New Jersey Statutes 30:4E-6. Findings, declarations
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4E-6
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- 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
a. The need to offer care services to the growing number of frail elderly and disabled persons in New Jersey and the benefits derived from the provision of these services are well documented;
b. While State government has responded to the home care needs of the State’s elderly and disabled population through the Medicaid Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled (CCPED), there remains a substantial number of people whose home care needs have not been met;
c. Many of these frail elderly and disabled people in the “no-care” zone are equipped to impoverish themselves to receive services under Medicaid;
d. The limitations on resources that a person may have to participate in the Medicaid program or the Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled are so restrictive as to make many of those in need of home care ineligible for needed services;
e. Many people who need care to remain in their homes do not have the funds to pay privately for the services; and
f. It is therefore necessary to establish a program to extend such services to a greater number of the State’s elderly and disabled population.
L. 1988, c. 92, s. 2.