Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Commissioner, based upon the
recommendations from the Advisory Council of the Area Agency on Aging, shall designate one sponsor agency for
the Statewide Respite Care Program in each county in New Jersey, subject to the following qualifications:
1. A sponsor agency shall be a public or private nonprofit agency and shall
contract annually with the Department to administer the local respite program.
2. Each sponsor agency shall:
i.
Demonstrate, through its contract with the Department, its ability to purchase respite services from provider
agencies and individuals in the county; and
ii. Provide evidence
of its capability to deliver the full range of respite services available in its county, as defined in
10:164B-1.4.
(b) Each sponsor agency shall satisfy the following requirements:
1. Annually determine the maximum number of eligible persons to be served
in its respective county based on the financial allocation made by the Department.
i. The sponsor shall not admit or serve more eligible persons than can be
afforded with available resources;
2. Maintain a
waiting list of those persons eligible for respite care, but not able to receive it;
3. Determine the eligibility of all applicants for service under the
Statewide Respite Care Program;
4. Determine sources of payment
for respite services for each eligible person and assess and collect all copayments through retrospective
billing;
5. Verify the income of each eligible person applying
for services under the Statewide Respite Care Program and determine the eligible person's ability to
contribute to the cost of the respite services.
i. This income verification
shall be determined on an annual basis, or sooner if circumstances change;
6. Develop a Service Plan for each person served under the Statewide
Respite Care Program;
7. Submit required statistical and
financial reports on the respite program in its respective county to the Department as set forth in (d)
through (f) below; and
8. Comply with the program rules contained
in this chapter.
(c) Any breach of contract provisions
or of (a) and (b) above by the sponsor agency may constitute grounds for contract cancellation upon
reasonable notice of such by the Department.
(d) Each sponsor
agency shall submit monthly data to the Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Statewide
Respite Care Program in a written summary sent to PO Box 807, Trenton, NJ 08625, containing the following
information:
1. The number of eligible persons served by all provider
agencies in the county;
2. The number of units of respite care
provided per type of respite care to all eligible persons in the county;
3. The number of eligible persons enrolled in the county;
4. The number of eligible persons on the waiting list; and
5. Other information the sponsor agency believes is important for the
Department to know as necessary for successful management of the program.
(e) Each sponsor agency shall submit quarterly data to the Department of
Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Statewide Respite Care Program, in the format specified by the
contract with the Department, containing the following information:
1.
Expenditures for program administration;
2. Expenditures for
services provided;
3. Cost share expenditure report;
and
4. Other financial information the sponsor agency believes is
important for the Department to know as necessary for successful management of the program.
(f) Each sponsor agency shall submit annual data to the
Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Statewide Respite Care Program, as set forth below:
1. The following submissions will be made according to the format specified
by the contract with the Department, submitted within 60 days after the end of the grant year, and include:
i. A financial expenditure report; and
ii. A final cost share report; and
2. The following submissions will be sent, in a written summary, to the
Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Statewide Respite Care Program, PO Box 807,
Trenton, NJ 08625:
i. The unduplicated total number of persons served
during the previous fiscal year; and
ii. Other financial and
programmatic information the sponsor agency believes is important for the Department to know as necessary for
successful management of the program.
