New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
Subchapter 3 - COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH BOARDS
Section 10:37-3.9 - County administration of services

1. Receipt of a county plan in compliance with Division guidelines and approved by the Division;

2. Identification of a single unit of county government, preferably a department, which shall act as the agent of the Board of Chosen Freeholders or the County Executive, in the negotiation of a performance contract, and be responsible to the Division for the implementation and monitoring of that contract. Such an administrative unit of county government shall be referred to as the "single county authority" for mental health;

3. Capacity of the county to fully administer mental health services, including community contracts and grants and the county psychiatric hospital, if that county has such a facility;

4. County-wide compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Division;

5. Demonstration of policy and financial commitment of the county to the State's unified services policies, consistent with the New Jersey's Annual State Plan for Mental Health.