New Jersey § 30:1-1
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 30:1-1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30:1-1.
a. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Community
Affairs, Health and Senior Services, Children and Families and Labor and Workforce Development , shall establish and maintain on a 24-hour daily basis a comprehensive social services
information toll-free telephone hotline service, operating through one of the existing
telephone hotline services of the department. The hotline service shall use a computerized Statewide social services data bank
to be developed by the Department of Human Services and shall include among its staff
persons who speak English and Spanish. The hotline service shall receive and respond to calls from persons seeking information
and referrals concerning agencies and programs which provide various social services,
including but not limited to: child care, child abuse emergency response job skills
training, services for victims of domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse, home
health care, senior citizen programs, rental assistance, services for persons with
developmental disabilities, mental health programs, emergency shelter assistance,
family planning, legal services, assistance for runaways and services for the deaf
and hearing impaired, as well as information about public assistance, Medicaid, Pharmaceutical
Assistance to the Aged and Disabled, Lifeline, Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged
and Disabled, food stamps and home energy assistance. b. The Commissioner of Human Services, in conjunction with the Commissioners of Community
Affairs, Health and Senior Services, Children and Families and Labor and Workforce Development , shall take such actions as are necessary to consolidate existing State telephone
hotline services into the comprehensive social services information toll-free telephone
hotline service, and thereby eliminate duplicative telephone hotline services. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section to the contrary,
the Commissioner of Human Services shall also establish and maintain a toll-free telephone
hotline service for persons who are receiving institutional or community-based services
from, or through an agency contracting with, the Division of Mental Health Services or the Division of Developmental Disabilities, or their parents, guardians or other
responsible persons, to register complaints, request information or assistance, or
discuss issues and problems, regarding those services in a confidential manner.
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