30:4G-6. Evaluation, services plan

a. Within 30 days after a person has applied for services under the personal attendant program, a member of the staff of the county office for the handicapped or other agency designated by the commissioner in the county in which the applicant resides shall perform a social evaluation of the applicant to determine if the applicant meets the eligibility criteria pursuant to section 4 of this act, and a financial evaluation to determine ability to pay for personal attendant services in accordance with section 8 of P.L. 1985, c. 307 (C. 30:4G-8). The county office for the handicapped or other agency designated by the commissioner shall provide the applicant with written notification about the findings of the evaluation.

b. If the applicant is eligible, a social worker or registered professional nurse, who is designated by the director of the county office for the handicapped or other agency designated by the commissioner, shall prepare a personal attendant services plan designed to meet the applicant's specific social, health and personal care needs, using the evaluation as a basis for the plan. The social worker or registered professional nurse shall prepare the plan with the participation of the applicant.

c. The plan shall include a list of personal attendant services that shall be provided pursuant to the plan; an estimate of the frequency and duration of the services; an estimate of the total cost of the plan; and a statement of the percentage or amount of money an eligible person or an eligible person's spouse is required to contribute toward the cost of services provided under the plan, pursuant to section 8 of this act. The social worker or registered professional nurse shall revise the plan as frequently as necessary, but shall perform a comprehensive reassessment of the eligible person annually.

d. The plan shall not be implemented until the eligible person approves the plan in writing.

e. If a dispute arises between the eligible person and the county office for the handicapped or other agency designated by the commissioner with regard to eligibility for services or the personal attendant services plan, the applicant may request a hearing that shall be conducted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.).

f. The evaluation and services plan shall be completed on forms prescribed by the commissioner.

L. 1985, c. 307, s. 6. Amended by L. 1985, c. 524, s. 5, eff. Jan. 21, 1986; per s.14 as amended by 1985, c.524, s.8, expired January 21, 1988.