Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4-177.55 Definitions relative to funding for community mental health, developmental disability services 3. As used in this act: "Children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances" means individuals under 18 years of age who meet criteria established by the commissio…

30:4-177.56 Powers of commissioner 4. a. The commissioner shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that as a mental health facility closes that all funds be redirected to services in the community thereby increasing the State's financial support to community mental heal…

30:4-177.57 Use of certain monies received by State 5. All monies received by the State from the sale of facility property shall be earmarked exclusively for capital and equipment costs associated with the development of community placement for persons with serious mental illness…

30:4-177.58 Rules, regulations 6. The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.258,s.6.

30:4-177.59 Rules, regulations relative to psychiatric facilities operated by DHS. 17. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Servi…

30:4-177.60 DHS to develop procedures for transfer of certain patients to appropriate treatment setting. 1. a. The Department of Human Services shall develop the following procedures to enable emergency departments in general hospitals to obtain emergency relief from the departme…

30:4-177.61 Standardized admission protocols, medical clearance criteria for transfer of patients to psychiatric facilities. 1. a. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, the State Board of Medical Examiners, the Ne…

30:4-177.62 DHS rules, regulations. 3. The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this a…

30:4-177.63 Duties of commissioners relative to identification of available mental health services, needs assessment. 1. The Commissioners of Human Services and Children and Families shall: a. establish a mechanism through which an inventory of all county-based public and private…

30:4-177.64 Follow-up studies. 1. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall conduct, or contract with another entity to conduct, a series of follow-up studies to assess the well-being of: (1) all former residents of North Jersey Developmental Center and Woodbridge Developmental…

30:4-177.65 Compilation of results of follow-up studies; reports. 2. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall compile the results of the follow-up studies conducted pursuant to section 1 of this act and shall include this information in a series of reports that the commissione…

30:4-177.66 Information relative to open beds in certain residential facilities. 1. a. The Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services shall oversee the development and maintenance of a data dashboard report, which shall collect and track …

30:4-177.67 Submission of information by facility. 2. Each facility in the State that is licensed to provide mental health or substance use disorder services, as provided for in section 1 of this act, and receives State or county funding shall submit to the data dashboard report,…

30:4-177.68 Workgroup. 3. a. The division shall convene a workgroup which shall include, at a minimum, one representative from each of the following organizations: (1) the New Jersey Hospital Association; (2) the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians;…

30:4-178. Expenses and compensation of persons designated to attend conventions Persons designated by the governor of this state to represent the state of New Jersey in the American Prison Association conventions shall be paid their reasonable expenses and such further compensati…

30:4-179. Annual compensation fixed From and after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, all persons employed by the state of New Jersey as prison officers, reformatory officers or farmer guards, shall receive annual compensation as fixed in this arti…

30:4-180. Minimum compensation; yearly increase; maximum compensation The annual minimum compensation of such officers shall be the sum of eighteen hundred dollars and the annual minimum compensation of such farmer guards shall be the sum of sixteen hundred dollars and such offic…

30:4-181. Limitation on annual increase No such officer or farmer guard shall receive an increase in his annual compensation of more than one hundred dollars in any one year, except that from and after June first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, no such prison officer…

30:4-182. Compensation not reduced; payment Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to reduce the annual compensation of any prison officer or reformatory officer or farmer guard receiving on June first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven any compensation in …

30:4-19. Acquisition of additional real estate for certain juvenile institutions not owned by state The board of trustees of an institution within the state, not owned by the state, for the reformation of juvenile delinquents may purchase and acquire such additional real estate a…

30:4-2. Principal office of each board The principal office of each board of managers shall be at an institution under its special charge, and the board shall meet there at least once a month and as often there and elsewhere in the state as it shall determine.

30:4-20. Sale of surplus state hospital lands Whenever the board of managers of the Trenton state hospital with the approval of the state board and the state house commission shall determine that lands acquired for the hospital are no longer necessary, the state house commission …

30:4-21. Sale of old deaf school L.1927, c. 149, p. 286, entitled "An act authorizing the sale of the land owned by the state of New Jersey and now or formerly occupied by the school for the deaf, at Hamilton and Chestnut avenues, Trenton, New Jersey," approved March twenty-eight…

30:4-22. Sale of Kearny home for disabled soldiers L.1929, c. 54, pp. 92, 93, entitled "An act authorizing the sale of the New Jersey home for disabled soldiers located in the town of Kearny in the county of Hudson," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nin…

30:4-24 General principles, applicability. 30:4-24. The provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes shall govern the admission and commitment of persons with mental illness, tuberculosis, and developmental disabilities to the several institutions designated therefor and govern…

30:4-24.1. Civil rights and medical care for mentally ill Every individual who is mentally ill shall be entitled to fundamental civil rights and to medical care and other professional services in accordance with accepted standards, provided however that this shall not be construe…

30:4-24.2 Rights of patients. 10. a. Subject to any other provisions of law and the Constitutions of New Jersey and the United States, no patient shall be deprived of any civil right solely because of receipt of treatment under the provisions of this Title nor shall the treatment…

30:4-24.3 Confidentiality; exceptions. 11. All certificates, applications, records, and reports made pursuant to the provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes and directly or indirectly identifying any individual presently or formerly receiving services in a noncorrectional …

30:4-24.3a Submission of certain mental health records required. 1. In compliance with the federal NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub.L. 110-180 and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-159, the Attorney Generalshall direct the Superintendent o…

30:4-24.4 Written reports accounting for expenditures. 1. The Commissioner of Human Services shall require employees in the Division of Developmental Disabilities to make written reports accounting for all expenditures which they may make of moneys of persons with developmental d…

30:4-24.5. Study of management and handling of moneys; regulations The commissioner shall, in consultation with the State Auditor, conduct a detailed study of the management and handling of the moneys described in section 1 of this act and shall adopt regulations to improve prese…

30:4-25.1 Definitions; classes for application for admission to functional services. 13. a. For the purpose of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes: "Eligible person with a developmental disability" means a person who has been declared eligible for admission to functional services of…

30:4-25.10 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Developmentally Disabled Uniform Application Act." L.2000,c.112,s.1.

30:4-25.11 Application for determination of eligibility for services to developmentally disabled. 2. a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an individual who may be eligible for early intervention services pursuant to P.L.1993, c.309 (C.26:1A-36.6 et seq.), functional servic…

30:4-25.12 Entry into cooperative agreements by departments. 3. The Departments of Health and Senior Services, Human Services and Education, respectively, shall enter into cooperative agreements with each other to develop the initial, uniform application form and to exchange nece…

30:4-25.13 Definitions relative to certain Division of Developmental Disabilities facilities. 1. As used in this act: "Division" means the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services. "Moderate Security Unit," hereafter referred to as "MSU," means a…

30:4-25.14 Admission to MSU by court orders. 2. An individual shall not be admitted to the MSU unless the admission is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to this act; an individual shall not be permitted to voluntarily admit himself to the MSU. L.2006,c.5,s.2.

30:4-25.15 Procedures prior to admission to MSU. 3. The procedures provided in this section shall be implemented prior to admission of an individual to the MSU. a. If the division is advised by a court of competent jurisdiction that an individual who may be developmentally disabl…

30:4-25.16 Actions of the court relative to admission to MSU. 4. a. After the Director of the MSU advises the court that the individual may be admitted to the facility, in accordance with the provisions of subsection c. of section 3 of this act, the court may order the individual…

30:4-25.17 Court review of order every six months, possible actions. 5. a. The court shall review its order to admit an individual to the MSU at least every six months. The court shall notify the Director of the MSU of the date of the review at least 30 days prior to that date. b…

30:4-25.18 Release from MSU. 6. a. An individual shall be released from the MSU when his probation period or his commitment to the custody of the Commissioner of Human Services ends or upon disposition of pending criminal charges. b. Prior to the individual's release date, the Di…

30:4-25.19 Construction of act relative to commitment to functional services. 7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the authority of the court to commit a person to the custody of the Commissioner of Human Services in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of P…

30:4-25.2 Application for determination of eligibility. 14. Application for determination of eligibility for functional services for a person under the age of 21 years who is believed to have a developmental disability may be made to the commissioner by: 1. the person's parent or…

30:4-25.20 Single process for determining eligibility for services for individuals with developmental disabilities. 1. a. The Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Division of Children's System of Care in the Departm…

30:4-25.21 Cooperative agreements. 2. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Families shall enter into cooperative agreements with each other as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2014, c.78, s.2.

30:4-25.22 Construction of act relative to P.L.2012, c.16. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to preempt any provision of P.L.2012, c.16. L.2014, c.78, s.3.