New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 69 - AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID
Subchapter 3 - ESTABLISHING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY IN AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID
Section 10:69-3.12 - Circumstances requiring special handling
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Circumstances requiring special handling which are not conditions of eligibility include the mental competency of applicant. Any person who applies for assistance shall be presumed to be mentally competent unless there is professional diagnostic evidence to the contrary, or unless there is question regarding competency because of certain observable behavior or reactions.
(b) Criteria for alleged incompetence of an applicant include:
(c) If, after considering the client's response according to the criteria in (b) above, the CWA has reasonable doubt of his or her mental competency (alleged incompetence), the eligibility worker shall accept an application from him or her and immediately refer the case to the social service unit to locate a protective payee.
(d) If any of the following conditions appear to exist in the relationship between parent and child, the case shall immediately be referred to the social service unit that shall contact the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) of the Department of Children and Families for appropriate action. The CWA shall provide DCP&P with pertinent information as appropriate and shall cooperate in planning and implementing action in the best interest of the child (See also N.J.A.C. 10:69-9.7) .
(e) The conditions in (d) above shall not affect eligibility of the children to receive AFDC-related Medicaid.
(f) In the event of any indication that the death of a child resulted from abuse or neglect, such matter shall be reported immediately to DCP&P.