N.J. Admin. Code § 8:133-1.4
The following words and terms when used in this chapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Boarding home" means a building containing two or more units of dwelling space arranged or intended for single room occupancy, exclusive of any such unit occupied by an owner or operator, offering no financial or personal services other than a room, food service, and laundry to two or more residents unrelated to the operator. Such facilities shall be licensed by the State Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to P.L. 1979, c.496 (Rooming House/Boarding House Act of 1979).
"Contract agency" means an agency contracted with the Division of Mental Health Services to receive State funds to provide various residential and/or treatment programs.
"Discharge" means legal discharge of a patient from the hospital to which he or she has been confined.
"Discharge Coordinator or equivalent" means the individual responsible for maintaining a housing resource file, providing technical assistance to placement social workers and monitoring the discharge process. This individual may also fulfill the role of Financial Coordinator.
"Discharge Oriented Service Plan" means a document used to coordinate and record all aspects of the discharge planning process.
"Discharge Unit or equivalent" means a discrete placement unit within the State psychiatric hospital responsible for locating housing, linking to aftercare services, and monitoring the adequacy of post-discharge housing and social services.
"DMHS" means the Division of Mental Health Services within the Department of Human Services.
"Drug addiction or alcohol (D.A.A.) case" means a client is disabled because of drug addiction and/or alcoholism.
"Financial Coordinator or designee" means the individual responsible for overseeing the functions of the Financial Entitlement Unit, including the supervision of the Income Maintenance Technician (IMT). This Coordinator is also responsible for monitoring post-discharge financial services. This individual may also fulfill the role of Discharge Coordinator.
"Financial Entitlement Unit or its equivalent" means that institutional unit within the Division of Mental Health Services which processes Interim Assistance, SSI and General Assistance applications for State psychiatric hospital clients who are being prepared to release.
"General assistance" means assistance provided by a municipal welfare department to a financially needy person who is ineligible for other categoric assistance programs or who is awaiting an SSI eligibility evaluation.
"Income Maintenance Technician (IMT)" means the individual responsible for processing financial entitlement applications for clients referred for financial services.
"Interdisciplinary Treatment Team" means a group of persons who are responsible for evaluating a client's treatment and service needs, monitoring the client's progress and assessing his or her readiness for discharge. The team is composed of hospital staff and community service representatives.
"Interim Assistance Account" means an account established at a State psychiatric hospital which is used to pay for maintenance costs of a client who has been released to the community and who is awaiting an SSI eligibility evaluation.
"Interim Assistance Reimbursement Agreement" means a formal agreement between the State of New Jersey and the Social Security Administration which establishes procedures to reimburse the State for financial assistance provided to a client while his or her SSI application is being evaluated.
"Interim Assistant Statement" (Appendix A) means a client's formal statement of interest in applying for Interim Assistance benefits.
"Legal alien" means an immigrant who has attained U.S. citizenship through the naturalization process, making him or her eligible for SSI benefits.
"Maintenance payment" means the room and board payment to the housing provider.
"Office of Administrative Law" means the State agency, established pursuant to 52:14B-1 et seq., which is responsible for conducting hearings of all contested matters.
"Patient account" means an individual account maintained by a State psychiatric hospital business office for a client.
"Personal Needs Allowance (PNA)" means that portion of the interim assistance payment that is provided to a client in the community to be used for his or her incidental personal expenses.
"Reconsideration" means a process whereby a Social Security staff person reviews a case in which an SSI application was denied. A person who did not take part in the first decision looks at the case to see if the denial is correct.
"Redetermination" means a process whereby the Social Security Administration annually reviews SSI recipients to evaluate continuing eligibility. The process may also involve recipients who are in an institution less than one year or who have been discharged from an institution in which they were hospitalized for less than one year.
"Release" means physically placing the client in a program or setting on a provisional basis outside the hospital without finally discharging him or her administratively from the hospital.
"Representative payee" means a person selected by the client and appointed by the Social Security Administration. The representative payee receives a client's Federal benefit, including SSI payments, and disburses them for the benefit of the client in accordance with Social Security Administration regulations.
"Residential drug or alcohol treatment program" means a program specifically for mentally ill chemical abusers operated by a community residential facility.
"Residential health care facility" means a facility which furnishes food and shelter to four or more persons 18 years of age and older who are unrelated to the owner and which provides dietary services, recreational activities, supervision of self-administration of medications, supervision of and assistance in activities of daily living and assistance in obtaining health services to any one or more of such persons. Such facilities are licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services or the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:42A and 8:42B.
"Retroactive SSI payment" means the initial payment following a client's SSI benefit approval. It includes the amount due for the current month plus payments retroactive to the day of the client's eligibility for SSI.
"Rooming house" means a boarding house wherein no personal or financial services are provided to the residents.
"Supplemental Security Income (SSI)" means the Federal assistance program authorized under Title XVI of the Social Security Act.
"Transitional residence" means a facility providing a structured and supervised environment to aid in a client's adjustment to community living.
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