{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-17.28","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-17.28","heading":"Duties of commissioner relative to funding parity, coordination, assessment instrument.","body":"6.\tThe commissioner, in consultation with the Medicaid Long-Term Care Funding Advisory Council established pursuant to this act, shall:\na.\tImplement, by such time as the commissioner certifies to the Governor and the Legislature that funding parity has been achieved pursuant to subsection b. of section 5 of this act, a comprehensive data system to track long-term care expenditures and services and consumer profiles and preferences.  The data system shall include, but not be limited to: the number of vacant nursing home beds annually and the number of nursing home residents transferred to home and community-based care pursuant to this act; annual long-term care expenditures for nursing home care and each of the home and community based long-term care options available to Medicaid recipients; and annual percentage changes in both long-term care expenditures for, and the number of Medicaid recipients utilizing, nursing home care and each of the home and community based long-term care options, respectively;\nb.\tCommence the following no later than January 1, 2008:\n(1)\timplement a system of Statewide long-term care service coordination and management designed to minimize administrative costs, improve access to services, and minimize obstacles to the delivery of long-term care services to people in need;\n(2)\tidentify home and community based long-term care service models that are determined by the commissioner to be efficient and cost-effective alternatives to nursing home care, and develop clear and concise performance standards for those services for which standards are not already available in a home and community-based services waiver;\n(3)\tdevelop and implement a comprehensive consumer assessment instrument that is designed to facilitate an expedited process to authorize the provision of home and community-based care to a person through fast track eligibility prior to completion of a formal financial eligibility determination; and\n(4)\tdevelop and implement a comprehensive quality assurance system with appropriate and regular assessments that is designed to ensure that all forms of long-term care available to consumers in this State are financially viable, cost-effective, and promote and sustain consumer independence; and\nc.\tSeek to make information available to the general public on a Statewide basis, through print and electronic media, regarding the various forms of long-term care available in this State and the rights accorded to long-term care consumers by statute and regulation, as well as information about public and nonprofit agencies and organizations that provide informational and advocacy services to assist long-term care consumers and their families.\nL.2006, c.23, s.6; amended 2012, c.17, s.376.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"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":"0a39f89e05600f113dec62f84e04347e2f1fd91c828588aa326cb928466fb34a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-17.27","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-17.29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}