New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE; PETITION FOR RULEMAKING
Subchapter 2 - PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING DEPARTMENT RULES; RULEMAKING CALENDARS
Section 10:1-2.2 - Public Comments regarding existing rules and proposed rulemaking

(a) The Department conducts an ongoing regulatory review and invites public comments regarding all Department rules (N.J.A.C. Title 10). The Department's rulemaking includes all rules adopted after the official public comment period and emergency rules in accord with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act (52:14B-1 et seq.) and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking (N.J.A.C. 1:30), and all rules adopted immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law in accord with specific legislative authority.

(b) Public comments are specifically sought regarding existing Department rules which may be perceived as being not necessary, adequate, reasonable, efficient, understandable, or responsive to the purposes for which they were promulgated.

(c) Public comments regarding existing rules should be submitted in writing and addressed to:

Department of Human Services

Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs

PO Box 700

Trenton, NJ 08625-0700

(d) The Department invites the public to utilize the opportunity to be heard during the official public comment period following the publication of a notice of pre-proposal or proposal in the New Jersey Register by means of submitting in writing, data, views, or arguments to the name and unit specified in the notice.