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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 133 - INTERIM ASSISTANCE PROCEDURES MANUAL › Appendix H

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BUSINESS MANAGER'S STATEMENT TO INTERIM ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT
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(Client's Name)
(Date)
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(Hospital)
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(Client's Address)
The Social Security Administration has sent us a check representing
				your retroactive and initial benefits from the SSI Program.
According to the authorization you gave us on form MH-30, we have
				applied to that check an amount equal to the amount of recoverable assistance we
				gave you while your application for SSI was being processed or your SSI payment was
				suspended or terminated, as follows:
1. Amount of Interim Assistance provided
$
						..........................
2. Amount of SSI check
$
						..........................
3. Patient Trust Fund balance
$
						..........................
4. Total available resources (2 + 3)
$
						..........................
5. Amount of assistance hospital can recover
$
						..........................
6. Amount of assistance given to you by
$
						..........................
county/local welfare agencies
7. Amount of assistance recovered from PTF
$
						..........................
balance
8. Net amount due you (4-5-6-7) (check enclosed)
$
						..........................
9. Net amount due State Treasurer (1-5-7) (bill
$
						..........................
enclosed)
If you disagree with this computation, you have the right to come to
				this office to discuss the matter. If after such discussion you are not satisfied,
				you may contact the State Division of Mental Health Services to request an
				administrative review. You should make the request through the Department of Human
				Services, Division of Mental Health Services, PO Box 727, Trenton, New Jersey
				08625-0727.
.....................................................
(Hospital)
.....................................................
(Name, Title)
Distribution:
Client-Original
Social Services Director
Business Manager
Placement/Financial Coordinator
Division Fiscal Officer
Form FS-9 (Revised
9/14/00)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 133 - INTERIM ASSISTANCE PROCEDURES MANUAL › Appendix K

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APPENDIX K
HEALTH BENEFITS IDENTIFICATION CARD
Emergency Services Letter
Data in
				image
Dear Provider: (Please see checked block
						below)
[ ] NEW APPLICANT: The NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid client
						listed below has been newly approved as eligible, and will receive a permanent
						plastic Health Benefits Identification (HBID) card in the mail shortly. In the
						meantime, please accept this letter in place of the client's new permanent HBID
						card.
For new applicants only this letter serves as temporary verification of
						Medicaid eligibility for the period listed below.
[ ] CLIENT AWAITING REPLACEMENT CARD: The NJ
						FamilyCare/Medicaid client listed below is awaiting a replacement card. In the
						interim, please use the Medicaid information for the client, printed below, in order
						to determine eligibility for this client using any one of the available eligibility
						verification systems you normally use.
This letter is not proof of eligibility
						for this client.
CLIENT
Medicaid ID
						................................................................
Client Name
						................................................................
Date of Birth
						..............................................................
HMO Plan & Service Package
						.................................................
TPL & Medicare Coverage
						...................................................
Pharmacy Restrictions
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Client Address
						.............................................................
AUTHORIZING OFFICE
Office Name
						................................................................
Name of Staff Contact
						......................................................
Phone Number
						...............................................................
EMERGENCY SERVICES LETTER VALID FROM ________
						UNTIL ________
FD-412 (05/23/06)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 133 - INTERIM ASSISTANCE PROCEDURES MANUAL › Appendix L

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APPENDIX L
BUSINESS MANAGER'S STATEMENT TO SSI
						APPLICANT
_____________________________________
______________________________________
(Client's Name)
(Date)
_____________________________________
______________________________________
(Hospital)
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
(Client's Address)
The Social Security Administration has informed us
						that:
____
Your SSI application was denied.
____
They issued a retroactive SSI check to you or your payee.
The following is a computation of the amount due for
						your Interim Assistance placement:
1. Amount of Interim Assistance provided
$ __________________________
2. Amount of SSI check
$ __________________________
3. Patient Trust Fund balance
$ __________________________
4. Total available resources (2 + 3)
$ __________________________
5. Amount of assistance hospital can recover
$ __________________________
6. Amount of assistance given to you by
$ __________________________
county/local welfare agencies
7. Amount of assistance recovered from PTF
$ __________________________
balance
8. Net amount due you (4-5-6-7) (check enclosed)
$ __________________________
9. Net amount due State Treasurer (1-5-7) (bill enclosed)
$ __________________________
If you disagree with this computation, you have the
						right to come to this
office to discuss the matter. If after such
						discussion you are not satisfied,
you may contact the State Division of Mental Health
						Services to request an
administrative review. You should make the request
						through the Department of
Human Services, Division of Mental Health Services,
						PO Box 727, Trenton, New
Jersey 08625-0727.
_______________________
(Hospital)
_______________________
(Name, Title)
Distribution:
Client-Original
Social Services Director
Business Manager
Placement/Financial Coordinator
Division Fiscal Officer
Form FS-9A (9/14/00)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 134 - PRE-PLACEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:134-1.1 - Scope and purpose

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(a) The pre-placement
				program is available to all eligible patients at each of the State psychiatric
				hospitals operated by the Department. Community providers eligible to receive
				pre-placement program payments from a State psychiatric hospital for the cost of
				pre-placement care include, but are not limited to, licensed boarding homes,
				residential care facilities, and other residential providers approved by hospital
				staff.
(b) Certain patients at State
				psychiatric hospitals have received the maximum available benefit from their
				inpatient psychiatric hospitalization in the judgment of their treatment team, but
				have not had an opportunity to explore the suitability of or to demonstrate their
				ability to adjust to certain alternative available community placements. The purpose
				of the pre-placement program is to provide such patients with the opportunity to
				test, prior to discharge, a possible community setting and to serve those patients
				whose psychiatric history and hospital behavior threaten their ability to succeed at
				these placements unless it is financially and programmatically supported.
				Additionally, community service providers would receive authorization to ensure
				payment from the hospital's interim assistance program for room and board services
				that they provide a patient during a pre-placement visit, but prior to an eligible
				patient's receipt of either interim assistance or Supplemental Security Income
				benefits. If a patient is ineligible for interim assistance due to independent,
				sufficient, and recurring income or benefits, the patient shall pay the provider for
				room and board services.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 134 - PRE-PLACEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:134-1.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"CEO" means the chief executive officer of a State psychiatric
				  hospital.
"Conditional extension pending placement" or "CEPP" means, as
				  delineated at R. 4:74-7(h)2, the legal status of a patient who is otherwise entitled
				  to discharge, but who cannot be discharged immediately due to the unavailability of
				  an appropriate placement.
1. CEPP status is
				evidenced by a court order which conditionally extends the patient's hospitalization
				and schedules a placement review hearing 60 days thereafter.
2. Any subsequent placement review hearings are
				held at intervals of no longer than six months if the patient is not discharged
				earlier.
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Interdisciplinary treatment team" means the organized group of
				  clinical staff who are responsible for the treatment of a specific patient who has
				  been admitted to an adult psychiatric hospital.
1. Members of an interdisciplinary treatment team
				meet to share their expertise with one another; develop and implement treatment
				plans; monitor patient progress; reassess and make adjustments in treatment plans,
				as needed; and plan discharge and/or aftercare.
2. Each patient is a member of the patient's
				interdisciplinary treatment team and participates in the development of the
				patient's treatment plan to the extent that the patient's clinical condition
				permits.
3. Family members and
				significant others are encouraged to be part of the treatment planning
				process.
4. Interdisciplinary treatment
				team members shall include, at a minimum, a psychiatrist, a registered nurse, and a
				social worker.
i. An interdiscliplinary treatment
				team shall request the participation of whatever other unit or community liaison
				staff is necessary for the treatment and responsible discharge of the patient.
"Interim assistance" means the payment procedure developed by the
				  State of New Jersey and the Social Security Administration that permits a patient
				  who has been released from a State psychiatric hospital and who has applied for
				  Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to receive State-loaned funding
				  at a level consistent with the anticipated SSI benefit while the patient's SSI claim
				  is being evaluated. (See N.J.A.C. 8:133.)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 134 - PRE-PLACEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 8:134-2.1 - Program eligibility

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(a) To be eligible
				for the pre-placement program, including the supporting payments to community and
				other residential providers approved by hospital staff, the patient must:
1. Be an inpatient at a State psychiatric hospital
				who is not judicially restrained from discharge;
2. Be 18 years of age or older;
3. Have been evaluated by the patient's
				interdisciplinary treatment team as:
i. Not likely
				to constitute a danger to self, others, or property, if residing at the community
				program;
ii. Having received the maximum
				available benefit from their inpatient psychiatric hospitalization; and
iii. Possessing the capacity for successful
				adjustment at a specific, available community placement which is appropriate for
				pre-placement payments, if applicable;
4. Be likely to meet the eligibility standards for
				Supplemental Security Income, or have sufficient resources to sustain the placement
				without the State psychiatric hospital supporting payments to the community
				provider; and
5. Indicate willingness to
				apply for both Interim Assistance and Supplemental Security Income, when
				appropriate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 134 - PRE-PLACEMENT PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM STANDARDS › Section 8:134-3.1 - Program standards and requirements

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(a) Each
				eligible patient may participate in the pre-placement program for any number of
				days, not to exceed a maximum of 14 calendar days.
1. The interdisciplinary treatment team shall
				determine how long the placement period will be prior to the placement.
2. The length of the placement period may be
				adjusted during the placement, if clinically appropriate.
3. The interdisciplinary treatment team shall
				discuss and consider the input received from the patient regarding the appropriate
				length of the placement.
4. The
				interdisciplinary treatment team shall reach an agreement with the residential
				provider to make an adjustment to the placement period.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.1 - Introduction and purpose

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(a) The levels of
				supervision system (system) is designed to provide a timely, uniform process which
				affords each patient the structure and intensity of supervision appropriate to the
				patient's condition during the course of hospitalization.
1. The structure provided through the system takes
				the form of an individualized set of clinical interventions, schedule of activities,
				and conditions under which patients exercise their personal autonomy and
				liberty.
2. Level determination is based
				primarily upon the patient's clinical condition and related behaviors.
3. The system is not a treatment modality or a
				mechanism to earn privileges; rather, it is a tool to be used to make a clinical
				determination as to the degree of structure and supervision necessary for each
				patient to successfully participate in treatment and rehabilitation programs, while
				maintaining a safe and secure therapeutic environment for patients and staff
				alike.
4. Appropriate structure and
				supervision facilitates each patient's successful participation in treatment and
				rehabilitation programs, which are designed to improve functioning, promote positive
				social adjustment while hospitalized, reduce risk of violence to self or others, and
				move patients to the least restrictive setting as quickly as possible.
5. The system is separate from and in addition to
				the clinical interventions of special precautions (for example, choking, suicide,
				arson, and escape precautions) and special levels of observations (two-to-one
				supervision, one-to-one supervision, constant visual observation, periodic visual
				observation, face checks, and head counts).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"CEO" means the chief executive officer of a State psychiatric
				  hospital.
"Division" means the Division of Behavioral Health Services,
				  within the Department of Health.
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Special status patient" means a patient who:
1. Is charged, or awaiting to be charged with, or
				convicted of, or attempt to commit, one of the following offenses:
i. Murder;
ii. Manslaughter;
iii. Sexual assault;
iv. Criminal sexual contact;
v. Robbery;
vi. Aggravated assault;
vii. Aggravated arson;
viii. Weapons offense;
ix. Kidnapping; or
x. Carjacking;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.3 - General provisions

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(a) The system
				applies to all adult State psychiatric hospitals.
(b) A description of the system shall be posted on
				all units and communicated to patients.
(c) With regard to special status patients, the
				following procedures apply:
1. Prior to
				implementation, any decrease in supervision or discharge decision shall be approved
				through hospital administrative review procedures, as delineated at
				N.J.A.C.
				8:135-2.3.
2. A decision to decrease to levels III or IV
				shall be approved through both hospital and Division administrative
				review.
3. A decision to discharge or
				transfer a special status patient to a less restrictive setting within the hospital
				(for example, a cottage) requires approval through both hospital and Division
				administrative review.
4. Any decrease
				in supervision level or discharge decision pertaining to a patient who is
				hospitalized because the patient was found "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity," or
				"Incompetent to Stand Trial" must be approved by order of the committing court prior
				to implementation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.4 - Supervision level assignment procedure

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(a) Upon
				admission, a patient shall be assigned to supervision Level I.
1. Within 72 hours, the treatment team shall
				assign the patient to the supervision level that is most appropriate, based on the
				patient's clinical condition and treatment needs.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.5 - Level I definition, criteria, and program structure

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(a) A patient who warrants supervision at Level I
				are those who:
1. Pose a serious risk of harm to
				themselves, others, or property if a lower level of supervision were to be
				provided;
2. Have not yet been evaluated
				for level of risk; or
3. Have been
				recently admitted.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.6 - Level II definition, criteria, and program structure

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(a) A patient who warrants supervision at Level
				II:
1. Has begun to form a therapeutic alliance
				with staff;
2. Has shown signs of
				progress in self-management;
3. Exhibits
				improved mental status or reduction in symptoms;
4. Has improved behavioral controls and increased
				level of functioning; and
5. Continues
				to require supervision at most times, though not at the intensity present at Level
				I.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.7 - Level III definition, criteria, and program structure

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(a) A patient who warrants supervision at Level
				III:
1. Is generally able to control dangerous
				impulses; and
2. Requires less staff
				supervision than a patient who is assigned to supervision Level II.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - LEVEL OF SUPERVISION SYSTEM › Section 8:135-1.8 - Level IV definition, criteria, and program structure

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(a) A patient who warrants supervision at Level
				IV:
1. Poses no or minimal risk of harm to self,
				others, or property; and
2. May be
				discharged upon finalization of after-care and housing plans.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - CLINICAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL STATUS PATIENTS › Section 8:135-2.1 - Statement, purpose, and scope

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(a) The Division
				recognizes that the management of some patients within the State psychiatric
				hospital system requires a more comprehensive and complete evaluation of the
				clinical, judicial, and administrative factors relevant to the development and
				implementation of those patients' treatment plans.
(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to:
1. Establish a procedure by which hospital staff
				are to comprehensively review a special status patient's clinical treatment and
				management by ensuring appropriate treatment interventions and planning when the
				patient moves to a less restrictive setting, the patient's structures and security
				decrease, or the patient is discharged; and
2. Ensure that hospital staff conduct an
				appropriate risk/benefit assessment balancing the patient's need for effective
				treatment and the safety needs of all parties when special status patients are given
				privileges.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - CLINICAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL STATUS PATIENTS › Section 8:135-2.2 - Composition of special status patient review committee

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(a) Each State psychiatric hospital shall
				establish a special status patient review committee (SSPRC).
(b) The clinical or medical director of each State
				psychiatric hospital shall appoint members to the SSPRC and designate the
				chairperson.
(c) The composition of the
				SSPRC shall consist of, but need not be limited to, the clinical or medical director
				or the chief of psychiatry, the director of psychology, and the director of social
				services.
1. At least one of these individuals
				shall be a psychiatrist.
2. These
				members may appoint designees to the SSPRC who are of sufficient experience to
				appropriately review the matters that the SSPRC is to consider, provided a designee
				shall not endorse a recommendation that the designee participated in making or made
				as a member of the special status patient's treatment team.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - CLINICAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL STATUS PATIENTS › Section 8:135-2.3 - Procedures for review of recommendations and determinations; final decision

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(a) If a special status
				patient objects to the supervision level to which the treatment team assigns the
				patient, the SSPRC chairperson shall designate a member of the SSPRC to interview
				the patient within the period specified at (d) below.
(b) The treatment team shall prepare and forward
				to the SSPRC chairperson, in as timely a manner as possible, information concerning
				the patient whose status requires SSPRC review.
1.
				If a special status patient disagrees with the treatment team's supervision level
				determination, the treatment team shall obtain from the patient a statement as to
				the basis of the disagreement and/or prepare a summary of the patient's opinion and
				add the statement or summary to the information that the treatment team forwards to
				the SSPRC.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - CLINICAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL STATUS PATIENTS › Section 8:135-2.4 - SSPRC coordinator

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(a) Each hospital
				shall designate a staff person to be responsible for coordination of all activities
				relative to the functioning of the SSPRC. The responsibilities of the coordinator
				shall include:
1. Consultation with treatment
				teams regarding preparation of information to be submitted to the SSPRC;
2. Maintaining files on all cases presented to the
				SSPRC;
3. Functioning as executive
				secretary to the SSPRC (that is, recording, distributing, and filing
				minutes);
4. Coordinating information
				flow among treatment teams, SSPRCs, hospital administration, and Central Office
				regarding special or extenuating circumstances, current or pending legislation,
				etc., relative to cases under consideration of the SSPRC; and
5. Obtaining records of prior hospitalizations,
				arrest records, and collateral materials.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - CLINICAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL STATUS PATIENTS › Section 8:135-2.5 - Treatment team procedures

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(a) The treatment
				team for a special status patient shall:
1. Assess
				the patient's risk of violence using an evidence-based risk assessment tool approved
				by the Division Medical Director that addresses the violence risk in less
				restrictive settings:
i. Upon the patient's
				admission and at least annually thereafter;
ii. Upon the request of any party to change the
				patient's supervision level;
iii. As
				part of the patient's discharge planning; and
iv. When a treating psychiatrist, medical
				director, or chief of psychiatry determines that a change in the patient's behavior
				warrants an updated risk assessment; and
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS › Section 8:135-3.1 - Purpose

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(a) The purpose of this
				subchapter is to identify:
1. The factors that
				State psychiatric facility staff are to use in evaluating the need for
				inter-hospital transfers among the facilities listed at
				N.J.A.C.
				8:135-3.2; and
2. The procedures related to such
				transfers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS › Section 8:135-3.2 - Scope

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(a) The rules of this
				subchapter apply in all instances to involuntarily committed patients who are
				residing at and being considered for transfer to any of the following facilities
				specified in N.J.S.A. 30:4-160:
1. Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital;
2. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital;
3. Ancora Psychiatric Hospital; and
4. The Ann Klein Forensic Center.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS › Section 8:135-3.3 - Factors

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(a) Subject to (c)
				below, any one of the following factors serves as a basis for the transfer of an
				involuntarily committed patient from and to any facility listed at
				N.J.A.C.
				8:135-3.2:
1. To
				place the patient in closer proximity to family members;
i. If a patient and the patient's family members
				disagree on a transfer request that is based on proximity to family members,
				hospital staff shall make a clinical determination based solely on the clinical best
				interest of the patient;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS › Section 8:135-3.4 - General procedures

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(a) This section
				delineates the conditions and procedures applicable to all transfers to and from
				State psychiatric hospitals.
(b) Each
				CEO shall designate a staff member to function as a transfer coordinator who, for
				purposes of transfer arrangement, shall report directly to the CEO.
(c) The transfer coordinator of a hospital that is
				requesting a patient's transfer (sending hospital) shall transmit a written request
				for the transfer that includes a statement of the factors that the clinical
				determination specifies, from among the factors specified at
				N.J.A.C.
				8:135-3.3(a), as the basis of the
				transfer, to the transfer coordinator of the hospital to which the patient's
				transfer is proposed (receiving hospital).
1. All
				requests for transfers shall be supported by clinical considerations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 135 - PATIENT SUPERVISION AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - TRANSFERS OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS BETWEEN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS › Section 8:135-3.5 - Procedures when a patient objects to transfer

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(a)
				The following procedure applies when a treatment team proposes a non-emergency
				transfer to which a patient and/or the patient's representatives object:
1. The treatment team shall provide the patient
				and/or the patient's representatives an opportunity to state the basis for the
				objection, and present any relevant facts, including statements by other
				individuals, with or through a representative if so desired, before an individual
				who is not a member of the treatment team that is recommending the
				transfer.
2. The clinical director or
				medical director of the hospital shall designate the individual who is to review the
				objection, who may be a member of the clinical director's staff or another hospital
				staff member who is capable of providing an independent review of the proposed
				transfer.
3. The individual who reviews
				the proposed transfer shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the proposed
				transfer.
4. Patients and their
				representatives may submit, in writing, their views regarding a non-emergency
				transfer prior to its implementation.
i. Upon
				request, or with the consent, of the patient, the patient and the patient's
				representatives may request an opportunity to discuss the proposed non-emergency
				transfer with a Division representative prior to implementation of the
				transfer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.1 - Authority

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18A:68-3 stipulates that no corporation may offer academic degree programs and/or college credit-bearing courses in New Jersey until it files with the Commission on Higher Education a certified copy of its incorporation and obtains from the Commission a license to offer such degree programs or courses under the rules prescribed by the Commission. Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 005-2011, issued by Governor Chris Christie on June 29, 2011, all functions, powers, duties, and personnel of the Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Higher Education, pursuant to the State Agency Transfer Act, P.L. 1971, c. 375 (52:14D-1 et seq.).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.3 - Licensure

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(a) An institution seeking to offer academic degree programs and/or college credit-bearing courses with a physical presence in New Jersey shall first provide evidence of incorporation and petition the Secretary for licensure. No institution shall offer or advertise the availability of college credit-bearing course(s) or academic degree program(s) with a physical presence in New Jersey before receiving formal approval of its petition. Licensure shall require the institution to meet all the standards set forth in this chapter.
(b) A New Jersey institution seeking licensure shall submit a licensure petition in an electronic format to OSHE preferably at least one year before the requested date of implementation. The petition shall contain:
1. The accreditation status of the institution;
2. A mission statement that defines the scope, purpose, and basic tenets of the institution;
3. Information equivalent to the annual summary sheet required by the regional and/or national institutional accrediting association for the institution, if applicable;
4. The institution's financial statements and management letter(s) (if issued) (prepared by independent auditors) for each of the last three years, if applicable;
5. Information on the qualifications of prospective faculty for the proposed New Jersey offering(s);
6. A description of the selection and review process for faculty teaching in New Jersey;
7. A catalog and other data that the institution recognizes as appropriate; and
8. Other information that the Secretary specifically requests.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.4 - Application of standards

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The standards in 9A:1-1.5 through 1.12 and, where applicable, in N.J.A.C. 9A:1-2, shall apply to all institutions seeking to be licensed or relicensed by the Secretary.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.5 - Long-range plan

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An institution seeking a license shall develop a long-range plan to attain its goals. Appropriate resources (physical, human, and financial) should undergird the elements of the plan. The plan shall be made available to the Secretary upon the Secretary's request.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.6 - Organization and administration

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(a) The institution shall be organized to provide sufficient administrative, program, and resource support to attain its mission. The roles and responsibilities of administrators, faculty, and staff should be appropriate to its mission and described in writing.
(b) From an organizational perspective, effective use of an institution's human, physical, and financial resources requires a critical mass of students in order to demonstrate a need for the institution and to provide the learning environment described in its mission statement.
(c) Consistent with the institution's mission, the institution's governing board shall oversee all legal aspects of its operations, set institutional policy, plan for the institution, monitor progress toward fulfilling the mission, and ensure continuous institutional assessment and planning. In addition, the board should develop and maintain policies (by-laws) that specify its own duties, responsibilities, and procedures, as well as its membership, manner of appointment, and terms of office. The board is responsible for selecting the institution's chief executive officer, who leads its administration.
(d) Reporting to the governing board, the chief executive officer is responsible for the following:
1. Administering the governing board's policies;
2. Providing general educational leadership and promote educational effectiveness;
3. Maintaining appropriate administrative records;
4. Establishing academic/administrative regulations and procedures dealing with:
i. Organizational structure;
ii. Personnel appointments, reappointments, tenure, and promotions;
iii. Salary schedules;
iv. Budgets;
v. Planning, development, and management of facilities;
vi. Educational programs, academic policies, and research;
vii. Granting of degrees; and
viii. Community service;
5. Preparing and submitting such reports as the governing board, the Presidents' Council, or the Secretary may request; and
6. Providing official publications, such as student and faculty handbooks, a catalog, and other related documents or publications, to interested persons at intervals sufficient to ensure currently or information.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.7 - Finances

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(a) An institution shall continuously ascertain its financial requirements, determine its sources of revenue, plan for current and future needs, and budget its resources accordingly.
(b) To qualify for and retain a license, an institution shall demonstrate that it:
1. Possesses financial resources sufficient to realize its mission over an extended period of time;
2. Has a long-range financial plan that includes a program for securing gifts, grants, and other appropriate income;
3. Plans its expenditures by budgeting available resources for specific institutional purposes; and
4. Maintains adequate financial records that are audited annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for colleges and universities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.8 - Faculty

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(a) The institution shall document and maintain appropriate records attesting to faculty qualifications, performance, and achievements. It should define clearly and disseminate the criteria and the process for promotion.
(b) The majority of all full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and adjunct faculty at an institution offering only the associate degree shall have at least a master's degree in the field in which they are appointed, if such a qualification exists (recognizing that some technical/occupational specialties offer no such degree), or an equivalent qualification in the field in which they are appointed.
(c) The majority of all full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and adjunct faculty who are teaching in baccalaureate degree programs shall have the doctorate or an equivalent qualification in the field in which they are appointed.
(d) Full-time and part-time faculty teaching in graduate programs shall have earned the doctorate or an equivalent qualification in the field in which they are appointed. They shall engage in an active pattern of professional productivity including, but not limited to, instruction, advisement, research, peer-reviewed publication, authorship, editorial services, creative work, artistic production, patents, applied research, service to professional associations and organizations, program design, and/or the scholarship of instruction.
(e) Adjunct faculty shall possess the same qualifications as full-time and part-time faculty. Adjunct faculty shall be academically qualified to teach all courses to which they are assigned. When appropriate in the judgment of the institution, compensating preparation or experience may be taken into account in judging whether an adjunct instructor is academically qualified to teach a particular course.
(f) Regardless of the specific nature of an academic appointment, be it initial, multi-year, temporary, or permanent, the principle of academic freedom shall apply to all faculty, including adjunct faculty, for it is only through academic freedom that ideas and data can be explored without prejudice. An institution shall promulgate a statement concerning the academic freedom of faculty members that should include a statement supporting the following principles:
1. Freedom in research and publication where these activities do not interfere with adequate performance of academic duties;
2. Freedom in the classroom to discuss controversial issues pertinent to the discipline; and
3. Retention of all rights as a citizen to free speech and publication. Such rights are not, as such, subject to institutional censorship or discipline.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.9 - Library

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(a) Qualified library professionals, librarians, and support personnel in numbers sufficient to serve the needs of students and faculty shall staff the institution's library. Every institution, regardless of enrollment or number of academic offerings, shall provide access to at least one qualified library professional with the exception of institutions with a specialty mission. Institutions with a specialty mission shall provide access to a qualified library professional, a librarian, or an individual qualified by way of disciplinary expertise (for example, an earned doctorate, extensive study in the discipline, demonstrated scholarly production, etc.).
(b) An institution shall demonstrate the development and maintenance of a collection that reflects and supports the curriculum.
(c) There shall be a program for continuous acquisition of materials including books, journals, databases, and other instructional materials.
(d) An institution shall catalog and maintain all library holdings appropriately, including providing a protective environment for its physical library material that adequately protects the collection from deterioration and damage.
(e) An institution shall provide clear and consistent access to electronic resources.
(f) An institution shall document the existence of a plan to assess and document effective use of library resources by students and faculty.
(g) An institution should utilize library representatives in the curriculum development process to inform the administration of the library's ability to offer adequate support for materials and library education.
(h) An institution may enter into contract with another library or libraries for the provision of collections and services, physical or virtual. Institutions shall demonstrate that the collections are appropriate for the curriculum of the institution, that students have convenient access to contracted library services, that there is adequate library instruction provided to students to use effectively the services of the contracted library, and that there are qualified library professionals or librarians available to assist students. The institution shall retain full responsibility for adequacy of resources available to students. Institutions are encouraged to participate in appropriate consortia that allow them to expand and more effectively deliver information resources and services.
(i) An institution shall have in place a plan that articulates how students will obtain information literacy skills as they progress through the curriculum. The plan shall identify outcomes for information literacy skill development, and how those outcomes are measured and assessed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.10 - Students and student services

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(a) An institution shall have a clearly defined admissions policy appropriate to its mission and shall admit students whose educational interests and abilities qualify them to pursue a program offered by the institution.
(b) An institution shall provide adequate student support, financial aid services, and facilities to help students succeed and shall maintain accurate records of each student's academic progress.
(c) An institution shall maintain transcripts for all students and shall provide to all students who request them, transcripts showing dates of attendance and academic performance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 1 - LICENSURE RULES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 9A:1-1.11 - Physical facilities

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(a) Physical facilities shall be adequate for an institution to fulfill its mission. The institution's facilities provide the context in which teaching and learning take place; it is, therefore, critical that this setting be maximally conducive to fostering productive scholarship. Such facilities generally include, but are not limited to, instructional buildings, laboratories, residence halls, student activity centers, recreational/athletic centers, administrative offices, library/learning resource centers, computing centers, and support service centers.
(b) The institution shall ensure that the physical facilities are safely maintained and are sufficient in quality, size, and number to accommodate students, faculty, and staff; it shall provide adequately equipped laboratories as required for effective instruction and learning.