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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-73 - Findings, declarations relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.

30:6D-73 Findings, declarations relative to individuals with developmental disabilities.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. It is in the public interest for the State to provide for the protection of individuals with developmental disabilities by identifying those caregivers who have wrongfully caused them injury;
b. The safety of individuals with developmental disabilities receiving care from State-operated facilities or programs, from those facilities or programs licensed, contracted, or regulated by the Department of Human Services or Children and Families, or from State-funded community-based services shall be of paramount concern;
c. It is the intent of this legislation to assure that the lives of innocent individuals with developmental disabilities are immediately safeguarded from further injury and possible death and that the legal rights of such individuals are fully protected; and
d. Therefore, this act establishes a Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services to prevent caregivers who become offenders against individuals with developmental disabilities from working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
L.2010, c.5, s.1; amended 2017, c.213, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-78 - Records of report deemed confidential; exceptions.

30:6D-78 Records of report deemed confidential; exceptions.
6. a. All records of a report made pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-75), all information obtained by the department in investigating such reports, and all reports of findings forwarded to the central registry pursuant to P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-73 et seq.) shall be kept confidential and may be disclosed only:
(1) insofar as information is shared with a guardian in connection with a guardian's attendance at an investigative interview pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-76); or
(2) under circumstances expressly authorized by paragraph (2) of subsection e. of section 4 of P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-76), or by rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
b. The department shall only disclose information that is relevant to the purpose for which the information is required; except that the department shall not disclose information which would likely endanger the life, safety, or physical or emotional well-being of an individual with a developmental disability or the life or safety of any other person, or which may compromise the integrity of a department investigation, civil or criminal investigation, or judicial proceeding. If the department denies access to specific information on this basis, the requesting entity may seek disclosure through the Superior Court. Nothing in P.L.2010, c.5 (C.30:6D-73 et seq.) shall be construed to permit the disclosure of any information deemed confidential by federal or State law.
L.2010, c.5, s.6; amended 2017, c.238, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-79 - Emergency telephone service.

30:6D-79 Emergency telephone service.
7. The department shall maintain, at all times, an emergency telephone service for the receipt of calls involving a report, complaint, or allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual with a developmental disability.
L.2010, c.5, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-80 - Immunity from liability, discrimination.

30:6D-80 Immunity from liability, discrimination.
8. A person acting pursuant to this act in the making of a report under this act shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Such a person shall have the same immunity with respect to testimony given in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report. A person who reports or causes to report in good faith an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to this act and as a result thereof is discharged from employment or in any manner discriminated against with respect to compensation, hire, tenure, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment, may file a cause of action for appropriate relief in the Superior Court in the county in which the discharge or alleged discrimination occurred or in the county of the person's primary residence. If the court finds that the person was discharged or discriminated against as a result of the person's reporting an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to this act, the court may grant reinstatement of employment with back pay or other legal or equitable relief.
L.2010, c.5, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-81 - Report to Governor, Legislature.

30:6D-81 Report to Governor, Legislature.
9. The Commissioner of Human Services shall study and assess the Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, and report two years after the effective date of this act to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the viability of extending the central registry to cover other populations served by the department.
L.2010, c.5, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6D-82 - Rules, regulations, reporting procedures.

30:6D-82 Rules, regulations, reporting procedures.
10. The Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt rules, regulations and reporting procedures, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the purposes of this act.
L.2010, c.5, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-1 - Findings, declarations relative to establishment of Office of Disability Services.

30:6E-1 Findings, declarations relative to establishment of Office of Disability Services.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. New Jersey citizens with disabilities want the same things in life as the other residents of this State: to be productive citizens who contribute to the communities in which they live, to be good family members and good neighbors, and to work hard at jobs that provide satisfaction and independence.
b. These individuals deserve the recognition and support of State, county and local governments to protect their rights and to reach their full potential.
c. To fulfill this responsibility, State government should establish a designated agency, to work cooperatively with appropriate agencies in each county, which is empowered to serve citizens with disabilities effectively so that comprehensive programs can be developed and coordinated on a Statewide basis to support the efforts of these citizens to overcome those barriers which their disabilities may pose to reaching their goals.
L.1999,c.91,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-2 - Definitions relative to Office of Disability Services.

30:6E-2 Definitions relative to Office of Disability Services.
2. As used in this act:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Director" means the Director of the Office of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services.
"Office" means the Office of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services.
L.1999,c.91,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-3 - Office of Disability Services.

30:6E-3 Office of Disability Services.
3. a. There is established an Office of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services.
b. The office shall not subsume within it any other office, commission or other agency of State government, nor shall funds appropriated for the operation of any other office, commission or other agency of State government be expended for the establishment or operation of the Office of Disability Services.
L.1999,c.91,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-4 - Director; appointment, removal of officers, employees.

30:6E-4 Director; appointment, removal of officers, employees.
4. The administrator and head of the office shall be a director who shall be known as the Director of the Office of Disability Services. The director shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office and shall devote his entire time to the performance of those duties. The director shall be appointed by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall appoint and remove officers and employees of the office subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes and other applicable statutes as are necessary to enable the office to perform its duties pursuant to this act and he shall fix their compensation within the limits of available appropriations and as is provided by law. In order to utilize the State's disabled citizens in the work of the Office of Disability Services to the maximum extent possible, the commissioner or director, as appropriate, also may appoint, retain or employ officers or consultants on a contract basis or otherwise, as deemed necessary, and employ other qualified personnel who shall be in the noncompetitive division of the career service of the Civil Service.
L.1999,c.91,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-5 - Functions, duties of office.

30:6E-5 Functions, duties of office.
5. a. The office shall serve as the single point of entry within State government for persons with disabilities who are seeking assistance and who do not meet the requirements for disability-specific programs currently located in the department or another agency of State government. The office shall operate a toll-free telephone service to provide a comprehensive information and referral system for persons with disabilities and their families and those who serve and advocate for them, as well as members of the general public, and shall periodically publish a Statewide directory of disability services.
b. The office shall operate as the State-level coordinating body between all agencies of State government providing services to persons with disabilities and shall serve as a locus within State government for the interests of persons with disabilities and their families.
c. The office shall serve as the primary liaison within State government to the county offices for the disabled and shall provide technical assistance to the county offices and seek to establish an electronic network which connects it to each of the county offices. In addition, the director shall work with those counties which do not maintain an office for the disabled to establish such an office and shall seek federal, foundation and other grant funding to establish or enhance county offices for the disabled.
d. The office shall administer the personal assistance services program established pursuant to the "Personal Assistance Services Act," P.L.1987, c.350 (C.30:4G-13 et seq.) and seek to coordinate all other publicly funded programs which provide personal assistance or other home-based services to persons with disabilities. The office shall also operate such State, federal or foundation-funded demonstration programs as may be determined by the commissioner.
e. The commissioner shall establish an advisory and policy development board to make recommendations to the director on policy and operations of the office. The membership of the board shall reflect a broad spectrum of disabilities and shall include representation from among the following: persons with disabilities, family members of persons with disabilities, service providers and organizations or agencies which advocate for persons with disabilities. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1999,c.91,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-6 - Annual report to Governor, Legislature.

30:6E-6 Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
6. The commissioner shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature, which report, at a minimum, shall: summarize the activities of the office for the preceding fiscal year; document significant problems affecting persons with disabilities when accessing public services; indicate and analyze trends in the systems of care and services for persons with disabilities; and present any recommendations to further the State's capacity to provide services to, and advocate for the rights of, persons with disabilities, including such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the commissioner desires to present.
L.1999,c.91,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6E-8 - Rules, regulations.

30:6E-8 Rules, regulations.
15. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1999,c.91,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-1 - Findings, declarations relative to traumatic brain injury

30:6F-1. Findings, declarations relative to traumatic brain injury
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has identified traumatic brain injury as the leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in this country;
b. Since the late 1970's, advances in medical technology have enabled many persons with severe brain injury to survive these injuries;
c. Persons with brain injury may need specialized rehabilitation programs and other services geared to the specific needs of these individuals in order to live their lives to the maximum potential;
d. Most forms of insurance, both public and private, that are available to people with brain injury do not cover the rehabilitative and long-term care needs of these individuals;
e. People with brain injury and their families too often must choose between financial hardship and discontinuing critical treatment and services due to the substantial long term costs not paid for by their insurance coverage; and
f. Providing treatment methods and services to people with brain injury must be a priority for the State.
L.2001,c.332,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-2 - Definitions relative to traumatic brain injury

30:6F-2. Definitions relative to traumatic brain injury
2. As used in this act:
"Council" means the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury established pursuant to section 3 of this act; and
"Fund" means the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund established pursuant to section 5 of this act.
L.2001,c.332,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-3 - New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury

30:6F-3 New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury
3. a. There is established in the Department of Human Services the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury.
b. The council shall be composed of 26 members as follows: the Commissioners of Human Services, Education, Health and Senior Services, Community Affairs, Labor and Banking and Insurance, the Attorney General and the State Treasurer, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio and 18 public members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of the public members, eight shall be survivors of traumatic brain injury or the family members of these persons and at least five shall be representatives of the following groups: public or private health-related organizations, disability advisory or planning groups within the State, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, injury control programs at the State or local level, and the Center for Health Statistics in the Department of Health and Senior Services for data research purposes.
c. Public members shall serve for a term of three years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified; except that of the members first appointed, six shall serve for a term of one year, six shall serve for a term of two years and six shall serve for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments were made. A member of the council shall be eligible for reappointment.
d. The public members who are serving on the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury established by Executive Order No. 84 of 1998, on the effective date of this act may complete the duration of their term as members of the council established pursuant to this act and are eligible for appointment to the council established pursuant to this act.
e. The members of the council shall meet quarterly and the Commissioner of Human Services, or his designee, shall serve as chair of the council.
f. The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the council for this purpose.
L.2001,c.332,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-4 - Duties of council

30:6F-4. Duties of council
4. The council shall:
a. Advise and make recommendations to the Department of Human Services and other related State agencies on ways to improve and develop services regarding traumatic brain injury, including the coordination of these services between public and private entities;
b. Encourage citizen participation through the establishment of public hearings and other types of community outreach and prevention activities;
c. Encourage and stimulate research, public awareness, education and prevention activities;
d. Oversee any programs created under the federal law, Pub. L.104-166, known as the Traumatic Brain Injury Act, and any successive amendments to that act, and report to the federal government regarding these programs; and
e. Advise the Commissioner of Human Services on the administration of the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund established pursuant to section 5 of this act.
L.2001,c.332,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-5 - "Traumatic Brain Injury Fund"

30:6F-5. "Traumatic Brain Injury Fund"
5. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be known as the "Traumatic Brain Injury Fund." This fund shall be the repository for monies provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1992, c.87 (C.39:3-8.2) and any other funds approved by the Department of Human Services or the council.
b. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the fund and all disbursements from the fund shall be made by the State Treasurer upon vouchers signed by the Commissioner of Human Services or his designee. The monies in the fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury as are other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer, in the manner provided by law. Interest received on the monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
L.2001,c.332,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-6 - Distribution of monies

30:6F-6. Distribution of monies
6. a. Monies in the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund shall be distributed by the Department of Human Services for the following purposes:
(1) as the payer of last resort, for the costs of post-acute care, services and financial assistance provided in this State to residents of this State who have survived neuro-trauma with a traumatic brain injury; and
(2) public information and prevention education coordinated by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey.
b. The department, in consultation with the council, shall establish eligibility criteria for the post-acute care, services and financial assistance provided pursuant to this section. Expenditures for traumatic brain injury care shall be made by the department.
(1) Total expenditures on behalf of any one eligible person shall not exceed $100,000, with no more than $15,000 to be expended for any 12-month period; except that a person may apply to the department for a waiver of these expenditure limits.
(2) Expenditures shall be made only if comparable resources are not available or are not able to be delivered in a timely manner.
(3) To the extent of the assistance it has provided, the fund shall have first claim to any future monies received by the person with traumatic brain injury as the result of a settlement or other payment made in connection with the traumatic brain injury.
(4) In the event the department is unable to provide funds to all eligible persons, the department, in consultation with the council, may establish an order of selection.
c. The department shall accept applications for disbursements of available money from the fund and maintain records of all disbursements made from the fund and monies received as gifts and donations. The department shall utilize existing State resources and staff of participating State agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations whenever practicable.
L.2001,c.332,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-7 - Annual report on status of fund

30:6F-7. Annual report on status of fund
7. The Department of Human Services shall report annually on the status of the fund to the Governor and to the Senate and General Assembly committees with responsibility for issues affecting health or human services. The report shall include information about the number of beneficiaries of the fund, average expenditures per beneficiary and the average income and expenditures of persons or families who received financial assistance from the fund. The department also may make recommendations for changes in the law and any regulations governing the fund.
L.2001,c.332,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:6F-8 - Rules, regulations

30:6F-8. Rules, regulations
8. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2001,c.332,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-1 - Board of Managers of New Jersey Firemen's Home

30:7-1. Board of Managers of New Jersey Firemen's Home
30:7-1. The board of managers of the New Jersey Firemen's Home, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, shall consist of the president of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, the Governor of the State, the State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the State Comptroller, one member elected from each county of the State and one additional member who shall be a fully paid fireman, elected from each of the counties of Essex and Hudson. The president of the firemen's association, the Governor, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the State Comptroller, respectively, for the time being, shall be ex-officio members of the board of managers.
The elected members shall be elected by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association in annual convention assembled. They shall hold office for a term of four years from the first day of October next succeeding their election and until their successors are elected and qualify.
A vacancy occurring among the elected members other than by expiration of a term shall be filled as follows: The president of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association shall appoint from the county in which the vacancy occurred a successor to serve until the first day of October next succeeding the appointment and at the next annual meeting of the association there shall be elected from the county in which the vacancy occurred a member to serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
The members shall receive no compensation for their service but may be reimbursed their actual expenses in connection with their duties as managers from the funds of the home.
Amended 1948, c.87, s.4; 2000, c.149, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-2 - Powers and duties of managers

30:7-2. Powers and duties of managers
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the board of managers shall govern, manage and conduct the New Jersey Firemen's Home, and, subject to the approval of the Governor, direct and control its property and concerns, make by-laws, rules and regulations and determine the compensation, duties and term of service of its officers and employees.
Amended by L.1948, c. 87, p. 498, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-3 - Designation, appointment of officers

30:7-3. Designation, appointment of officers
30:7-3. The board of managers of the New Jersey Firemen's Home shall designate a chairman, a secretary and treasurer and, subject to the Governor's approval, appoint a superintendent and such other officers, assistants and attendants as may be necessary and proper.
The treasurer shall enter into bond to the board of managers for the faithful performance of the duties of his office in such sum and with such sureties as the board shall require and approve.
The superintendent and other officers may be required to give bond in such sum and with such sureties for the faithful performance of their respective duties as the board shall require and approve.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-4 - Power, duties of superintendent

30:7-4. Power, duties of superintendent
30:7-4. The superintendent shall be the chief executive officer of the New Jersey Firemen's Home and shall have the general management and care of the buildings, grounds, furniture, fixtures and stock, and the government, direction, care and treatment of guests and patients and of the officers, assistants and attendants, subject to the general control of the board of managers and in pursuance of the by-laws, rules and regulations established by the board and he shall keep a correct and proper record of all his official acts and transactions.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-5.1 - Inapplicability of requirement for licensed administrator

30:7-5.1. Inapplicability of requirement for licensed administrator
Notwithstanding the requirement in section 1 of P.L.1968, c. 356 (C. 30:11-11) concerning licensure of a nursing home administrator, the New Jersey Firemen's Home established pursuant to R.S. 30:7-1 et seq. shall not be required to have a licensed administrator in order to operate as a nursing home.
L.1981, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Aug. 3, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-6 - Admittance to home; terms, conditions

30:7-6. Admittance to home; terms, conditions
30:7-6. The board of managers shall establish the terms and conditions upon which an aged, needy or disabled fireman may be admitted into the home and the period of continuance therein.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-7 - Persons entitled to admittance

30:7-7. Persons entitled to admittance
30:7-7. No person shall be admitted into the New Jersey Firemen's Home as a patient or guest unless he is or has been an active fireman of this State and is aged or needy and unable to procure the means sufficient for his comfortable support and necessary care and attendance; or unless he has been permanently or temporarily disabled in the discharge of the duties as a fireman of this State; or unless from sickness or other disability contracted in such service or in consequence thereof he is needy and unable to secure the necessary means for his treatment, cure, comfortable support and proper care and attendance.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-8 - Benefits, application rejections, guest removal

30:7-8. Benefits, application rejections, guest removal
30:7-8. A person admitted to the New Jersey Firemen's Home shall be entitled to all its benefits and shall be furnished with clothing, subsistence, medical and surgical attendance and whatever may be suitable and necessary to promote his health or recovery and contribute to his comfort in accordance with the rules and regulations of the home. An applicant for admission may be rejected and a guest or patient may be removed by resolution of the board of managers for want of the proper qualifications, to become or remain a guest or patient, or on being restored to health, or on becoming of sufficient ability to promote and provide for his own support or for neglect to comply with the rules and regulations of the home or for conduct adverse to the operation of the home.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-9 - Visits, inspections

30:7-9. Visits, inspections
30:7-9. One of the managers shall visit the New Jersey Firemen's Home at least once in every two weeks. The board shall visit the home at least once in every three months. Each manager shall at all times have access to every part of the home, to every patient and guest, and to all books, records, accounts, vouchers and papers pertaining to the home, and the free and full inspection thereof.
The managers shall keep a book of minutes of their proceedings and a book in which shall be entered the date of each visit, the condition of the patients and guests and remarks upon the condition and management of the home to be signed by each of the managers present.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-10 - Annual report to Governor

30:7-10. Annual report to Governor
30:7-10. The board of managers shall annually on or before the first day of January in each year report to the Governor an estimate of the cost and expense of managing and conducting the New Jersey Firemen's Home for the succeeding year; also a detailed statement of moneys received, whence received and how disbursed or expended; also all gifts of supplies, materials or other things received, from whom received and how the same were used or appropriated; also the number of guests or patients for the preceding year, the average expense of patients and guests, and the number deceased or discharged; and generally all matters and things relating to the government, management, conduct and control of the home.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-11 - Maintenance of, gifts to home

30:7-11. Maintenance of, gifts to home
30:7-11. To provide the means necessary to govern, manage, conduct and sustain the New Jersey Firemen's Home, the managers may receive bequests or devises for the use and benefit of the home, and the same invest, sell, convey, use or otherwise apply for the benefit of the home as the managers, subject to the approval of the Governor, may deem proper. The managers may also receive voluntary contributions of money, food, material or merchandise for the home.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7-12 - Property of home tax exempt

30:7-12. Property of home tax exempt
30:7-12. The property, real and personal, of the board of managers of the New Jersey Firemen's Home and held or used for the uses and purposes of the firemen's home shall be exempt from taxation, State or municipal under any law of the State.
Amended 2000, c.149, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-1 - Interstate compact on mental health; findings and purposes

30:7B-1. Interstate compact on mental health; findings and purposes
The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by New Jersey with all other States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH
The contracting States solemnly agree that:
ARTICLE I
The party States find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by co-operative action, to the benefit of the patients, their families, and society as a whole. Further, the party States find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party States to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party States in terms of such welfare.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 677, art. I.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-2 - Definitions

30:7B-2. Definitions
ARTICLE II
As used in this compact:
(a) "Sending State" shall mean a party State from which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or from which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent.
(b) "Receiving State" shall mean a party State to which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or to which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent.
(c) "Institution" shall mean any hospital or other facility maintained by a party State or political subdivision thereof for the care and treatment of mental illness or mental deficiency.
(d) "Patient" shall mean any person subject to or eligible as determined by the laws of the sending State, for institutionalization or other care, treatment, or supervision pursuant to the provisions of this compact.
(e) "After-care" shall mean care, treatment and services provided a patient, as defined herein, on convalescent status or conditional release.
(f) "Mental illness" shall mean mental disease to such extent that a person so afflicted requires care and treatment for his own welfare, or the welfare of others, or of the community.
(g) "Mental deficiency" shall mean mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein.
(h) "State" shall mean any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 678, art. II.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-3 - Eligibility for care and treatment; place of institutionalization; transfer

30:7B-3. Eligibility for care and treatment; place of institutionalization; transfer
ARTICLE III
(a) Whenever a person physically present in any party State shall be in need of institutionalization by reason of mental illness or mental deficiency, he shall be eligible for care and treatment in an institution in that State irrespective of his residence, settlement or citizenship qualifications.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any patient may be transferred to an institution in another State whenever there are factors based upon clinical determinations indicating that the care and treatment of said patient would be facilitated or improved thereby. Any such institutionalization may be for the entire period of care and treatment or for any portion or portions thereof. The factors referred to in this paragraph shall include the patient's full record with due regard for the location of the patient's family, character of the illness and probable duration thereof, and such other factors as shall be considered appropriate.
(c) No State shall be obliged to receive any patient pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this article unless the sending State has given advance notice of its intention to send the patient; furnished all available medical and other pertinent records concerning the patient; given the qualified medical or other appropriate clinical authorities of the receiving State an opportunity to examine the patient if said authorities so wish; and unless the receiving State shall agree to accept the patient.
(d) In the event that the laws of the receiving State establish a system of priorities for the admission of patients, an interstate patient under this compact shall receive the same priority as a local patient and shall be taken in the same order and at the same time that he would be taken if he were a local patient.
(e) Pursuant to this compact, the determination as to the suitable place of institutionalization for a patient may be reviewed at any time and such further transfer of the patient may be made as seems likely to be in the best interest of the patient.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 679, art. III.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-4 - After-care or supervision; investigation; standards of care and treatment

30:7B-4. After-care or supervision; investigation; standards of care and treatment
ARTICLE IV
(a) Whenever, pursuant to the laws of the State in which a patient is physically present, it shall be determined that the patient should receive after-care or supervision, such care or supervision may be provided in a receiving State. If the medical or other appropriate clinical authorities having responsibility for the care and treatment of the patient in the sending State shall have reason to believe that after-care in another State would be in the best interest of the patient and would not jeopardize the public safety, they shall request the appropriate authorities in the receiving State to investigate the desirability of affording the patient such after-care in said receiving State, and such investigation shall be made with all reasonable speed. The request for investigation shall be accompanied by complete information concerning the patient's intended place of residence and the identity of the person in whose charge it is proposed to place the patient, the complete medical history of the patient, and such other documents as may be pertinent.
(b) If the medical or other appropriate clinical authorities having responsibility for the care and treatment of the patient in the sending State and the appropriate authorities in the receiving State find that the best interest of the patient would be served thereby, and if the public safety would not be jeopardized thereby, the patient may receive after-care or supervision in the receiving State.
(c) In supervising, treating, or caring for a patient on after-care pursuant to the terms of this article, a receiving State shall employ the same standards of visitation, examination, care, and treatment that it employs for similar local patients.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 680, art. IV.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-5 - Notice of escapes; detention upon apprehension

30:7B-5. Notice of escapes; detention upon apprehension
ARTICLE V
Whenever a dangerous or potentially dangerous patient escapes from an institution in any party State, that State shall promptly notify all appropriate authorities within and without the jurisdiction of the escape in a manner reasonably calculated to facilitate the speedy apprehension of the escapee. Immediately upon the apprehension and identification of any such dangerous or potentially dangerous patient, he shall be detained in the State where found pending disposition in accordance with law.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 681, art. V.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-6 - Transportation of patients

30:7B-6. Transportation of patients
ARTICLE VI
The duly accredited officers of any State party to this compact, upon the establishment of their authority and the identity of the patient, shall be permitted to transport any patient being moved pursuant to this compact through any and all States party to this compact, without interference.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 681, art. VI.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-7 - Transfer of patients; effect; payment of costs; agreements with non-party States

30:7B-7. Transfer of patients; effect; payment of costs; agreements with non-party States
ARTICLE VII
(a) No person shall be deemed a patient of more than 1 institution at any given time. Completion of transfer of any patient to an institution in a receiving State shall have the effect of making the person a patient of the institution in the receiving State.
(b) The sending State shall pay all costs of and incidental to the transportation of any patient pursuant to this compact, but any 2 or more party States may, by making a specific agreement for that purpose, arrange for a different allocation of costs as among themselves.
(c) No provision of this compact shall be construed to alter or affect any internal relationships among the departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of a party State, or between a party State and its subdivisions, as to the payment of costs, or responsibilities therefor.
(d) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent any party State or subdivision thereof from asserting any right against any person, agency or other entity in regard to costs for which such party State or subdivision thereof may be responsible pursuant to any provision of this compact.
(e) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to invalidate any reciprocal agreement between a party State and a non-party State relating to institutionalization, care or treatment of the mentally ill or mentally deficient, or any statutory authority pursuant to which such agreements may be made.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 681, art. VII.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-8 - Rights and duties of guardians; appointment of supplemental or substitute guardians

30:7B-8. Rights and duties of guardians; appointment of supplemental or substitute guardians
ARTICLE VIII
(a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abridge, diminish, or in any way impair the rights, duties, and responsibilities of any patient's guardian on his own behalf or in respect of any patient for whom he may serve, except that where the transfer of any patient to another jurisdiction makes advisable the appointment of a supplemental or substitute guardian, any court of competent jurisdiction in the receiving State may make such supplemental or substitute appointment and the court which appointed the previous guardian shall upon being duly advised of the new appointment, and upon the satisfactory completion of such accounting and other acts as such court may by law require, relieve the previous guardian of power and responsibility to whatever extent shall be appropriate in the circumstances; provided, however, that in the case of any patient having settlement in the sending State, the court of competent jurisdiction in the sending State shall have the sole discretion to relieve a guardian appointed by it or continue his power and responsibility, whichever it shall deem advisable. The court in the receiving State may, in its discretion, confirm or reappoint the person or persons previously serving as guardian in the sending State in lieu of making a supplemental or substitute appointment.
(b) The term "guardian" as used in paragraph (a) of this article shall include any guardian, trustee, legal committee, conservator, or other person or agency however denominated who is charged by law with power to act for or responsibility for the person or property of a patient.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 682, art. VIII.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-9 - Applicability to persons institutionalized while under sentence or subject to trial; detention of patients in prisons or jails

30:7B-9. Applicability to persons institutionalized while under sentence or subject to trial; detention of patients in prisons or jails
ARTICLE IX
(a) No provision of this compact except Article V shall apply to any person institutionalized while under sentence in a penal or correctional institution or while subject to trial on a criminal charge, or whose institutionalization is due to the commission of an offense for which, in the absence of mental illness or mental deficiency, said person would be subject to incarceration in a penal or correctional institution.
(b) To every extent possible, it shall be the policy of States party to this compact that no patient shall be placed or detained in any prison, jail or lockup, but such patient shall, with all expedition, be taken to a suitable institutional facility for mental illness or mental deficiency.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 683, art. IX.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-10 - Compact administrator; powers and duties

30:7B-10. Compact administrator; powers and duties
ARTICLE X
(a) Each party State shall appoint a "compact administrator" who, on behalf of his State, shall act as general coordinator of activities under the compact in his State and who shall receive copies of all reports, correspondence, and other documents relating to any patient processed under the compact by his State either in the capacity of sending or receiving State. The compact administrator or his duly designated representative shall be the official with whom other party States shall deal in any matter relating to the compact or any patient processed thereunder.
(b) The compact administrators of the respective party States shall have power to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 683, art. X.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-11 - Supplementary agreements for provision of services or facilities

30:7B-11. Supplementary agreements for provision of services or facilities
ARTICLE XI
The duly constituted administrative authorities of any 2 or more party States may enter into supplementary agreements for the provision of any service or facility or for the maintenance of any institution on a joint or cooperative basis whenever the States concerned shall find that such agreements will improve services, facilities, or institutional care and treatment in the fields of mental illness or mental deficiency. No such supplementary agreement shall be construed so as to relieve any party State of any obligation which it otherwise would have under other provisions of this compact.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 684, art. XI.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:7B-12 - Effective date of compact

30:7B-12. Effective date of compact
ARTICLE XII
This compact shall enter into full force and effect as to any State when enacted by it into law and such State shall thereafter be a party thereto with any and all States legally joining therein.
L.1956, c. 178, p. 684, art. XII.