N.J. Admin. Code § 10:30-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 10:30-1.1 - Division mission and functions

(a) The Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services was created by merging the Division of Addiction Services with the Division of Mental Health Services during State fiscal year 2011.

(b) The Division's mission, in partnership with consumers, family members, providers, and other stakeholders, is to promote wellness and recovery for individuals managing a mental illness, substance use disorder, or co-occurring disorder through a continuum of prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery services delivered by a culturally competent and well-trained workforce.

(c) The Division is responsible for the development, coordination, and operational support of a comprehensive mental health and addiction services system.

(d) The Division administers the State aid program, which supplies funding for the treatment of indigent patients, and reviews program standards at county operated psychiatric hospitals.

(e) The Division oversees the provision of a broad range of community mental health and addiction services throughout the State including, but not limited to, the following:

1. The Division contracts with various entities to provide and support community-based prevention, early intervention, treatment, education, and recovery mental health and addiction services, including services for at-risk and special populations.

2. The Division monitors and/or participates in the provision of community care for quality assurance and improvement, training, program development, evaluation, management, information systems, fiscal and systems planning, and compliance with required assessment and treatment protocols and grant requirements.

3. The Division coordinates and manages addiction treatment service delivery for criminal justice programs through collaboration with other State entities, including the Administrative Office of the Courts, Department of Corrections, and State Parole Board.

4. The Division is responsible for the Statewide Intoxicated Driving Program (N.J.S.A. 39:4-50), which schedules individuals convicted of intoxicated driving and/or related offenses to county-designated intoxicated driver resource centers for detention, screening, evaluation, education, and treatment referral.

5. The Division contracts with community agencies and hospitals to deliver screening services in order to provide clinical assessment and crisis stabilization to individuals in the least restrictive, clinically appropriate setting, as well as to coordinate access to various mental health care resources, such as inpatient and outpatient treatment.

(f) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.1et seq., the Division designates, funds, and, with the Department of Health, regulates the provision of mental health services at inpatient units in acute care hospitals known as short-term care facilities, as well as the assessment, referral, commitment, and crisis intervention functions of screening centers.

(g) The Department of Health, Health Systems Branch, Certificate of Need and Licensing (CN&L), licenses all community mental health programs and addiction treatment facilities and programs. CN&L staff consult with Division staff, including when reviewing and deciding waiver requests affecting mental health and addiction treatment licenses.

(h) Through the Division's Disaster and Terrorism Branch, the Division works with, and supports, Federal, State, and local partners, including emergency management and law enforcement, to coordinate behavioral health programs and/or interventions during disasters, terrorist events, public health emergencies, and community crises.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:30-1.1

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1001(a), effective 4/28/2021