N.J. Admin. Code § 5:27A-6.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 5:27A-6.3 - Personal needs allowance

(a) The administrator or his or her representative shall reserve for each resident who receives a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or General Public Assistance a monthly personal allowance of at least the amount specified by the Division of Family Development of the New Jersey State Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 44:7-87(h) and N.J.A.C. 10:123-3 and under the following conditions:

1. The resident shall not be required to provide the owner, administrator, employee or their representative(s) with any portion of the personal needs allowance;

2. No owner, administrator, employee or their representative(s) shall coerce, intimidate, or exploit residents into providing them with any portion of the personal needs allowance; and

3. Each resident shall receive his or her personal needs allowance within three working days of the receipt of the check by the administrator.

(b) Every administrator to whom a resident's personal funds are entrusted shall maintain written records, such as a ledger, including the date each payment was received, the amount of payment, the date of each disbursement, the amount of each disbursement, the reason for each disbursement and to whom each disbursement was made.

(c) The resident shall sign to acknowledge receipt of funds, goods or services purchased with such funds at the time of disbursement.

(d) Resident's funds received in trust or on deposit with the facility shall be kept in a separate bank account(s) and not commingled with the facility's general funds. If resident's funds are kept in an interest bearing account, all interest earned shall be credited to the resident after bank charges, if any, are deducted.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:27A-6.3

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3821(a), effective 12/18/2017