N.J. Admin. Code § 10:91-4.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:91-4.2 - Services available to applicants

(a) Referral to vision related diagnostic services is available to applicants as follows:

1. An ophthalmological exam, that is, an initial vision evaluation performed by an ophthalmologist including provision of a report which contains the physician's definitive diagnosis, prognosis, recommendations and classification;

2. An optometric exam, that is, an initial vision evaluation performed by an optometrist including provision of a report and classification; or

3. Evaluation by other vision specialists, such as, an examination by a corneal specialist, neurophthalmologist, retinal specialist, or pediatric ophthalmologist.

(b) Additional assessment and/or referral services may be provided to applicants for whom a caseworker determines there is a health and safety issue. These assessment services may include, but are not limited to:

1. A daily living skills evaluation, that is, a written assessment relative to a client's ability to perform personal management tasks (for example, grooming, cooking);

2. An orientation and mobility evaluation, that is, an assessment whose outcome is a written report which delineates strengths, weaknesses and needs relative to a client's ability to establish position in and relationship to objects in the environment and to move from one location to another;

3. An eye health skills evaluation, that is, a written assessment relative to a client's ability to secure or carry out the appropriate treatment for an eye condition; or

4. A social services evaluation, that is, a written assessment relative to housing, health care, nutrition, adequate income, family and social supports.

(c) Additional services which ensure the provision of diagnostic and evaluation services as specified in (a) and (b) above are available to applicants as follows:

1. Transportation, that is, expenditures for transporting clients, and their escorts or attendants, if necessary, incidental to the provision of diagnostic services, including costs of travel and subsistence (or per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence) while in transit; and

2. Other related costs incidental to the provision of diagnostic services.

(d) All services specified in (a) through (c) above are subject to the provisions for comparable services as indicated in N.J.A.C. 10:91-3.5.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:91-4.2

Amended by R.2005 d.379, effective 11/7/2005.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 2343(a), 37 New Jersey Register 4261(a).
In (b)4, substituted "A social services evaluation" for "An evaluation by a social worker"; in (c)2, deleted ", that is, payment for food or shelter".