N.J. Admin. Code § 8:134-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:134-1.1 - Scope and purpose

(a) The pre-placement program is available to all eligible patients at each of the State psychiatric hospitals operated by the Department. Community providers eligible to receive pre-placement program payments from a State psychiatric hospital for the cost of pre-placement care include, but are not limited to, licensed boarding homes, residential care facilities, and other residential providers approved by hospital staff.

(b) Certain patients at State psychiatric hospitals have received the maximum available benefit from their inpatient psychiatric hospitalization in the judgment of their treatment team, but have not had an opportunity to explore the suitability of or to demonstrate their ability to adjust to certain alternative available community placements. The purpose of the pre-placement program is to provide such patients with the opportunity to test, prior to discharge, a possible community setting and to serve those patients whose psychiatric history and hospital behavior threaten their ability to succeed at these placements unless it is financially and programmatically supported. Additionally, community service providers would receive authorization to ensure payment from the hospital's interim assistance program for room and board services that they provide a patient during a pre-placement visit, but prior to an eligible patient's receipt of either interim assistance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. If a patient is ineligible for interim assistance due to independent, sufficient, and recurring income or benefits, the patient shall pay the provider for room and board services.

Amended and Recodified from 10:38A-1.1 by 55 N.J.R. 546(a), effective 3/20/2023