New Jersey § 30:11b-1
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 30:11b-1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30:11b-1.
The Legislature finds that many developmentally disabled persons who are now housed
in large institutions can be better cared for and given training for independent living
in small community residences. Such persons have a right to the fuller, more normal life that care in such residences
brings, and it is, therefore, the intention of the Legislature, through this act,
to encourage the development of community residences for the developmentally disabled
and to provide for the licensing and regulation of such residences by the Department
of Human Services. The Legislature further finds that there are many persons who have been hospitalized
due to mental illness and are recovered to the extent that they no longer require
such hospitalization, but would benefit from the specialized independent-living training
available to residents of small community residences for the mentally ill. These community residences for the mentally ill may also be utilized by persons
who have not been hospitalized for mental illness but who are participating in community
mental health counseling or training programs provided by a State-affiliated community
mental health agency. These persons have a right to the fuller, more normal life that care in community
residences brings, and it is, therefore, the intention of the Legislature through
this act, to encourage the development of community residences for the mentally ill
and to provide for the licensing and regulation of the residences by the Department
of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families, as applicable . In addition, the Legislature finds that many persons who have sustained head injuries
which impair their cognitive, behavioral, social or physical functioning, and who
are now housed in large institutions can be better cared for and given training for
independent living in small community residences. These persons have a right to the fuller, more normal life that care in these residences
brings, and it is, therefore, the intention of the Legislature, through this act,
to encourage the development of community residences for persons with head injuries
and to provide for the licensing and regulation of these residences by the Department
of Human Services.
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