New Jersey Statutes 26:8-24.2. “New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund.”
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:8-24.2
- Authentication: means the entry by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director or physician into the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System of a personal identification code, digital signature or other identifier unique to that user, by which the information entered into the system by the user is authenticated by the user who assumes responsibility for its accuracy. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
- NJ-EDRS: is a n electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
- registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
b. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the fund and all disbursements from the fund shall be made by the treasurer upon vouchers signed by the commissioner. The monies in the fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury as are other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. Interest received on the monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
c. The monies in the fund and the interest earned thereon shall be used to meet the development and operational costs of the NJ-EDRS, including, but not limited to, costs associated with: personnel; hardware purchases and maintenance; software and communications infrastructure; website hosting; and licensing fees, royalties and transaction expenses incurred in the development, installation, maintenance and operation of electronic payment security, authentication and encryption systems, and user training and education.
d. The Commissioner of Health shall, no later than 30 months after the date of enactment of P.L.2003, c.221, report to the chairs of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee, or their successors, concerning the sources and uses of monies in the fund. The report shall include a description of the methodology used by the State registrar to set the fee imposed pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-62, a summary of the monies credited to the fund, and a summary of expenditures by category from the fund pursuant to the authority of this section and the requirements of section 16 of P.L.2003, c.221 (C. 26:8-24.1), together with any recommendations by the State registrar or the commissioner for changes that either considers should be made in the law concerning the implementation of the NJ-EDRS or the fees imposed pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.26:8-62.
L.2003, c.221, s.17; amended 2012, c.17, s.350.