New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-8.22. Submission of annual proposal
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-8.22
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
b. In order to become effective, each Regional Health Hub’s proposal shall be approved by the department in consultation with the Department of Health. Approval shall be at the sole discretion of the department in consultation with the Department of Health, and the department may request that the Regional Health Hub modify and resubmit a proposal, in order to receive approval.
c. In order to facilitate the development of proposals under this section, the department shall annually provide each Regional Health Hub with a list of the department’s goals, projects, or priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.
d. When finalizing a proposal under this section, the department and relevant Regional Health Hub shall negotiate joint goals, projects, and priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, and agree upon the associated funding that will be needed to accomplish those joint goals, projects, and priorities.
e. Each proposal approved pursuant to this section shall include, at a minimum:
(1) a description of the joint goals, projects, and priorities agreed upon by the Regional Health Hub and the department for the upcoming fiscal year pursuant to subsection d. of this section;
(2) an indication of the amount of funding that will be needed to attain each joint goal, project, and priority identified in the proposal, and an indication of the total amount of funding, overall, that will be needed to execute the proposal;
(3) a description of the clear deliverables and performance metrics that will be used to evaluate and measure success in relation to the achievement of the goals, projects, and priorities described in the proposal; and
(4) a description of performance-based payments, which shall be tied to the achievement of the clear deliverables and performance metrics described in paragraph (3) of this subsection. Each year, at least 10 percent, but no more than 25 percent of the total funding provided by the department to each Regional Health Hub to undertake the activities described in section 6 of this act shall be contingent upon the Regional Health Hub’s achievement of such deliverables and performance metrics. Determination of whether a Regional Health Hub has achieved such deliverables and performance metrics shall be at the sole discretion of the department.
L.2019, c.517, s.7.