New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37B - COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES
Subchapter 3 - CONSUMER SERVICE AGREEMENT
Section 10:37B-3.2 - Provisions required in a consumer service agreement
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:37B-3.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The consumer service agreement shall indicate the consumer's written acknowledgement that he or she understands the following terms of the agreement:
1. A list
of available services for which there are no fees;
2. The fees for optional services to be
provided (if any);
3. The
consumer's rights (as specified in 10:37-4.5(h)
1 through 6) and responsibilities, including expectations of the
program and complaint process specified in 10:37-4.6(b)
;
4. A PA shall ensure
that the consumer is afforded the opportunity to: be supported in an effort to
achieve the wellness and recovery goals outlined in a fully developed WRAP(R)
where one is available, and the consumer chooses to use that tool, and in the
consumer's individualized rehabilitation plan;
5. The consumer's roles and responsibilities
and consequences for program violations;
6. Service termination procedures;
and
7. The location and
accessibility of policy and procedure manuals.
(b) The consumer service agreement shall contain provisions indicating the voluntary nature of community support services. These agreement provisions shall state that:
1. The consumer has the right to refuse
community support services;
2. In
the event that the consumer residing in a DMHAS-subsidized residence refuses
community support services, the consumer shall admit the PA to the residence,
on a monthly basis, to discuss the consumer's progress toward wellness and
recovery goals;
3. Consequences of
violations of any rules or policies of the community support services agency,
or any refusal of services, shall not have any effect on eviction from a
residence, even if the rent is supported by public funds or a rental unit is
owned by the PA, and that eviction can only occur with full process of State
landlord-tenant law; and
4. The
Division may enter residences of community support services consumers only to
the extent and for the purposes that the consumer has agreed to permit
monitoring in writing as part of a consumer services agreement, or as part of
an individualized rehabilitation plan.
(c) Termination procedures in the consumer service agreement shall comport with the requirements in 10:37B-7.3 .
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