New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 69 - AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID
Subchapter 9 - OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 10:69-9.21 - Reporting criminal offenses to law enforcement authorities
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Investigation of new applications or investigations for redetermination of eligibility may indicate to the CWA that a crime may have been committed. Allegations of the suspected commission of a crime may also be made known to the CWA through various other sources, including, but not limited to, phone calls, written communications, or verbal communications from individuals. In matters of reporting of criminal offenses, the CWA shall, at all times, maintain full compliance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 10:69-7, dealing with basic principles for safeguarding of information.
(b) The nature of offenses which must be reported to local authorities are:
(c) Knowledge of the actual commission of a Federal felony must be reported to Federal authorities unless law prohibits the disclosure of such information. (Refer to legal counsel for identification of Federal felonies.)
(d) When the CWA becomes aware of facts that would indicate that one of the crimes in (b) or (c) above has been or may have been committed or receives a direct allegation in any form, written, verbal, or anonymous, that such a crime has been committed, it shall proceed as follows: