30:6D-42 - Preparation, submission of plan to eliminate waiting list - New Jersey Statutes

30:6D-42.  Preparation, submission of plan to eliminate waiting list
2. a.  The Commissioner of Human Services shall prepare and submit a plan to the Governor and the Legislature within 180 days after the effective date of this act to eliminate the current and future Division of Developmental Disabilities' waiting list by the year 2008.

b.  The plan shall include:

1.  Statistical information on the current and projected increase in the waiting list;

2.  Financial information on the capital funds necessary to eliminate the current and future waiting list by the year 2008; and

3.  Financial information on the amount of additional State, federal and other funds that may be required annually for operating costs associated with eliminating the waiting list by the year 2008.

c.  In developing the plan, the commissioner shall conduct public hearings and obtain public input from persons with developmental disabilities or their families or guardians and providers of services to the developmental disabilities community.

d.  The commissioner shall update the statistical and financial data in the plan annually and submit the updated plan to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31 of each year.

L.1997,c.17,s.2.