Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

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 …

30:4C-3.8 Rules, regulations. 2. The Commissioner of Children and Families, 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.2003, c.40, s.2; amended 2003, c.47, s.118…

30:4C-30. Sharing of cost of maintenance by State and county The cost of maintenance provided under this act for or on behalf of any child shall be borne by the State at the rate of 75% of the per capita cost of maintenance and by the county at the rate of 25% of the per capita c…

30:4C-30.1. Hospital care; total cost to be borne by state Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the total cost of hospital care for children as provided for therein shall be borne by the State and the contributions required to be paid by th…

30:4C-31. Federal assistance; compliance with requirements of Department of Health, Education and Welfare The State Board of Control or its duly authorized representative is hereby empowered to negotiate with the Federal Government to secure such financial assistance for the carr…

30:4C-32 Burial of child receiving care; expenses. 32. Whenever a child receiving care, custody, or guardianship as provided by P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) has died, and an investigation by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency discloses that there are insuffici…

30:4C-33 Compromise and settlement of claims. 33. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency may compromise and settle any claim due or which may become due the division for reimbursement of moneys paid to any individual or organization for maintenance of a child. A memorand…

30:4C-34 Recovery, reimbursement of moneys. 34. Whenever the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall recover or receive reimbursement of any moneys paid to any individual or organization for the maintenance of a child, the moneys so recovered or received shall be credit…

30:4C-35 Contributions. 35. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency is authorized to retain any voluntary contributions of money heretofore received by it, and to receive future contributions. All contributions, whether already received or hereafter received, shall be kep…

30:4C-36 Petty cash fund. 36. On application in writing by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, the State Treasurer on warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting may pay to the division from its annual appropriation such amount not exceeding $5,0…

30:4C-37 Checks, drafts, warrants, procedure if uncashed. 37. Whenever the Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall have issued, or shall hereafter issue, any checks, drafts, or warrants to be paid from moneys received from the Federal Government, the State, or any count…

30:4C-38. Repeal The following acts and statutes together with all amendments thereof and supplements thereto are repealed: Articles one, two and three of chapter five of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes; "An act defining the guardianship of the State Board of Children's Guardian…

30:4C-39. Continuation of consistent provisions of prior laws; effect of repeal To the extent that this act contains provisions not inconsistent with those of prior laws it shall be construed as a continuation of such laws. The repeal of the acts and statutes as provided by secti…

30:4C-3a Child protection worker caseload, limits, exceptions, temporary. 2. a. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall ensure that no child protection worker is concurrently responsible for more than 15 cases at any time, unless the commissioner determines that assignmen…

30:4C-4 Powers of Department of Children and Families. 4. The Department of Children and Families shall have the requisite powers to: (a) Exercise general supervision over children for whom care, custody or guardianship is provided in accordance with Article II of this act; (b) A…

30:4C-4.1 Consent and approval of actions or proceedings. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no action or proceeding, including an application for a writ of habeas corpus, in any court which the Division of Child Protection and Permanency is authorized by law to …

30:4C-4.2 Consent, approval of commissioner. 2. In no case shall the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, defend against any action or proceeding or make or oppose any application for a writ of habeas corpus without the express consent and approval of the Commissioner of …

30:4C-4.3. Copies of rules and regulations; certification of consent and approval The Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies shall cause a copy of every rule or regulation and a certification of every consent and approval issued or granted by the State Board …

30:4C-4.4 Services provided to certain persons with developmental disabilities; rules, procedures; interagency agreement. 158. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, commencing on or after the effective date of P.L.2012, c.16 (C.52:27D-43.9a et al.) and …

30:4C-4.5 Provision of services for alcoholism, substance abuse for certain persons; interagency agreement; rules, regulations. 159. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, commencing on or after the effective date of P.L.2012, c.16 (C.52:27D-43.9a et al.…

30:4C-4.6 Definitions; Division of Children's System of Care, training program, emergency homeless shelter employees. 1. a. As used in this section: "Division" means the Division of Children's System of Care in the Department of Children and Families. "Emergency shelter for the h…

30:4C-4.7 Use of service hours before school hours and during school closures. 2. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Division of Children’s System of Care in the Department of Children and Families shall ensure that, once an individual up to the age…

30:4C-4.8 NJ Statewide Student Support Services program expanded; definitions. 1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Children and Families shall be authorized to expand the services provided by the NJ Statewide Student Support Servi…

30:4C-40. Effective date This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1951, c. 138, p. 593, s. 40.

30:4C-41. "Approved agency" defined "Approved agency" as used herein means a legally constituted agency having its principal office within this State, which holds a valid certificate of approval from the Department of Institutions and Agencies, as provided by law, to place childr…