Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4-7.2 Consent for treatment for certain patients, inmates, residents or juveniles. 2. The chief executive officer of a State or county psychiatric hospital or developmental center, a State or county penal or correctional institution, or a juvenile facility or detention center,…

30:4-7.3 Authority to consent to emergency treatment. 3. In a case certified by a licensed physician, surgeon, psychiatrist or dentist to be one of grave emergency and to require immediate surgical intervention or other treatment in order to prevent the death of, or serious conse…

30:4-7.4 Notice of required treatment to parent, guardian. 4. Notice of required treatment shall be given to a parent or guardian of such patient, inmate, juvenile or resident by certified mail to the last known address with a request for consent, and such notice shall contain su…

30:4-7.5 Exemption from personal liability for chief executive officer, regional administrator. 5. Under all of the foregoing circumstances, the chief executive officer or regional administrator, granting such consent in the exercise of his discretion, upon the recommendation con…

30:4-7.6 Construction of act relative to healing by prayer. 6. Nothing herein shall be so construed as to give authority to the chief executive officer of any institution or the regional administrator of a Division of Developmental Disabilities community services region to superv…

30:4-7.7 Definitions relative to testing of blood of patients at State psychiatric facilities. 1. As used in this act: a. "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service. b. "…

30:4-7.8 Blood testing required upon admission; information; guidelines for treatment. 2. a. An adult patient who is admitted for treatment at a State psychiatric hospital shall be required, upon admission, to submit to blood testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and sexually tra…

30:4-7.9 Rules, regulations. 3. Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.361,s.3.

30:4-70. Collection of arrearages; modification of order of commitment When any patient shall be committed to any State or county institution with the cost of his maintenance chargeable to either the State or county, and it shall subsequently appear that such patient, or some per…

30:4-71. Change of status from contributing patient; change of rate of payment When any patient shall be committed to any State or county institution as a contributing patient and an order has been made directing the payment of all or part of the cost of the care and maintenance …

30:4-72. Notice of change of status No order changing the status of a patient from full payment of the cost of maintenance to county or State charge shall be made without at least 10 days' notice of the application for such order to the county to be charged with the support of th…

30:4-73. Primary liability of county from which patient is committed; findings as to legal settlement, etc. The county from which any patient is committed shall be chargeable with the cost of the care and maintenance of any such patient committed to a State institution until the …

30:4-74. Continuing liability of patient's estate or persons chargeable 30:4-74. A patient's estate or the person chargeable for his support or the State or county as provided by law, shall be liable for institutional or functional services support from the time of the patient's …

30:4-75. Amount of recovery In any suit for the recovery of the cost of maintenance of a patient able to pay the full cost of hospitalization in any institution of this State, in the absence of express contract stipulating the amount to be paid, the rate as fixed pursuant to sect…

30:4-75.1. Authority to collect moneys due the State 1. The Department of Human Services shall have the authority to collect all moneys due to the State for services, assistance, relief or care provided by the State through the department from the recipients thereof or from the p…

30:4-75.2. Rules and regulations The Attorney General and the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies shall adopt such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act and to co-ordinate the collection activities and procedures of the boards,…

30:4-75.3. Repeal of inconsistent laws All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are to the extent of such inconsistency repealed. L.1962, c. 207, s. 3.

30:4-76. Statement of settlement and financial ability furnished The person charged with the care and relief of the poor in each municipality shall, upon request, furnish to the county adjuster a statement of the facts concerning the legal settlement and financial ability of ever…

30:4-77. Settlement of claims; funds for rehabilitation The commissioner, with regard to State institutions, or the board of chosen freeholders, or a proper committee thereof, with regard to county institutions, may compromise and settle any claim due a State institution or due t…

30:4-78. Rates for maintenance of State patients and convict and criminal mentally ill and payment thereof 30:4-78. The State House Commission shall fix the rate or rates of per capita payment for the reasonable cost of maintenance and clothing of patients in State psychiatric fa…

30:4-78.1. County to submit financial and management plan for psychiatric facility The governing body of each county that operates a county psychiatric facility shall submit to the Commissioner of Human Services no later than December 31, 1991 a financial and management plan, in …

30:4-78.2 State assumption of management and operation of psychiatric facility. 6. If the commissioner determines that the plan submitted pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1990, c.73 (C.30:4-78.1) is appropriate, the commissioner shall enter into negotiations with the governing body o…

30:4-78.3. Determination of eligibility for State reimbursement for costs Any costs or obligations incurred by a county psychiatric facility in the 13 months prior to the effective date of this act that are determined not to be reasonable by the Commissioner of Human Services sha…

30:4-78.4. State authority over county psychiatric facility to replace certain administrators In the event a county continues to operate and maintain a county psychiatric facility, the Commissioner of Human Services shall have the power to replace the chief executive officer, the…

30:4-78.5. Deduction of State services from county appropriation For each local fiscal year, or portion thereof, in which a service or function associated with the provisions of this act is assumed by the State, the county shall deduct from its final appropriations upon which its…

30:4-79. Payments by county treasurer; statement furnished The county treasurer of each county shall pay in quarterly payments to the treasurer, auditor or board of managers of each State institution, to which patients chargeable to the county have been committed, the amount of t…

30:4-8. Isolation or quarantine of inmates having communicable disease Each board of managers shall have power, in case of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease, to establish such quarantine regulations as they may deem necessary and may provide for the isolation …

30:4-8.1. Attendance of prisoners at bedside or funeral of dying or deceased relative The principal keeper of the State Prison and the chief executive officer of any penal or correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencie…

30:4-8.10 Posting of change in visitation privileges on website. 9. a. Whenever there is a change in the status of an inmate incarcerated in a State correctional facility which affects the visitation privileges of that inmate, the correctional facility shall immediately post that…

30:4-8.11 "Private correctional facility" defined. 1. For the purposes of this act, "private correctional facility" means any private facility detaining persons pursuant to any intergovernmental service agreement or other contract with any federal, State, or county agency, includ…

30:4-8.12 Telephone service contracts for inmates. 2. a. All telephone service contracts for inmates in State or county correctional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions set forth in chapter 34 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 11 of Title 40A o…

30:4-8.13 Availability of collect call system for inmates. 3. a. The Department of Corrections, each county correctional facility, and each private correctional facility shall make available either a prepaid or collect call system, or a combination thereof, for telephone services…

30:4-8.14 Rules, regulations. 4. The department shall establish rules and regulations or departmental procedures to ensure that any inmate telephone call system established by this act provides reasonable security measures to preserve the safety and security of each State and cou…

30:4-8.15 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is the responsibility of the State to ensure respect for the human rights and civil rights of all people detained within New Jersey. b. It is the responsibility of the State to protect the health …

30:4-8.16 Definitions. 2. a. As used in this act: "Immigration detention agreement" means any contract, agreement, intergovernmental service agreement, or memorandum of understanding that authorizes the State, local government agency, or private detention facility to house or det…

30:4-8.2. Rules and regulations concerning attendance at bedside or funeral The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the attendance of any such prisoner or inmate at the bedside or funeral of a dying or de…

30:4-8.3. Correspondence of inmates of state and county penal and correctional institutions; language Subject to rules and regulations to be issued by the Division of Correction and Parole every State and county penal and correctional institution shall permit incoming and outgoin…

30:4-8.4. Rules and regulations for each penal and correctional institution; promulgation and publication Subject to guidelines set down by the Director of the Division of Correction and Parole, every State penal and correctional institution shall formally promulgate and publish …

30:4-8.5. Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners Upon the arrival of a prisoner in any correctional institution in the State, he shall be furnished with a copy of the institution's rules and regulations and shall have the meaning of the same exp…

30:4-8.6 Assignment of inmates in proximity to family. 5. During initial classification, the commissioner shall make every effort to assign an inmate to a State correctional facility in close proximity to the residence of the inmate's family. L.2009, c.328, s.5.

30:4-8.7 Incarceration of female inmates. 6. The commissioner shall not confine a female inmate in the same correctional facility as a male inmate if that confinement subjects the female inmate to conditions more oppressive or restrictive than conditions to which male inmates are…

30:4-8.9 Defendant advised of child support orders, judgments. 8. The Department of Corrections, through the Office of Transitional Services, shall, in addition to any other information provided during the intake process to a defendant sentenced to a period of incarceration, advi…

30:4-80. Tax levy; repayment by those legally liable The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall annually levy and raise the amount required to meet the expense of maintaining and clothing the patients chargeable to such county in the several state institutions, and such…

30:4-80.1 Lien against property of persons confined, receiving services. 1. Every institution or other residential service maintained in whole or in part by State or county funds, which provides inpatient care, supervision and treatment for persons with developmental disabilities…

30:4-80.10 Inapplicability of act, exception. 3. This act shall not apply to any case in which the defendant was found not guilty of a crime because of insanity or from a determination that the defendant was incompetent to stand trial, except for the purpose of applying to the co…

30:4-80.11. Effect of order of expungement If an order expunging such commitment is granted, the commitment shall be deemed not to have occurred and the petitioner may answer accordingly any question relating to its occurrence. L.1976, c. 108, s. 4, eff. Oct. 29, 1976.