N.J. Admin. Code § 10:123-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 10:123-2.4 - Division of Family Development responsibility and supervision

(a) It shall be the responsibility of the Division of Family Development, in supervising the county welfare agency, to:

1. Maintain a Statewide Central Registry of all reports received concerning abuse, exploitation, unsafe conditions, unsanitary conditions and violations of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979) in rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities;

2. Provide statistical data for all involved State and local agencies regarding reports made to the Statewide Central Registry;

3. Maintain a record of:

i. The State and local agencies to which reports have been referred by county welfare agencies for remedial action;

ii. Follow up on all such reports to determine whether appropriate remedial action has been taken.

4. Develop appropriate standards, policy, and procedures for services to eligible residents;

5. Periodically monitor and evaluate services provided to eligible residents by county welfare agencies;

6. Maintain a 24-hour seven day-per-week, toll-free hotline, which will be listed publically and posted in all board and care facilities, for the receipt of all reports of violations of the law and abuse and exploitation in rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities.

i. Reports received through the hotline will be referred to the county welfare agency for investigation, coordination and/or follow-up.

(b) In order to effectively implement the provisions of P.L. 1979, c. 496, the Division of Family Development and county welfare agencies will publicize the county welfare agency service provision in rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities, and the toll-free hotline.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:123-2.4

Amended by R.1990 d.388, effective 8/6/1990.
See: 22 N.J.R. 1520(a), 22 N.J.R. 2318(b).
Text on CWA responsibility recodified to 2.5; text on DYFS responsibility and supervision recodified from 2.3.
Amended by R.2000 d.255, effective 6/19/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 640(a), 32 N.J.R. 2240(a).
Amended by R.2011 d.146, effective 6/6/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2916(a), 43 N.J.R. 1341(a).
Section was "Division of Youth and Family Services responsibility and supervision". In the introductory paragraph of (a) and (b), substituted "Family Development" for "Youth and Family Services"; in the introductory paragraph of (a), and in (a)6i, and (b), substituted "county welfare agency" for "County Welfare Agency"; in (a)1, deleted a comma following "unsanitary conditions" and "boarding houses", and substituted "c. 496" for "c.496"; in (a)2, substituted "Statewide" for "statewide"; and in (a)3i, (a)5, and (b), substituted "county welfare agencies" for "County Welfare Agencies"; in the introductory paragraph of (a)6, substituted ", which will be listed publically and posted in all board and care facilities," for "(800-792-8672)", and deleted a comma following "boarding houses"; in (a)6i, deleted a comma following "coordination"; and in (b), substituted "c." for "Chapter".