New Jersey Statutes 30:4F-16. Hourly reimbursement rate, home health aide, personal care, homemaker services; rules, regulations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4F-16
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- 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.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3. a. The hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services, personal care services, and homemaker services provided under the Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving (JACC) Program, as administered by the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services, in which the services are provided on a weekday, shall be no less than the hourly State Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rate for personal care services, and the hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services, personal care services, and homemaker services provided under the JACC Program, in which the services are provided on a weekend or on a State or federal holiday, shall be no less than the amount of the hourly State Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rate for personal care services plus $1.
b. Each applicant determined to be eligible for the JACC Program, pursuant to criteria implemented by the Division of Aging Services, shall receive, in addition to the cost of any monthly case management fee, up to $11,158.56, or a higher amount which the Commissioner of Human Services may approve, of JACC Program services in a calendar year.
c. There shall be appropriated each fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section.
d. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
L.2023, c.86, s.3.