N.J. Admin. Code § 8:133-1.1

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

Section 8:133-1.1 - Program description

(a) Interim Assistance (IA) is a payment procedure developed by the State of New Jersey and the Social Security Administration. It permits a client who has been released from a State psychiatric hospital and who has applied for Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to receive State funds and community Medicaid coverage while his or her SSI claim is being evaluated. Through this process, the client shall receive a Personal Needs Allowance and have his or her initial maintenance costs paid by the Division of Mental Health Services upon release from the hospital. The Division, in turn, may directly receive the client's retroactive SSI payment from the Social Security Administration, may recoup Interim Assistance expenditures made and shall deposit this reimbursement in the hospital Interim Assistance revenue account.

(b) The revolving hospital fund which is thereby created shall be used to ensure that:

1. A client shall return to the community at an appropriate point in his or her treatment; and

2. A client's income, upon release, shall be adequate and at an established standard.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:133-1.1

Recodified from 10:38-1.1 54 N.J.R. 65(a), effective 1/3/2022