4; 1965, c.59, s.90; 2010, c.50, s.51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-17 - Policy of state

30:6-17. Policy of state
It is the policy of the State to assist blind persons, and organizations established to aid blind persons, in the sale of goods or articles which are the product of blind workers' labor by providing a means of authenticating the source of such goods and articles and by preventing misrepresentation as to items offered for sale as the product of blind persons.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-18 - Definitions

30:6-18. Definitions
As used in this act:
(a) "Blind person" means a person whose vision in his better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in his better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
(b) "Goods or articles made by blind persons" shall be construed to mean goods or articles in the manufacture of which not less than 75% of the total hours of direct labor is performed by a blind person or persons.
(c) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation, processing and assembling goods or articles including the packaging and packing thereof, but not including time spent in the supervision, administration, inspection and shipping of such operations, or in the production of component materials by other than blind persons.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-19 - Identification of goods; registration; fees

30:6-19. Identification of goods; registration; fees
To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by blind persons, any blind person and any public or private institution or agency, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by a blind person or persons shall apply to the Commission for the Blind for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the commission, to identify goods and articles as made by the blind persons. Nothing in this act shall authorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when the direct labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist solely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the preparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles. The commission shall investigate each application, under rules and regulations it shall adopt for the administration of this act, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The commission may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant to a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to this act.
No fee shall be charged for registration of an individual blind person who manufactures and sells products of his own labor. A fee of $5.00 shall be charged and collected for registration of any other person, firm or corporation. All registrations shall be valid for 1 year from date of issue.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 3. Amended by L.1975, c. 349, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-20 - Necessity for identification; prerequisites

30:6-20. Necessity for identification; prerequisites
No goods or articles made in this or any other State may be displayed, advertised, offered for sale or sold in this State upon a representation that the same are made by blind persons unless the same are identified as such by label, imprint, stamp or symbol, and no such goods or articles may be so identified unless at least 75% of the total hours of direct labor of producing such goods or articles shall have been performed by a blind person or persons.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-21 - Labeling

30:6-21. Labeling
Any blind workman, or any public or private institution or agency, corporation, firm or association, registered with the commission pursuant to this act, engaged in the manufacture or distribution of articles of merchandise, made or manufactured by a blind person or persons, shall imprint or stamp upon such articles of merchandise or affix thereto labels containing the words, "made by a blind workman or made by the blind, or blind-made," to which shall be added the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture and such other information as the commission may prescribe.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-22 - Violations; penalties

30:6-22. Violations; penalties
Any person, firm, corporation, institution or association, who (a) shall use or employ an imprint, stamp, symbol or label issued or approved by the Commission for the Blind or an imitation thereof without having registered with the commission, or (b) who shall directly or indirectly by any means indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were made by a blind person or persons when in fact such goods or articles were not so made, or (c) who shall directly or indirectly by any means indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were sold by or for the benefit of the blind when in fact such sale was not by or of substantial benefit to a blind person or persons is a disorderly person and punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both such fine or imprisonment.
L.1964, c. 290, s. 6. Amended by L.1975, c. 349, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-23 - Purpose.

30:6-23 Purpose.
1. The purpose of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-23 et seq.) is to further the policy of the State to encourage and assist persons who are blind or have a severe disability to achieve maximum personal independence through productive employment by assuring a continuous market for their commodities and services, thereby enhancing their dignity and capacity for self-support and minimizing their dependence on welfare and the need for costly institutionalization.
L.1981, c.488, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.123.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-24 - Definitions.

30:6-24 Definitions.
2. As used in this act:
a. "Blind person" or "person who is blind" means a person whose vision in the better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in the better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
b. "Central Nonprofit Agency" means the agency designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-28).
c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services.
d. "Rehabilitation facility" means a rehabilitation facility located in this State which qualifies as a charitable organization or institution under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is conducted on a nonprofit basis for the purpose of carrying out a recognized program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental disability or injury and of providing these individuals with remunerative employment or other occupational rehabilitative activity of an educational or therapeutic nature as defined in section 525.1 et seq. of the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. s. 201 et seq. and related codes, and which is engaged in the production of commodities or the provision of services in connection with which not less than 75 percent of the total hours of direct labor is performed by persons who are blind or who have a severe disability, excluding any hours of supervision, administration, inspection, or shipping.
e. "Person with a severe disability" means a person with a physical, mental, or emotional disability, other than blindness but including a visual impairment, which substantially impairs employment and prevents that person from currently engaging in typical competitive employment.
f. "State agency" means an agency of State government.
L.1981, c.488, s.2; amended 1991, c.147, s.2; 2017, c.131, s.124.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-25 - Commodities and Services Council established.

30:6-25 Commodities and Services Council established.
3. There is established in the Department of Human Services, the Commodities and Services Council for persons who are blind or who have a severe disability. The council shall consist of the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property; the Chief of the Bureau of State Use Industries; the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services; the Executive Director of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; the President of the New Jersey Association for Choices in Community Supports and Employment Services; or their designees; three citizens as at-large members, at least one of whom shall be a person who is blind, and at least one of whom shall represent the private business sector. The at-large members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of three years, except that of the first at-large members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year.
L.1981, c.488, s.3; amended 1991, c.147, s.3; 1999, c.91, s.12; 2017, c.131, s.125.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-26 - Annual organization; chairman; expenses

30:6-26. Annual organization; chairman; expenses
The members of the council shall organize annually by the selection of one of their members to serve as chairman. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1981, c. 488, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-27 - Duties of the council.

30:6-27 Duties of the council.
5. The duties of the council shall include:
a. Developing through the Central Nonprofit Agency a list of commodities and services which shall be set aside for purchase through approved rehabilitation facilities and establishing a fair market price for those commodities and services.
b. Recommending to the commissioner an agency to be designated as the Central Nonprofit Agency.
c. Encouraging the purchase of commodities and services of persons who are blind or who have a severe disability by political subdivisions of the State.
L.1981, c.488, s.5; amended 1991, c.147, s.4; 2017, c.131, s.126.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-28 - Designation of central nonprofit agency

30:6-28. Designation of central nonprofit agency
The commissioner shall designate a nonprofit agency to facilitate the distribution of orders received from various State agencies for commodities and services on the set-aside list among approved rehabilitation facilities and to insure the effective and efficient administration of this act.
L.1981,c.488,s.6; amended 1991,c.147,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-29 - Functions, operations of central nonprofit agency

30:6-29. Functions, operations of central nonprofit agency
The functions and operations of the Central Nonprofit Agency shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. Receiving and processing all applications from approved rehabilitation facilities for the setting aside of specific commodities and services to be provided by the applying facilities;
b. Reviewing and certifying the capabilities of an applying facility to provide a specific commodity or service in keeping with quality standards, quantity and timely delivery requirements;
c. Preparing a detailed annual report for submission to the council;
d. Establishing and publishing a list of commodities and services provided by approved facilities, with timely revisions for distribution to all purchasing agents of the State and its political subdivisions.
L.1981,c.488,s.7; amended 1991,c.147,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-30 - Procurement of commodities, services through central nonprofit agency

30:6-30. Procurement of commodities, services through central nonprofit agency
8. State agencies and political subdivisions of the State shall make a good faith effort to procure, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.385 (C.30:6-30.1), five percent of their goods and services through the Central Nonprofit Agency from those commodities and services which have been set aside for purchase from approved rehabilitation facilities.
L.1981,c.488,s.8; amended 1991,c.147,s.7; 2021, c.385, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-30.1 - Purchase of goods and services from central nonprofit agency.

30:6-30.1 Purchase of goods and services from central nonprofit agency.
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any State department, agency, authority and instrumentality that is authorized to procure goods and services shall make a good faith effort to purchase five percent of such goods and services from the Central Nonprofit Agency as defined in section 2 of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-24).
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, all political subdivisions of the State and local government entities, including counties, municipalities, school districts, quasi-State agencies, State and county colleges, volunteer fire departments, volunteer first aid and rescue squads, public authorities, commissions, and independent institutions of higher learning, that are authorized to make purchases as provided in the cooperative purchase program pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1969, c.104 (C.52:25-16.1) and section 12 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-12), as well as all agencies, commissions, boards, and other entities that are authorized to make joint purchases with the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property as provided in section 1 of P.L.1959, c.40 (C.52:27B-56.1), shall also make a good faith effort to purchase five percent of their goods and services from the Central Nonprofit Agency.
c. The State Treasurer shall take the necessary steps to coordinate the implementation of the terms of this section. The State Treasurer is authorized to call upon any department, office, or agency of State government to provide such information, resources, or other assistance deemed necessary to discharge the State Treasurer's responsibilities under this section. Each department, office, division, and agency of this State is required to cooperate with the State Treasurer and to furnish the State Treasurer with assistance necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
L.2021, c.385, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6-31 - Inapplicability of act if commodities manufactured by institutional labor available

30:6-31. Inapplicability of act if commodities manufactured by institutional labor available
This act does not apply in any case where commodities are available for procurement by any State agency from any other State agency or political subdivision of the State as provided in R.S. 30:4-95.
L.1981, c. 488, s. 9, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6B-1 - Commitment to Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States.

30:6B-1 Commitment to Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States.
1. If it is determined in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for the commitment of a person alleged to be mentally incapacitated or otherwise in need of confinement in a psychiatric hospital or other institution for the person's proper care, treatment, or safekeeping, that commitment is necessary and that the person is eligible for care or treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States, the court may commit the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency instead of to a State institution, upon receipt of a certificate from the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment therein, subject to the provisions of this act.
Upon commitment, and when admitted to a facility operated by any such agency, the person shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency. The chief officer of a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or institution operated by the other agency to which the person is committed shall, with respect to the retention of the person's custody, transfer, parole, or discharge, be vested with the same powers as that of the chief officer of a State institution if the person had been committed to a State institution.
L.1952, c.76, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.89.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6B-2 - Jurisdiction notwithstanding commitment; modification

30:6B-2. Jurisdiction notwithstanding commitment; modification
The court or judicial officer of this State making any such commitment shall have jurisdiction of such person notwithstanding such commitment and may thereafter, at any time, inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed and may determine the necessity for continuance of his restraint, and all such commitments pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be subject to modification or alteration, and in no case shall any such commitment be a final disposition of the custody of any such person.
L.1952, c. 76, p. 406, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6B-3 - Persons committed from other states or District of Columbia; jurisdiction

30:6B-3. Persons committed from other states or District of Columbia; jurisdiction
Any judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another State or of the District of Columbia, committing a person to the Veterans Administration, or other agency of the United States Government for care or treatment, shall have the same force and effect as to the committed person while in this State as in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the judgment or making the order; and the courts of the committing State, or of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person so committed for the purpose of inquiring into the mental condition of such person, and of determining the necessity for continuance of his restraint. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the committing State or District in respect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the Veterans Administration, or of any institution operated in this State by any other agency of the United States to retain custody, or transfer, parole or discharge the committed person, but nothing contained herein shall deprive any court of competent jurisdiction in this State of its general jurisdiction in respect to such persons, as in the case of other persons in this State.
L.1952, c. 76, p. 407, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6B-4 - Transfer of eligible persons.

30:6B-4 Transfer of eligible persons.
4. Upon receipt of a certificate of the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States that facilities are available for the care or treatment of a person committed to an institution for the care and treatment of persons who are mentally incapacitated and that the person is eligible for care or treatment, the chief officer of the institution may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Human Services or of the court having jurisdiction over the person, transfer the person to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency for care or treatment.
A person transferred as provided in this section shall be deemed committed to the Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency, pursuant to the original commitment.
L.1952, c.76, s.4; amended 1957, c.138; 2013, c.103, s.90.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6B-5 - Criminal offenses, persons charged with or convicted of

30:6B-5. Criminal offenses, persons charged with or convicted of
The provisions of this act shall have no application to the commitment of any person charged with or convicted of a criminal offense.
L.1952, c. 76, p. 408, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-1 - Declaration of policy.

30:6C-1. Declaration of policy.
1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the human suffering and social and economic loss caused by substance use disorder are matters of grave concern to the people of the State and it is imperative that a comprehensive program be established and implemented through the facilities of the State, the several counties, the Federal Government and local and private agencies to prevent substance use disorder and to provide diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation for persons who have substance use disorder to the end that these unfortunate individuals may be restored to good health and again become useful citizens in the community.
L.1964, c. 226, s. 1; amended 2023, c.177, s.101.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-5 - Admission for treatment; application; discharge.

30:6C-5 Admission for treatment; application; discharge.
5. A person over the age of 21 years believing himself or herself to be a person with a substance use disorder involving drugs may be admitted to any State or county institution, hospital, or facility certified by the commissioner as having special facilities for the care and treatment of persons with substance use disorders involving drugs and may receive treatment therein. An application for voluntary admission may be made on behalf of a person who believes himself or herself to be a person with a substance use disorder involving drugs, if the person is under the age of 21 years and unmarried, by a parent, guardian, next of kin, person standing in loco parentis, or by any person having care, custody, and control of such individual. If the superintendent or physician in charge of such hospital or facility certifies that it is in the best interest of the person with a substance use disorder involving drugs, the person may be retained therein for a period not exceeding 30 days for the purpose of care and treatment and thereafter until 15 days after receipt of notice in writing from such person, if the person is over the age of 21 years, or if the person is under such age, from the individual who applied on the person's behalf for admission, of intention to leave such hospital or facility. At any time prior thereto the superintendent or physician in charge upon filing a written certificate with the commissioner, may discharge the person with a substance use disorder involving drugs who is recovered, or for whom treatment in such facility or hospital is no longer suitable.
L.1964, c.226, s.5; amended 2017, c.131, s.127.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-6 - Conviction of certain offenses; probation on voluntary admission to hospital or other facility for care and treatment

30:6C-6. Conviction of certain offenses; probation on voluntary admission to hospital or other facility for care and treatment
Any individual adjudged a disorderly person under the provisions of N.J.S. 2A:170-8, or under the provisions of chapter 113, P.L.1962, shall be placed upon probation on condition that such individual immediately voluntarily admit himself to a State or county mental hospital or other similar facility designated by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, there to receive medical and other care and treatment designed to effect a cure for his condition and his rehabilitation, and on condition that such individual upon release or discharge from such hospital or similar facility receive specialized medically oriented aftercare treatment for the balance of the time that the individual shall remain on probation. Such period of hospital treatment shall not exceed the maximum period of confinement prescribed by law for the offense of which the individual is convicted.
If, prior to the expiration of the maximum term of confinement, the individual terminates medical treatment and leaves the hospital, he shall be returned to the court as a probation violator and the court may either commit him to a correctional institution until released in the manner provided by law or upon recommendation of the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies commit him to a State or county mental hospital or similar facility designated by the commissioner, there to be confined for the period of time remaining if he had been sentenced to correctional confinement in the first instance, unless sooner released or discharged, in which event he shall return to a probation status.
L.1964, c. 226, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-7 - Aftercare treatment; refusal to continue as violation of probation

30:6C-7. Aftercare treatment; refusal to continue as violation of probation
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-8 - Establishment of aftercare clinics; incorporation in statewide drug abuse treatment and counseling clinics

30:6C-8. Establishment of aftercare clinics; incorporation in statewide drug abuse treatment and counseling clinics
Each of the several counties, or several counties on a joint cooperative basis, may establish a regional medically oriented clinic to provide aftercare treatment for individuals released or discharged from mental hospitals as provided for herein, or may enter into a contractual relationship with an existing public or private facility to provide such aftercare treatment. On and after July 1, 1971, any clinic theretofore or thereafter established shall become a part of the Statewide system established under this supplementary and amendatory act; provided, however, the board of chosen freeholders of a county in which any such clinic is then presently operating may provide by resolution for such clinic to continue to operate as an independent county agency with the cost therefor to be paid by said county. In such case, the particular clinic shall not become part of the Statewide system, but shall operate as an independent county agency under the direction and at the expense of the county in which it is located; provided, however, it shall conform to standards, rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Thereafter, any such clinic operating as an independent county agency may become part of the Statewide system upon the approval by the commissioner of a resolution adopted by the board of chosen freeholders of such county requesting the commissioner to assume operation and control of such clinic. Copies of resolutions authorized by this section shall be forwarded to the commissioner within 10 days after adoption.
Any county operating a clinic which becomes a part of the Statewide system established hereunder shall maintain, operate and make available to the Department of Health any building, space or other physical facility used by the county clinic for the continued use by the Department of Health at no cost for the Statewide system. Such building, space or other physical facility shall be so made available to the Department of Health at no cost to the Department or the State of New Jersey for a term of 5 years; provided, however, said term may be extended or decreased upon the written agreement of the Commissioner of Health and a resolution therefor by the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which said clinic is located.
L.1964, c. 226, s. 8. Amended by L.1967, c. 130, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1967; L.1971, c. 128, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-9 - Habeas corpus; effect of act on use of writ.

30:6C-9 Habeas corpus; effect of act on use of writ.
9. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to restrict the use of the writ of habeas corpus. If a writ of habeas corpus is obtained on behalf of any person confined in a hospital or facility who is receiving treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs, and if it appears at the hearing on the return of the writ that the condition of the person is such as to require further treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs, then the person shall be remanded to the care and custody of a hospital or facility until such time as it appears that the person is no longer in need of institutional care or treatment for a substance use disorder involving drugs as provided in P.L.1964, c.226 (C.30:6C-1 et seq.) and may properly be discharged.
L.1964, c.226, s.9; amended 2017, c.131, s.128.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-10 - Repeals

30:6C-10. Repeals
"An act creating a permanent commission on narcotic control," approved January 11, 1954 (P.L.1953, c. 449) is repealed.
L.1964, c. 226, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6C-11 - Findings, declarations relative to substance abuse recovery assistance.

30:6C-11 Findings, declarations relative to substance abuse recovery assistance.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of heroin and opioid-related deaths in the United States has nearly tripled since 2010.
b. New Jersey's overdose death rate is currently more than three times the national rate, and overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the State.
c. Data show that treatment for heroin and opioid addictions have become spread evenly across all of the State's demographics.
d. Increasing access to treatment without fear of arrest or law enforcement action is essential to persuade those who suffer from addiction to receive the treatment they need.
e. In certain parts of the State and in other jurisdictions, increased access to treatment has resulted from collaborative efforts of law enforcement, community professionals, and volunteers providing support to those who need additional assistance in seeking treatment.
f. The establishment of law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral programs would provide additional support necessary to assist many of those who need treatment by encouraging those suffering from heroin and opioid addiction to seek recovery; helping to distribute life-saving drugs to prevent and treat overdoses; and connecting people suffering from heroin and opioid addiction with treatment programs and facilities.
L.2016, c.58, s.1.