Persons who are ineligible for TANF or would have been ineligible for AFDC-related Medicaid using the rules in effect as of July 16, 1996, due to the imposition of a sanction of ineligibility for a factor of AFDC or TANF eligibility that does not apply in NJ FamilyCare-Children's Program, such as noncooperation with work registration, shall have eligibility determined under this chapter without regard to the sanction.
N.J. Admin. Code § 10:79-3.9