New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52B - THE COUNTY OPTION HOSPITAL FEE PILOT PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:52B-3.4 - Notice, collection, and return of fee proceeds

(a) Each participating county must develop a process to calculate the amount of the fee to be applied to each participating hospital in compliance with this chapter and Federal rules. The county may require submission of necessary financial data by the participating hospitals, or the county can choose to use other publicly available data sources.

(b) A participating county must specify in its ordinance or resolution, the frequency of collection of the fee (for example, quarterly, monthly, biannually, etc.).

(c) The participating county must provide written notice of the fee amount to each participating hospital postmarked at least 20 days in advance of the due date or define the due date in its ordinance or resolution.

(d) Each participating hospital will pay the fee amount indicated by the county on the specified due date.

(e) Each participating county will provide for refunding of overpayments, or amounts otherwise in error, to the participating hospitals within 15 days of identifying the overpayment or error. The participating county shall specify in its ordinance or resolution the maximum time limit by which a hospital must identify overpayments or amounts otherwise in error.

(f) In the event the Department returns to the participating county any of the transferred funds, the participating county will refund the full amount returned by the Department to the participating hospitals based on the pro rata share of the total fees paid, within 15 days after receipt by the county of the funds from the Department.