Title 44, Title 44: POOR

44:5-12. Distribution of appropriation among nonprofit hospitals or clinics in county Money appropriated by a governing body and distributed and paid to any hospital by virtue of section 44:5-11 of this Title, shall, if there is more than one such hospital, be distributed among a…

44:5-13. Annual reports to freeholders by hospitals participating in appropriation A hospital desiring to participate in the funds referred to in sections 44:5-11 and 44:5-12 of this title shall, prior to December fifteenth of each year, make a report to the board of chosen freeh…

44:5-14. Appropriations by counties for constructing or enlarging private charitable hospitals The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no hospital located therein wholly maintained by the county, other than the hospital or sick ward of the county almshouse, may appr…

44:5-15. Bond issues by counties for construction or alteration of charitable hospitals The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no hospital located therein maintained by the county, other than a hospital or sick ward of a county almshouse, may issue bonds to an amou…

44:5-16. Annual appropriations for maintenance of charitable hospitals and for care and treatment of poor A. Any county having a population less than 850,000 according to the latest federal decennial census may make annual appropriations not exceeding in the aggregate 1/10 of 1% …

44:5-17. Provision by counties over 850,000 for maintenance of patients in hospitals The governing body of a county having a population of 850,000 or more according to the latest federal decennial census may make provision for the support of resident indigent patients, who cannot…

44:5-18. Annual appropriations for purposes of section 44:5-17 The governing body of a county having a population of 850,000 or more according to the latest federal decennial census may make for the purposes of R.S. 44:5-17 an annual appropriation of not more than $10,000.00 for …

44:5-18.1. Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of indigent residents; appropriation for The board of chosen freeholders of any county which has no county mental or psychiatric hospital or clinic may appropriate not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per annum for the nec…

44:5-19.1. Liens for medical care and hospitalization; priority The board of chosen freeholders of any county, which furnishes medical care and hospitalization to resident indigent patients who cannot be maintained by private means, in a hospital or hospitals supported by private…

44:5-19.10. Court action to force responsible relative to pay 10. Should any relative responsible for the support of such applicant or person receiving such service fail to obey the order or direction with regard to the providing of service and paying therefor, the Superior Court…

44:5-19.2. Form The lien shall state the name of the patient, the date of his admission, the rate at which payment is made by the county for such patient's medical care and hospitalization, the name of the institution in which such service was rendered and the amount due to the c…

44:5-19.3. Time of filing Any such lien may be filed at any time during the period of hospitalization and within 2 years after the date of discharge from such hospitalization. L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 3.

44:5-19.4. Place of filing; effective date of lien The lien shall be filed with the clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county, as the case may be, or with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and shall immediately attach to and become binding upon all real property in th…

44:5-19.5. Clerk or register of deeds; duties; fees 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 liens and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorde…

44:5-19.6. Property concerned 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 filed, by any person, firm or corporation, after notice of the existe…

44:5-19.7. Settlement of lien The board of chosen freeholders of the county is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for which any lien is filed under the provisions of this act and such resolution shall be sufficient authorization for the discharge thereof. L…

44:5-19.8. Discharge Any lien so filed may be discharged by filing in the office in which it is entered a certificate setting forth that the same is discharged of record, signed and acknowledged by the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1957, c. 139, p. …

44:5-19.9. Support by relatives Upon application for medical care and hospitalization by any person, or upon the furnishing of the same by the county to any person, in the manner provided in section 1 of this act, the County Adjuster of the county shall ascertain, if possible, th…

44:5-2. Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality may make an appropriation in each year of an amount which, in the judgment of …

44:5-2.1. Effective date This act shall take effect immediately. L.1949, c. 227, p. 716, s. 2. Amended by L.1950, c. 291, p. 989, s. 2.

44:5-2a. Health care facility defined As used in this amendatory and supplementary act "health care facility" means the private facility or institution, engaged principally in providing services for health maintenance organizations, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, …

44:5-3. Contracts by cities for care of persons at public expense The board or body having charge of the finances of a city may enter into and make a contract or contracts not exceeding the term of five years at a time with any corporation or individual maintaining or operating a…

44:5-4. Contracts by cities for care of indigent patients; referendum A city which has no hospital located therein maintained by the city, shall, when the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title are assented to by a majority of the electors as hereinafter provided, …

44:5-5. Referendum; ballot, form 44:5-5. The question of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title shall not be submitted to the electors of a city until after a resolution is passed by the legislative body of the city directing the clerk to give p…

44:5-6. Making of contract If a majority of all the ballots cast at the election referred to in section 44:5-5 of this title are in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, the proper municipal authorities shall enter into a contract as …

44:5-7. Annual appropriation by city during existence of contract Upon the execution of a contract by a city as provided in sections 44:5-4 and 44:5-6 of this title, the proper municipal authorities of the city shall annually during the existence of the contract appropriate and r…

44:5-8. Authorization of increased annual appropriations in certain cities A city which prior to February first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, adopted the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, and which has made and entered into the contract or contra…

44:5-9. Contracts by cities for care of diseased patients The board or body having charge of the finances of a city which at the time does not maintain and operate a municipal hospital for contagious or infectious diseases exclusively, may make a contract or contracts, not exceed…