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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-117 - Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully

44:4-117. Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully
A master or commander of a ship or vessel arriving as referred to in section 44:4-116 of this title, who shall land or suffer to be landed from on board his ship or vessel any passenger or employee who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable of providing for his own support and by reason thereof is likely to become a public charge of the county, except by permit from the county welfare board of the county in which the poor person is found or brought, without having notified the director of welfare immediately upon the arrival of the passenger or employee and without having entered into the bond referred to in said section 44:4-116 shall be liable for the expenses of the relief and care of such poor person.
Such expense may be recovered from time to time, with costs of suit, by the county welfare board incurring it, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the poor person may be.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-118 - Burial of poor

44:4-118. Burial of poor
When a person shall die in a county without leaving money or other means sufficient to defray his funeral expenses, the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall employ some person to provide for and superintend the burial of the deceased person and contract with a cemetery association to provide a place for the burial, and the necessary and reasonable expenses as fixed by the governing body chargeable with the expense shall be paid by it upon the order of the county welfare board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-119 - Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds

44:4-119. Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds
A county may acquire by devise, gift, purchase, condemnation or in any other manner, such land as in the judgment of the governing body may be necessary and proper for a burial ground for those who may die therein without leaving means necessary to defray their funeral expenses. Such lands may be within the boundaries of an existing cemetery.
If in the opinion of the governing body the amount of such cost will be too burdensome to be borne by the taxpayers in any one year, they may issue bonds therefor, in the manner in which other county bonds are issued pursuant to law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-120 - Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter

44:4-120. Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter
Within fifteen days after this chapter takes effect and becomes operative in any county the county welfare board shall:
a. Meet with the board of freeholders for consideration of the estimate of the welfare board as to the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter for the ensuing year, and the board of freeholders after due consideration of the recommendation of the welfare board shall appropriate an amount sufficient in the judgment of the board of freeholders for the relief of the permanent or indoor poor within its jurisdiction; and
b. Meet with the governing bodies of the municipalities of the county for consideration of the respective estimates of amounts necessary for providing temporary or outdoor relief in the respective municipalities and the governing bodies shall appropriate amounts sufficient in their respective judgments to meet the estimated expenditures for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor in the respective municipalities for the ensuing year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-121 - Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years

44:4-121. Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years
On November first of each year thereafter, the county welfare board shall forward to the board of chosen freeholders an estimate of the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, and to the governing bodies of the respective municipalities of the county estimates of the respective amounts necessary for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor in the respective municipalities for the ensuing calendar or fiscal year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-122 - Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor

44:4-122. Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor
Such provision for expense for the relief of the permanent or indoor poor shall upon the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, be included in the budgets of the respective counties on certification thereof by the respective county welfare boards for the ensuing calendar or fiscal year, and an amount shall be appropriated sufficient in the judgment of the board of freeholders to meet the necessary expenditures.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-123 - Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate

44:4-123. Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate
When the sums appropriated as provided in section 44:4-122 of this title are expended or exhausted during the year and for the purpose for which they were appropriated, and when separate appropriations are made for indoor and outdoor relief of the poor and any one of the appropriations is expended or exhausted, or is or may be inadequate alone for either such indoor or outdoor relief, the board of chosen freeholders may provide for the continuance of such relief as may be necessary for the balance of the fiscal year, by the appropriation of additional sums from time to time to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-124 - Raising or borrowing of additional sums

44:4-124. Raising or borrowing of additional sums
Such additional sums may be paid from unexpended balances not required by law to be expended for a specific purpose, or from contingent funds, where such exist. Where such balances are not available or adequate, or such funds do not exist, such money shall be raised by temporary loans or notes, certificates of indebtedness or temporary loan bonds to be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for counties of this state, and the amounts necessary to pay such obligations shall be placed in the budget for the next ensuing fiscal year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-125 - Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor

44:4-125. Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor
The expenditures, exclusive of administrative expenses, for relief under the provisions of this chapter of the temporary or outdoor poor residing in the respective municipalities of the county shall be limited except as provided in section 44:4-127 of this title, to amounts appropriated therefor by the respective municipalities of the county and included in their budgets for each ensuing calendar or fiscal year; and the respective municipalities shall include in their budgets appropriations adequate in the judgment of their governing bodies for the purpose.
Such appropriations shall be made available to the order of the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipalities are situated for the sole purpose of providing relief to the temporary or outdoor poor of the respective municipalities, and the county welfare board shall expend within the municipality so making the appropriation so much thereof as is necessary to provide for such relief.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-126 - Additional municipal appropriations

44:4-126. Additional municipal appropriations
When any sum appropriated as provided in section 44:4-125 of this title has been expended or exhausted, during the year and for the purpose for which it was appropriated, the county welfare board shall notify the governing body of the municipality, which shall provide for the continuance of the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor residing in the municipality, for the balance of the calendar or fiscal year, by an additional appropriation for the purpose, to be made available to the order of the county welfare board of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-127 - Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum

44:4-127. Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum
When a municipality fails to appropriate an additional sum for this purpose, the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor of the municipality for the remainder of the calendar or fiscal year by an emergency appropriation on certification thereof by the county welfare board, and shall assess and collect a special tax in the municipality sufficient to meet and pay for such emergency appropriation in the same manner as other county taxes are assessed and collected in the municipalities of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-130 - Time for final action on resolution

44:4-130. Time for final action on resolution
Final action by the board of chosen freeholders of the county on the resolution shall be adjourned for at least one month from the time of the proposal of such resolution, at which time such final action shall be taken except as provided in section 44:4-131 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-131 - Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment

44:4-131. Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment
Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat. The final passage of the resolution may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board of chosen freeholders.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-132 - Submission of question to voters of county; notice

44:4-132. Submission of question to voters of county; notice
Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of chosen freeholders, the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter in the county shall thereupon be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the general election next following the adoption of the resolution, public notice of which shall be given by the board of chosen freeholders by publication, not less than thirty days prior to the election, in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-133 - Ballot; form and content

44:4-133. Ballot; form and content
At any such election at which the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter is submitted to the legal voters of a county, there shall be printed upon each official ballot substantially the following:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall chapter 4 of the title Poor of
[ ] YES the Revised Statutes (s. 44:4-1 et seq.),
providing for the settlement and relief
[ ] NO of the poor and for county relief, be adopted in
....................... (here insert
name of county)?"
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-134 - Voting

44:4-134. Voting
44:4-134. If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of this chapter.
If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "no," it shall be counted as a vote against the adoption of this chapter, and in case no mark is made in the square at the left of the word "yes" or "no" it shall not be counted as a vote for or against the acceptance of this chapter.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.11; 1991,c.91,s.431; 1994,c.77,s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-135 - Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative

44:4-135. Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative
A canvass and return of the votes cast in the county upon the question of the adoption of this chapter shall be made by the board of canvassers in the same manner as for officers voted at such election and as for other questions submitted on referendum. If a majority of the votes cast for or against the chapter are found to favor its adoption it shall then, but not otherwise, be deemed adopted in the county. When so adopted in a county the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall provide by resolution for its operation on January second next following the referendum.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-1 - Health of indigent and recreation of needy children

44:5-1. Health of indigent and recreation of needy children
A municipality may:
a. Establish laboratories and dispensatories;
b. Employ visiting nurses, supply medicines and medical services to the indigent sick; and
c. Provide fresh air camps, excursions and other means of recreation for the needy children of the municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-2 - Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities

44:5-2. Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities
Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality may make an appropriation in each year of an amount which, in the judgment of the governing body, shall be adequate for the purposes hereinafter stated. Such appropriation shall be made in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made and such sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied to the purpose of paying the cost of supporting and maintaining such indigent patients as may be sent by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or other proper authority of the municipality to any health care facility or health care facilities supported by private charity and located in the municipality or any other municipality in this State, and shall also be applied to the purpose of defraying the cost incurred by any such health care facility in providing health care facility care to any indigent person residing in such municipality in cases where the furnishing of such care shall be approved by the proper authorities of such municipality, although such person may not have been sent to the health care facility by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or any other proper authority thereof. The sum so appropriated may also be applied to the purpose of assisting in the support of any such health care facility or health care facilities.
The money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose whatever and the municipality may by ordinance regulate
(a) The mode of sending such person to such health care facility or health care facilities and of approving of the furnishing of care therein;
(b) The mode and terms of paying for the care and maintenance of such persons so sent to such health care facility or health care facilities or so approved; and
(c) The manner of making payment for the maintenance of such health care facility or health care facilities.
Amended by L.1948, c. 53, p. 139, s. 1; L.1949, c. 227, p. 715, s. 1; L.1950, c. 291, p. 987, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1950; L.1981, c. 145, s. 3, eff. May 14, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-2a - Health care facility defined

44:5-2a. Health care facility defined
As used in this amendatory and supplementary act "health care facility" means the private facility or institution, engaged principally in providing services for health maintenance organizations, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, special hospital, mental hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended care facility, skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate care facility, tuberculosis hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, dispensary, home health care agency or residential health care facility.
L.1981, c. 145, s. 4, eff. May 14, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-3 - Contracts by cities for care of persons at public expense

44:5-3. Contracts by cities for care of persons at public expense
The board or body having charge of the finances of a city may enter into and make a contract or contracts not exceeding the term of five years at a time with any corporation or individual maintaining or operating a hospital in that city, for the medical and surgical care and treatment of those persons whom that board or body shall consider and determine should be cared for and treated at public expense. That board or body shall annually during the continuance of the contract or contracts raise by taxation the sum needed to defray the expenses of such medical care and treatment for the fiscal year then next ensuing.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-4 - Contracts by cities for care of indigent patients; referendum

44:5-4. Contracts by cities for care of indigent patients; referendum
A city which has no hospital located therein maintained by the city, shall, when the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title are assented to by a majority of the electors as hereinafter provided, make and enter into a contract or agreement with any regularly incorporated hospital supported in whole or in part by private subscription and located in the city, to pay to that hospital for a period not exceeding ten years in any one term, a sum equal to one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city, for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to that hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city. Said sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 shall not take effect in any city until assented to by a majority of the legal electors thereof voting at any election for municipal officers to be held in the city.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-5 - Referendum; ballot, form

44:5-5. Referendum; ballot, form
44:5-5. The question of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title shall not be submitted to the electors of a city until after a resolution is passed by the legislative body of the city directing the clerk to give public notice of the submission of the question. Upon the adoption of the resolution the clerk of the city shall cause notice of the submission of the question to be published in two newspapers circulating in the city for at least ten days before the holding of the election.
The officer charged with the duty of preparing the official ballots for the election of municipal officers of the city at that election shall cause to be printed on each official ballot beneath the list of candidates thereon substantially the following:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of
[ ] Yes the title Poor of the Revised Statutes, enabling
the city to contract for the purpose of supporting,
maintaining and caring for indigent patients in any
[ ] No regularly incorporated hospital located in the
city, be adopted?"
If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of the sections. If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "no" it shall be counted as a vote against the adoption of the sections, and if no mark is made in either square at the left of either the word "yes" or "no" it shall not be counted as a vote for or against the acceptance of the sections.
Amended 1994,c.77,s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-6 - Making of contract

44:5-6. Making of contract
If a majority of all the ballots cast at the election referred to in section 44:5-5 of this title are in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, the proper municipal authorities shall enter into a contract as provided in section 44:5-4.
If there is more than one hospital supported in whole or in part by private subscription, in the city, the proper municipal authorities may designate with which of the hospitals the contract shall be made, or enter into contracts with more than one of them and apportion the amount so to be raised by taxation among them, in the manner which in the discretion of the municipal authorities may be for the best interests of the public.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-7 - Annual appropriation by city during existence of contract

44:5-7. Annual appropriation by city during existence of contract
Upon the execution of a contract by a city as provided in sections 44:5-4 and 44:5-6 of this title, the proper municipal authorities of the city shall annually during the existence of the contract appropriate and raise by taxation in the manner in which other city taxes are assessed, levied and collected in the city, a sum equal to one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city, which sum when so appropriated shall be paid to the treasurer of the board of trustees, governors or directors of the hospital named in the contract.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-8 - Authorization of increased annual appropriations in certain cities

44:5-8. Authorization of increased annual appropriations in certain cities
A city which prior to February first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, adopted the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, and which has made and entered into the contract or contracts contemplated in said sections, may pay to the hospital or hospitals during the remainder of the term of the contract or contracts and all renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to the hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city, and may annually appropriate and raise by taxation in the manner in which other city taxes are assessed, levied and collected in the city during the existence of the contract or contracts or renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of taxation therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-9 - Contracts by cities for care of diseased patients

44:5-9. Contracts by cities for care of diseased patients
The board or body having charge of the finances of a city which at the time does not maintain and operate a municipal hospital for contagious or infectious diseases exclusively, may make a contract or contracts, not exceeding the term of five years at a time and without advertising for bids, with any corporation or person properly equipped for the purpose, for the care and treatment of such patients suffering from contagious, infectious or other disease as that board or body may consider and determine should be so cared for and treated at public expense. Such board or body shall annually during the continuance of the contract or contracts cause the sum needed to meet such expenditures for that year to be raised by taxation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-10 - Annual appropriations in certain municipalities to maintain patients or assist hospitals

44:5-10. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities to maintain patients or assist hospitals
A village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made, of a sum of money not exceeding an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total valuations of real and personal property of the municipality, which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes.
The sum shall be applied to the purpose of supporting and maintaining such indigent persons residing in the municipality as may be sent by order of an overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the municipality to any hospital duly incorporated under the laws of this state and located in the municipality or in any other municipality in the same or an adjoining county, and of assisting in the maintenance of any such hospital furnishing hospital service to the residents of the municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-10.1 - Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals

44:5-10.1. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals
Any village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made, of a sum of money not exceeding an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total assessed valuation of real and personal property of such municipality which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of such municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes.
The sum shall be applied for the purposes and in the manner set forth in section 44:5-10 of this title, or may be paid directly to any hospital, now duly incorporated under the laws of this state and located in such municipality or in any other municipality in the same or an adjoining county, for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance of any such hospital furnishing hospital service to the residents of such municipality, in order that such hospital may be maintained and render service to such residents of the municipality who are not able to pay the full cost of their maintenance, care and treatment in such hospital.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-10.2 - Construction or enlargement of private health care facility; municipal appropriations

44:5-10.2. Construction or enlargement of private health care facility; municipal appropriations
Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality, may appropriate a sum or sums of money to be applied for the purpose of constructing or enlarging any health care facility or health care facilities located in the municipality or in any other municipality in the county, which is supported by private charity and where such patients as may be sent thereto are supported and maintained and to which annual appropriations may be made by the municipality to maintain patients and to assist such health care facility in accordance with the chapter to which this is a supplement. The sum or sums so appropriated pursuant to this act shall be used and applied in constructing or enlarging such health care facility.
L.1954, c. 266, p. 982, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1954. Amended by L.1981, c. 145, s. 2, eff. May 14, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-12 - Distribution of appropriation among nonprofit hospitals or clinics in county

44:5-12. Distribution of appropriation among nonprofit hospitals or clinics in county
Money appropriated by a governing body and distributed and paid to any hospital by virtue of section 44:5-11 of this Title, shall, if there is more than one such hospital, be distributed among and paid to them upon the basis of the free ward day's treatment furnished by each of them for the benefit, comfort and maintenance of such patients, inmates therein, or in the case of clinics, by the number of individual treatments of patients, as are residents of the county at the time of being sent to that hospital, and not otherwise.
"Free ward day's treatment," as used in this section, means not less than 24 hours' medical and nursing attention of a hospital patient who occupies a listed hospital bed in the public ward for at least 24 hours continuously and for which nothing is paid. Free ward day's treatment shall not include treatment given to a person who would not commonly be admitted to or maintained in the public or contagious wards of general hospitals.
Amended by L.1969, c. 188, s. 2, eff. Nov. 7, 1969; L.1979, c. 14, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-13 - Annual reports to freeholders by hospitals participating in appropriation

44:5-13. Annual reports to freeholders by hospitals participating in appropriation
A hospital desiring to participate in the funds referred to in sections 44:5-11 and 44:5-12 of this title shall, prior to December fifteenth of each year, make a report to the board of chosen freeholders of the county under oath of the superintendent or custodian of the records and verified by the president of the hospital, setting forth in detail the free work done by the hospital in accordance with the provisions of said sections 44:5-11 and 44:5-12 for the twelve months ending November thirtieth next preceding.
The apportionment of the money for the fiscal year of the county, following such reports, shall be made to each hospital upon the basis of free service as shown by the reports, and no hospital failing to make such reports shall participate in the funds appropriated for the fiscal year immediately following that failure.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-14 - Appropriations by counties for constructing or enlarging private charitable hospitals

44:5-14. Appropriations by counties for constructing or enlarging private charitable hospitals
The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no hospital located therein wholly maintained by the county, other than the hospital or sick ward of the county almshouse, may appropriate a sum of sums of money in the manner in which appropriations for other county purposes are made, which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the county and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes.
The sum shall be applied to the purpose of constructing or enlarging any hospital or hospitals located in the county which is supported by private charity and where such patients as may be sent thereto are supported and maintained. The sum or sums so appropriated shall be used and applied in constructing or enlarging such hospital as shall afford care, comfort and maintenance to such patients as are residents of the county at the time of being sent to that hospital.
Amended by L.1954, c. 255, p. 929, s. 1, eff. Dec. 15, 1954.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-15 - Bond issues by counties for construction or alteration of charitable hospitals

44:5-15. Bond issues by counties for construction or alteration of charitable hospitals
The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no hospital located therein maintained by the county, other than a hospital or sick ward of a county almshouse, may issue bonds to an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of enabling any charitable hospital located in the county to construct new buildings, make alterations, additions or repairs to old buildings, and provide equipment for such buildings. All of such bonds shall mature within the period fixed by the board of freeholders which period shall not exceed thirty years. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer or other proper officer of the hospital to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.
A hospital receiving money under this section shall be bound to treat such poor persons in the county suffering from disease or accident as may apply for admission to the hospital without cost, and the receipt of any money by the hospital under this section shall constitute a contract irrevocable between the hospital and the board of freeholders by virtue of which contract the hospital shall be bound to treat the persons suffering from disease or accident as herein provided, free of cost or charge, when a certificate is produced by the poor person signed by the board of freeholders, its director, or any member thereof, certifying that the poor person is entitled to treatment under the terms of a contract created by this section.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to or prevent an appropriation of money to the hospital under other laws, to be used for the purpose of maintenance, care or treatment of poor persons resident in the county wherein the hospital is located.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-17 - Provision by counties over 850,000 for maintenance of patients in hospitals

44:5-17. Provision by counties over 850,000 for maintenance of patients in hospitals
The governing body of a county having a population of 850,000 or more according to the latest federal decennial census may make provision for the support of resident indigent patients, who cannot be maintained by private means, in a hospital or hospitals having 50 or more beds of which 20 or more are open to the public at all times.
Provision for the maintenance and treatment of an individual patient in the hospital shall be made by the county upon the certification by the county physician of the name of the person and upon the approval of the county governing body; but the certification shall not be approved unless there is attached thereto a verified bill to the governing body for that maintenance and treatment, signed by the head officer and chief physician of the hospital and stating that the patient was in need of such maintenance and medical treatment for the time charged for and no longer. The amount to be paid shall not exceed the sum charged in the hospital in which the resident indigent is placed for patients occupying beds in wards open to the public.
Amended by L.1961, c. 63, p. 560, s. 2; L.1969, c. 188, s. 4, eff. Nov. 7, 1969; L.1971, c. 459, s. 2, eff. Feb. 29, 1972; L.1981, c. 462, s. 52.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-18 - Annual appropriations for purposes of section 44:5-17

44:5-18. Annual appropriations for purposes of section 44:5-17
The governing body of a county having a population of 850,000 or more according to the latest federal decennial census may make for the purposes of R.S. 44:5-17 an annual appropriation of not more than $10,000.00 for each hospital, to pay for the support and maintenance of such persons therein, which sum shall be included in the annual tax levy and collected in the same manner and at the same time as the other county taxes; but that sum or so much thereof as may be unexpended at the end of the fiscal year in the county shall become a part of the sum authorized to be appropriated for the next fiscal year and be deducted from the amount authorized by R.S. 44:5-17 to be appropriated and collected for the succeeding year.
Amended by L.1961, c. 63, p. 560, s. 3; L.1969, c. 188, s. 5, eff. Nov. 7, 1969; L.1971, c. 459, s. 3, eff. Feb. 29, 1972; L.1981, c. 462, s. 53.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-18.1 - Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of indigent residents; appropriation for

44:5-18.1. Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of indigent residents; appropriation for
The board of chosen freeholders of any county which has no county mental or psychiatric hospital or clinic may appropriate not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per annum for the necessary expense incident to the diagnosis and treatment of such indigent residents in the county as may require psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, including the cost of diagnosis, special mental tests and treatment. Before expending money for such purposes, the board of chosen freeholders shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems advisable concerning the requirement of residents and eligibility for such relief. Disbursements shall be made through officers designated by the board of chosen freeholders for that purpose on verified bills presented and approved as in the case of other county expenditures.
L.1952, c. 119, p. 459, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.1 - Liens for medical care and hospitalization; priority

44:5-19.1. Liens for medical care and hospitalization; priority
The board of chosen freeholders of any county, which furnishes medical care and hospitalization to resident indigent patients who cannot be maintained by private means, in a hospital or hospitals supported by private charity, on a per diem per patient basis, shall have a lien against the property of any person receiving such service in an amount equal to the cost to the county of the maintenance of such person in such hospital, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.2 - Form

44:5-19.2. Form
The lien shall state the name of the patient, the date of his admission, the rate at which payment is made by the county for such patient's medical care and hospitalization, the name of the institution in which such service was rendered and the amount due to the county for such service at the date of the filing of the lien and the rate of accumulation, if any shall occur, thereafter and shall be signed by the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county or such person as shall be authorized so to do by resolution of said board.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.4 - Place of filing; effective date of lien

44:5-19.4. Place of filing; effective date of lien
The lien shall be filed with the clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county, as the case may be, or with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and shall immediately attach to and become binding upon all real property in the ownership of the patient 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.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.5 - Clerk or register of deeds; duties; fees

44:5-19.5. Clerk or register of deeds; duties; fees
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 liens and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorded without payment of any fee, which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the person against whom the lien is claimed.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.6 - Property concerned

44:5-19.6. Property concerned
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 filed, 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 county 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 county 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.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.7 - Settlement of lien

44:5-19.7. Settlement of lien
The board of chosen freeholders of the county is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for which any lien is filed under the provisions of this act and such resolution shall be sufficient authorization for the discharge thereof.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.8 - Discharge

44:5-19.8. Discharge
Any lien so filed may be discharged by filing in the office in which it is entered a certificate setting forth that the same is discharged of record, signed and acknowledged by the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.9 - Support by relatives

44:5-19.9. Support by relatives
Upon application for medical care and hospitalization by any person, or upon the furnishing of the same by the county to any person, in the manner provided in section 1 of this act, the County Adjuster of the county shall ascertain, if possible, the relatives chargeable by law for the support of such person and shall proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render assistance in providing medical care and hospitalization in the manner provided in this act or in paying the cost thereof.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 532, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:5-19.10 - Court action to force responsible relative to pay

44:5-19.10. Court action to force responsible relative to pay
10. Should any relative responsible for the support of such applicant or person receiving such service fail to obey the order or direction with regard to the providing of service and paying therefor, the Superior Court may, upon complaint of the County Adjuster, summon the persons chargeable before it as in other actions and summon witnesses and may order the able relatives responsible for the support of such applicant to pay such sums as the circumstances may require in the discretion of the court for such applicant and violation of any such order of the court shall be contempt of the court and the person so violating the same shall be subject to the penalties which by law may be imposed for other contempts of said court.
L.1957,c.139,s.10; amended 1991,c.91,s.442.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:6-1 - Maintenance by municipalities of clinics for indigent children

44:6-1. Maintenance by municipalities of clinics for indigent children
The board or body having control of the finances of a municipality may appropriate annually such sum as it may deem advisable to be used and applied only for the maintenance and equipment of a dental clinic or clinics in the municipality for the free treatment of indigent persons of school age.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:6-2 - Maintenance by boards of education of clinics for indigent children

44:6-2. Maintenance by boards of education of clinics for indigent children
The board of education of a municipality or county may maintain and conduct therein dental clinics for the treatment and relief of indigent children. The operator in the clinic must be registered to practice dentistry in this state. For the maintenance and equipment of the clinics there may be appropriated annually in a municipality or county, in the manner in which money for other school purposes is appropriated, such sum not exceeding five thousand dollars as may be deemed advisable.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:6-3 - Appropriations by first-class cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent children

44:6-3. Appropriations by first-class cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent children
Whenever a dental association regularly incorporated under the laws of this state shall maintain and conduct in a city of the first class a dental clinic or clinics where indigent children may receive treatment and relief without charge or fee, the board or body having control of the finances of the city may appropriate and pay to that association each year such sum or sums, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in all, as it shall deem advisable, to be used and applied by that association only for the support, maintenance and equipment in the city of a dental clinic or clinics for the free treatment of indigent children not over the age of sixteen years who are residents of the city.
The officers of the dental association shall annually at the beginning of each fiscal year furnish to the board or body having control of the finances of the city a report of the number and kind of cases treated by the clinic together with a detailed statement of all expenditures made from any money appropriated by the city for the clinic.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:6-4 - Appropriations by certain cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent persons

44:6-4. Appropriations by certain cities to dental associations conducting clinics for indigent persons
Whenever a dental association regularly incorporated under the laws of this state shall maintain and conduct in a city, other than a city of the first class, a dental clinic or clinics where indigent persons resident in the city may receive treatment and relief without charge or fee, the board or body having control of the finances of the city may appropriate and pay to that association, each year, such sum or sums, not exceeding five thousand dollars in all, as it shall deem advisable, to be used and applied by that association only for the support, maintenance and equipment in the city of a dental clinic or clinics for the free treatment of indigent persons resident in the city.
The officers of the clinic shall annually at the beginning of each fiscal year furnish to the board or body having control of the finances of the city a report of the number and kind of cases treated by the clinic together with a detailed statement of all expenditures made from any money appropriated by the city for the clinic.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:6-5 - Appropriations for dental clinics

44:6-5. Appropriations for dental clinics
The board of chosen freeholders of any county wherein there is in use a permanently located dental clinic, or a trailer or mobile dental clinic may raise, appropriate and use annually such sum of money as it may deem advisable in the furtherance of or for the maintenance and equipment of such dental clinic or clinics in the county for the treatment of indigent persons of school age.
L.1944, c. 224, p. 763, s. 1. Amended by L.1950, c. 137, p. 271, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1950.