9:13-7 - Expenditures for crippled children and children with cerebral palsy - New Jersey Statutes

9:13-7.  Expenditures for crippled children and children with cerebral palsy
    The board of chosen freeholders of a county which has no county home and hospital for crippled children and children afflicted with cerebral palsy may appropriate not more than $75,000.00 each year for the necessary expense incident to the diagnosis and treatment of such children resident in the county  under the age of 21 years, including the cost of surgical appliances, support  and maintenance of such children, investigation of cases, and necessary  traveling expenses incidental to the investigation and transportation of  patients to a suitable home or hospital within the State supported by public  funds or private charity;  provided, however, that the board of chosen  freeholders in a county of the first class having a population in excess of  800,000 may appropriate not more than $100,000.00 each year.  Within such  appropriation such board of chosen freeholders or its appropriate committees,  may, in its discretion, pay the whole or any part of the cost of transporting  such persons to and from sheltered workrooms.

    Before spending money for such purposes the board shall adopt such rules and  regulations as it deems desirable concerning the requirements of residence and  eligibility for such relief.  Disbursements shall be made through officers  designated by the board for that purpose on verified bills presented and  approved as in the case of other county expenditures.

     Amended by L.1938, c. 406, p. 1195, s. 1;  L.1951, c. 228, p. 804, s. 1; L.1957, c. 217, p. 752, s. 1;  L.1959, c. 189, p. 760, s. 1;  L.1971, c. 59, s. 1, eff. March 24, 1971.