New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52 - HOSPITAL SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - FINANCIAL REPORTING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Section 10:52-6.68 - Social Services (SOC)

1. Social Services shall obtain, analyze, interpret social and economic information to assist in diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients. These services shall include: counseling of staff and patients in case units and group units; participation in development of community social and health programs and community education. Revenues received by hospitals shall not be reported here, but shall be reported with the routine or ambulatory revenue centers where social services were provided and billed.

2. Functions shall include the following: Interviewing of patients and relatives to obtain a social history relevant to medical problems and planning; interpreting problems of social situations as they relate to medical condition and/or hospitalization; arranging for post discharge care of chronically ill; collecting and revising information on community health and welfare resources.