{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2-155","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2-155","heading":"Eligibility.","body":"8. a. A child who is a resident of this State is eligible, through his parent or legal guardian, to apply to the program established pursuant to subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1987, c.370 (C.26:2-154).\nb.\tIn the event a family has more than one child with a catastrophic illness, as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1987, c.370 (C.26:2-149), the commission shall waive the family responsibility, as established by regulation, for the other child if the family has met the family responsibility for the first child in a State fiscal year.\nL.1987, c.370, s.8; amended 1998, c.143, s.4; 2010, c.84.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"fc00c41142a2a9b0a6bd0b33e790686d6c79d6dac66dc6600634422d0baced08","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2-154.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2-156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}