65. Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly; transfer to Department of the Treasury. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly is hereby allocated to the Department of the Treasury, but, notwithstanding this allocation, the Ombudsperson shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof.

a. There is hereby established in the Division of Elder Advocacy in the Department of the Treasury an Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly.

b. The Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly shall be appointed by the Governor.

c. All functions, powers, and duties now vested in the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly in the Department of the Public Advocate are hereby transferred to and assumed by the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury.

Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, reorganization plan, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, reference is made to the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly in the Department of the Public Advocate, the same shall mean and refer to the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury.

L.2005, c.155, s.65; amended 2010, c.34, s.40.