Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4C-26.4 "Resource family parent" defined. 1. As used in P.L.1962, c.136 (C.30:4C-26.4 et seq.) "resource family parent" shall mean any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with…

30:4C-26.5 Adoption of child by resource family parent. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or any rule or regulation of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, no agreement entered into between the division and any resource family parent for the care of a…

30:4C-26.6 "Resource family parent" defined. 1. As used in P.L.1962, c.139 (C.30:4C-26.6 et seq.) "resource family parent" shall mean any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with…

30:4C-26.7 Application for adoption of child by resource family parent. 2. Any person, who, as a resource family parent, has cared for a child continuously for a period of 15 months or more, may apply to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, for the placement of the ch…

30:4C-26.8 Adoptive, resource family parent, investigation. 1. a. A person, in addition to meeting other requirements as may be established by the Department of Children and Families, shall become a resource family parent or eligible to adopt a child only upon the completion of a…

30:4C-26.9 Provisional approval for resource family parent; definition. 1. The Department of Children and Families may grant approval to a prospective resource family parent for a period not to exceed six months, upon completion of the State portion of the criminal history record…

30:4C-26a. Rules and regulations Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies is authorized to formulate and adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L…

30:4C-26b Child in resource family home, determination of school placement. 3. a. Whenever the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families places any child in a resource family home, including a change in a placement following the initia…

30:4C-26c Caregiver liability relative to certain activities; terms defined. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a department that is responsible for the care of children shall make efforts to normalize the life of a child i…

30:4C-27 Expenses of maintenance chargeable against State funds. 27. Pursuant to the providing of care, custody or guardianship for any child, in accordance with the provisions of this act, the division may expend such sums as may be necessary for the reasonable and proper cost o…

30:4C-27.1 "Resource family parent" defined. 1. As used in P.L.1962, c.135 (C.30:4C-27.1 et seq.) "resource family parent" shall mean any person with whom a child in the care, custody, or guardianship of the Department of Children and Families is placed by the department, or with…

30:4C-27.10 Notice before denial, suspension, revocation of license, hearing. 8. Before denying, suspending or revoking a license, the department shall give notice to a resource family parent applicant or resource family parent personally or by mail to the last known address of t…

30:4C-27.11 Judicial review. 9. A person aggrieved by a final decision of the department is entitled to seek judicial review in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. All petitions for review shall be filed in accordance with the Rules of Court. L.2001,c.419,s.9; amended 2…

30:4C-27.12 Fraud, misrepresentation, fourth degree crime. 10. A person who uses fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license, or offers, advertises or provides any service not authorized by a valid license is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.2001,c.419,s.10.

30:4C-27.14 Report to Governor, Legislature. 12. The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than six months after the effective date of this act in an interim report, and no later than 12 months after the effective date of this act in a final repor…

30:4C-27.15 Rules, regulations. 13. a. 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 carry out the purposes of this act. The regulations shall include standards governing: the safety and …

30:4C-27.16 Definitions relative to background checks for residential child care staff. 1. As used in sections 1 through 6 and 8 through 11 of P.L.2003, c.186 (C.30:4C-27.16 et al.): "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Chil…

30:4C-27.17 Background checks required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval. 2. a. As a condition of securing or maintaining a certificate of approval from the department, the administrator of a facility shall ensure that a criminal history record background check is…

30:4C-27.18 Facilities established after effective date; procedures. 3. a. In the case of a facility established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the facility, prior to the facility's opening, shall ensure that a request for a criminal history record bac…

30:4C-27.19 Criteria for permanent disqualification. 4. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, a current staff member or an applicant for employment shall be permanently disqualified from employment at or administering a facility if the criminal history record backg…

30:4C-27.2 Discontinuance of clothing distribution centers; clothing allowance. 2. Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, the maintenance of a clothing warehouse and distribution center for the distribution of clothing to children in the care, custody, or guardianship of…

30:4C-27.20 Eligibility for employment for certain rehabilitated offenders; determination. 5. a. For crimes and offenses other than those cited in subsection a. of section 4 of this act, an applicant or staff member may be eligible for employment at, or to administer, a facility …

30:4C-27.21 Immunity from liability on use of background information. 6. a. A facility that has received an employment application from an individual or currently employs a staff member shall be immune from liability for acting upon or disclosing information about the disqualific…

30:4C-27.22 Child abuse record information check required for securing, maintaining certificate of approval. 8. a. As a condition of securing or maintaining a certificate of approval from the department, the administrator of a facility shall ensure that the division conducts a ch…

30:4C-27.23 Facility established after effective date, request for staff background checks. 9. a. In the case of a facility established after the effective date of this act, the administrator of the facility, prior to the facility's opening, shall ensure that a request for a chil…

30:4C-27.24 Regulations relative to out-of-State facility serving State residents. 10. In the case of a facility located outside the State serving children who are residents of the State, the administrator of the facility shall ensure that an applicant or staff member meets all a…

30:4C-27.25 Responsibility for costs, funding of background checks. 11. The department shall be responsible for the cost of processing and funding all criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks required pursuant to this act. The department shall …

30:4C-27.3 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Resource Family Parent Licensing Act." L.2001,c.419,s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.70.

30:4C-27.4 Findings, declarations relative to resource family care. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: each child requiring resource family care should reside in a safe home with a nurturing substitute family who can meet the child's individual needs; the most effective …

30:4C-27.5 Definitions relative to resource family care. 3. As used in P.L.2001, c.419 (C.30:4C-27.3 et seq.): "Child" means a person who: is either under the age of 18 or meets the criteria set forth in subsection f. of section 2 of P.L.1972, c.81 (C.9:17B-2); and is under the c…

30:4C-27.6 Licensure required for resource family parents. 4. a. A person shall not provide resource family care to a child unless the person is licensed by the department pursuant to this act. The license shall be issued to a specific person for a specific residence and shall no…

30:4C-27.7 Child abuse record information check. 5. a. The division shall, upon receipt of written consent from the resource family parent applicant and any other adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.2001, …

30:4C-27.8 Criminal history record background check required for licensure. 6. a. The department shall ensure that a State and federal criminal history record background check is conducted on a resource family parent applicant and any adult member of the resource family parent ap…

30:4C-27.9 Denial, suspension, revocation of license. 7. The department may deny, suspend or revoke a license for good cause, including, but not limited to: a. Failure of a resource family parent applicant or resource family parent to comply with the provisions of this act; b. Fa…

30:4C-28 Discharge for care, custody, or guardianship. 28. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency may at any time discharge from its care, custody, or guardianship any child, if in the opinion of the division the best interests of the child will be promoted thereby. L.19…

30:4C-29 Payments for maintenance. 29. Subject to the provisions of section 30 of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-30), payments for maintenance shall be made by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is hereby empowered to receiv…

30:4C-29.1 Liability for maintenance costs. 1. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5) c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.5) d. In any case in which the Department of Children and Families, through the Division of Child Protection and …

30:4C-29.2. Lien on real property At any time during the period during which said child is within the care and custody of the division and within two years after the date upon which said care and custody is terminated, the division, through any officer or employee authorized by i…

30:4C-29.3. Books for recording certificates of lien; index The clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county, or the clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which all certificates of lien and other papers incidental thereto shall…

30:4C-29.4. Property subject to lien; notice; liability for disposal of property after notice The lien shall become binding upon any goods, rights, credits, chattels, moneys or effects which are held, for the present or subsequent use, of the person against whom the lien is claim…

30:4C-29.5. Compromise and settlement of claims The bureau is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for which any lien is filed under the provisions of this act and the making and consummation of any such compromise shall be sufficient authorization for the di…

30:4C-29.6. Discharge of lien; certificate Any such lien may be discharged by filing in the office in which the certificate of lien is filed, a certificate setting forth that said lien is discharged of record, signed and acknowledged by the duly authorized officer or employee of …

30:4C-29a Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Equitable Outcomes in Child Support Collection Act." L.2025, c.5, s.1.

30:4C-29b Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Current law requires the State to hold a person who is legally responsible for a child to be financially liable for the full cost of the maintenance of the child while the child is in the care and cu…

30:4C-3 Duties of Division of Child Protection and Permanency. 3. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, in administering the provisions of P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), whereby the safety of children shall be of paramount concern, shall: (a) provide care and cus…

30:4C-3.7 Photographing, fingerprinting of child under custody of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. 1. a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall provide for the photographing of each child under its custody …