45:7-91 - Certain acts, fourth degree crimes - New Jersey Statutes

45:7-91.     Certain acts, fourth degree crimes      10.  A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if he knowingly or purposefully solicits or induces any person to make a prepaid funeral agreement, whether funded with a funeral insurance policy or a funeral trust, with the intent to collect or charge more than the fair market value for prepaid funeral goods or services when the purchaser or intended funeral recipient is: 

   a.   an aged, blind or disabled applicant for, or recipient of, benefits pursuant to the Supplemental Security Income Program under P.L.1973, c.256 (C.44:7-85 et seq.) or any Medicaid program under P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) utilizing the eligibility criteria of the Supplemental Security Income Program in regard to burial spaces and funds set aside for burial expenses; or 

   b.   an aged, blind or disabled person who reasonably anticipates applying for, or receiving, the benefits specified in subsection a. of this section. 

   L.1993,c.147,s.10.