New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 142 - PERSONAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:142-1.1 - Purpose
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:142-1.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) In accord with the mission of the Department of Human Services and pursuant to provisions under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 1915(j) Waiver authority participants are offered a monthly allowance in place of traditional agency Personal Care Assistant (PCA) services under N.J.A.C. 10:60-3.1 to direct and manage their own PCA services. The Personal Preference Program is designed to:
1. Provide eligible Medicaid
beneficiaries an option to self-direct their own personal care services;
2. Offer participants a greater opportunity for choice and control over how
to best meet their individual personal care needs;
3. Empower
participants by giving them the opportunity to control their own services by deciding by whom, when, and how
their services would be delivered; and
4. Offer the participants
buying power to get the most out of their program benefits.
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