New Jersey Statutes 30:6D-12.3. Definitions relative to self-directed support services for persons with developmental disabilities
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:6D-12.3
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- 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
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Human Services.
“Department” means the Department of Human Services.
“Developmental disability” means developmental disability as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C. 30:6D-3).
“Self-directed support services” means an arrangement in which funding is made available by the department, through the Division of Developmental Disabilities or any other division in the department, to a person with a developmental disability or person who has been authorized to serve as a fiduciary of the person with a developmental disability, who is living in his own home, the home of a family member or guardian, or some other similar living environment. The purpose of the arrangement is to support the needs of the person with a developmental disability by allowing the person, or his family or guardian, or both, to determine the nature and scope of services to be provided, in lieu of the department placing the person with a developmental disability in a residential program operated by the department directly or by contracting with a residential provider of services for persons with developmental disabilities.
“Services” means services as defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C. 30:6D-3).
L.2008, c.128, s.3.