Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Division of Aging Services to establish one application form for programs providing services to certain adults.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning older adults and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services shall establish one application form that a person, aged 65 or older or between the ages 18 and 64 and receiving Social Security Disability, who is eligible to receive services from a federal and State-funded program administered by the division shall use in applying for such services. The form shall provide for the inclusion of all information necessary to determine eligibility for each program.
b. The division shall automatically process an application for, and enroll that person in, each of the federal and State-funded programs administered by the division unless the person affirmatively opts out of, or is ineligible to receive services from, that program.
2. The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except that Department of Human Services may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of the act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Division of Aging Services (the division) in the Department of Human Services to establish one application form that a person aged 65 or older or between the ages of 18 and 64 and receiving Social Security Disability, and who is eligible to receive services from a federal and State-funded program administered by the division can use in applying for such services. The form is to include all information necessary to determine eligibility for all the programs administered by the division.
The bill also requires the division to automatically process an application for, and enroll that person in, each of the federal and state-funded programs administered by the division unless the person affirmatively opts out of, or is ineligible to receive services from, that program.