New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 90 - WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM
Subchapter 8 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES
Section 10:90-8.8 - Requirements pertaining to SSI or Medicaid Only recipients

(a) In any instance in which the agency has either a lien or claim on the assets of a decedent by reason of previous assistance granted or payment of burial, the agency shall notify all known holders of the decedent's assets or funds of its interest. It shall request that such funds be remitted to the agency (up to the amount of the agency's interest), taking such steps as may be necessary to acquire the funds. If, after reimbursement to the agency in full, a surplus remains or will remain, either in agency accounts or the accounts of others, the agency shall determine whether any or all of the surplus funds are the proceeds of assigned life insurance for which there had been a named beneficiary. If so, the agency shall remit to the beneficiary any such funds in its possession. The agency shall notify the Chief, Bureau of Medical Care Surveillance in the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, as above, of any other surpluses including those arising from assigned life insurance for which the beneficiary was the estate of the decedent. Benefits from term life insurance are exempt from re-payment of prior assistance.