N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-47: Skilled or intermediate care nursing facility; assistance to residents in application for financial assistance

Every skilled or intermediate care nursing facility in this State shall assist its residents in applying to establish eligibility for medical assistance or other payment mechanisms when their self-pay, private insurance, or medicare capability in respect of payment for nursing home facility care, may become sufficiently depleted to necessitate discharge.

L.1977, c. 387, s. 1.