New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 46A - FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE SYSTEM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10:46A-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age and
				  older.
"Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability
				  of a person which:
1. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or
				  combination of mental or physical impairments;
2. Is manifest before age 22;
3. Is likely to continue indefinitely;
4. Results in substantial functional limitations in three or
				  more of the following areas of major life activity, that is:
i. Self-care;
ii. Receptive and expressive language;
iii. Learning;
iv. Mobility;
v. Self-direction;
vi. Capacity for independent living; and/or
vii. Economic self-sufficiency;
5. Reflects the need for a combination and sequence of
				  special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which
				  are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and
				  coordinated; and
6. Developmental disability includes, but is not limited to,
				  severe disabilities attributable to intellectual disability, autism, cerebral
				  palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida and other neurological impairments where the
				  above criteria are met. (30:6D-25.)
"DDD Family Support Coordinator" means an employee of DDD
				  designated by the Regional Administrator to coordinate the region's family
				  support service system.
"Division" or "DDD" means the Division of Developmental
				  Disabilities within the Department of Human Services.
"Family" means the family member with a developmental
				  disability and his or her parents, siblings, spouse, and/or children, or
				  uncompensated caregiver.
"Functional services" means those services and programs
				  available to provide a person with a developmental disability: education,
				  training, rehabilitation, adjustment, treatment, care and protection. (N.J.S.A.
				  30:4-23 )
"Family support" means a coordinated system of on-going
				  public and private supports, services, resources, and other assistance, which
				  are designed to maintain and enhance the quality of life of a family member
				  with a developmental disability and his or her family.
"Family Support Coordinator" means a coordinator working
				  under the direction of the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
				  (NJCDD) who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform
				  the duties of his or her office.
"Level of service" means the contracted number of units of
				  service to be delivered and the actual number of units of service
				  delivered.
"New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD)"
				  means the Federally mandated State planning and advisory board composed of 28
				  members appointed by the Governor.
"Parent" means the biological or adoptive parent or
				  uncompensated foster parent or legal guardian.
"Resident" means a person who is a domiciliary of New Jersey
				  for other than a temporary purpose and who has no present intention of moving
				  from the State.
"Supports" means those services other than residential
				  services provided by the Division which will help the individual remain in his
				  or her living situation.
"Uncompensated caregiver" means the person, including, but
				  not limited to, a parent, sibling, spouse, child, grandparent, step family
				  member, aunt, uncle, cousin or legal guardian, who, without monetary payment,
				  cares for the family member with a developmental disability and with whom the
				  family member with a developmental disability resides.