New Jersey Statutes 30:4G-19. Sliding fee scale
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4G-19
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- 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
7. a. The commissioner shall establish a sliding fee scale for personal assistance services based upon the ability of an eligible person to pay for those services. The sliding fee scale shall apply only to an eligible person whose individual annual gross income is equal to or exceeds 350% of the federal poverty level. Any eligible person whose annual gross income is less than 350% of the federal poverty level shall not be required to pay for personal assistance services.
b. If the costs of an eligible person’s personal assistance services are covered in whole or in part by another State or federal government program or insurance contract, the government program or insurance carrier shall be the primary payer and the personal assistance services program shall be the secondary payer.
c. The eligible person receiving personal assistance services and the personal assistant shall sign time sheets attesting to the hours of service rendered, and the personal assistant shall then be paid through the fiscal intermediary service organization.
L.1987, c.350, s.7; amended 1993, c.215, s.7; 2009, c.160, s.7.