N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-5.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 3A:50-5.3 - Fees and fiscal practices

(a) The agency shall not consider the clients' willingness to donate money, goods or services or to participate in agency fund-raising efforts in determining their eligibility for services.

(b) The agency shall provide equal access to services to all eligible clients without regard to actual or potential donations of money, goods, time or efforts.

(c) The agency shall prepare and maintain on file a written schedule of all fees charged and provide a copy of the schedule to an agency client before service delivery begins. The written schedule shall include indication that comparative fee information can be found on the Office of Licensing's website at http://www.nj.gov/dcf/about/divisions/ol.

(d) The agency shall provide, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:50-5.2(b), information to all adoptive applicants on the agency's policies and procedures for the setting, collecting, waiving, and payment of fees. This shall include its policies on refunding money/fees paid by the adoptive applicant(s) to the agency when:

1. An identified service is not rendered;

2. There is a disruption of services;

3. The child identified for adoption is no longer available for adoption;

4. There is a problem with the adoptive applicant(s), such as an illness, a divorce, a loss of job, or other circumstance which would affect the outcome of the adoption; or

5. The agency decides the adoptive applicant(s) is not suitable for adoption.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-5.3

Amended by R.1995 d.431, effective 8/7/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 661(a), 27 N.J.R. 2922(a).
Deleted constraint on agency regarding withholding finalization of placements or adoptions for nonpayment of fees and added requirement for maintenance of a file of written refund requests.
Amended by R.1997 d.480, effective 11/17/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3230(a), 29 N.J.R. 4857(a).
Rewrote (d).
Amended by R.2016 d.052, effective 6/6/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 3078(a), 48 N.J.R. 103(a), 48 N.J.R. 965(a).
In (c), inserted the last sentence; in the introductory paragraph of (d), and in (d)4 and (d)5, inserted "adoptive" throughout, in the introductory paragraph of (d), inserted a comma following "waiving"; and in (d)4, inserted a comma following "applicant(s)".