Title 44, Title 44: POOR

44:4-89. Classification and care of inmates of welfare-houses In the management of welfare-houses the inmates shall be classified according to age, condition of health and ability to perform manual labor. Some form of employment shall be provided for such of the inmates as are ab…

44:4-9. Raising of money for buildings and maintenance The board of chosen freeholders may: a. Cause to be levied, assessed and collected from the municipalities of the county such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary at first and annually thereafter to provide suitable lan…

44:4-90. Separation of sexes; exception In welfare-houses or other institutions for the reception and maintenance of poor persons, females shall be kept separate from males at all times in their living rooms, bedrooms, toilets, halls, stairways and outbuildings, except that the p…

44:4-91. Expenses recoverable from poor person or estate; insurance If it is ascertained at any time that a person who has been assisted by or has received support from any municipality or county has real or personal property over and above that necessary for his maintenance in w…

44:4-91.1. Pledge of property as guaranty for reimbursement; agreement to reimburse Every county welfare board, operating under chapter 4 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, shall require, as a condition to the admission of any person to the county welfare-house, or as a conditi…

44:4-91.2. Filing certificate of costs of care furnished; legal claim, enforcement 1. At any time the county welfare board may execute and file with the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, a certificate, in the form prescribed by section 44:7-15 o…

44:4-91.3. Record of welfare house and outdoor liens The county clerks or registers of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall record in a book to be known as "Welfare-House and Outdoor Liens" the said certificates, and shall make a complete alphabetical index of the same,…

44:4-92. When relief may be provided in home If adult poor persons own the property where they reside in whole or in part, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them more adequately and profitably within the intent of t…

44:4-93. Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly The director of welfare under the direction and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall furnish permanent relief in an amount adequate to provide for the reasonable maintenance and well-being of s…

44:4-94. Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief At the expiration of six months from the time of granting permanent relief in the home, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, or sooner if and when required by the county welfare board, the director of we…

44:4-95. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of all minor children under the age of eighteen years to the welfare-…

44:4-96. Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house The care and general supervision of all minor children under the age of eighteen years who are committed to the welfare-house as mentioned in section 44:4-95 of this title shall upon such commitment be vested in the state …

44:4-97. Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall, upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit any minor poor child, who has gained a legal settlement within t…

44:4-98. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians Within twenty-four hours of such placement the director of welfare shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians, and to the board of chosen freeholders of the county w…

44:4-99. Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance L.1933, c. 103, p. 211, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the settlement and relief of the poor, and providing for municipal, county or joint c…

44:5-1. Health of indigent and recreation of needy children A municipality may: a. Establish laboratories and dispensatories; b. Employ visiting nurses, supply medicines and medical services to the indigent sick; and c. Provide fresh air camps, excursions and other means of recre…

44:5-10. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities to maintain patients or assist hospitals A village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for …

44:5-10.1. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals Any village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other …

44:5-10.2. Construction or enlargement of private health care facility; municipal appropriations Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality, may appropriate a sum or sums of money to be applied for the purpose of constructing or enl…

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…