New Jersey § 30:11b-2

§ 30:11b-2.

“ Alzheimer's disease and related disorders ” means a form of dementia characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities

of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. “ Community residence for the developmentally disabled ” means any community residential facility housing up to 16 persons with developmental

disabilities, which provides food, shelter, and personal guidance for persons with

developmental disabilities who require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in

order to live independently in the community. Such residences shall not be considered health care facilities within the meaning

of the “Health Care Facilities Planning Act,” P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ) and shall include, but not be limited to, group homes, halfway houses, supervised

apartment living arrangements , and hostels. “ Community residence for the mentally ill ” means any community residential facility which provides food, shelter, and personal

guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more than 15 persons with mental

illness who require assistance temporarily or permanently, in order to live independently

in the community. These residences shall be approved for a purchase of service contract or an affiliation

agreement pursuant to procedures established by the Division of Mental Health and

Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services or the Division of Children's

System of Care in the Department of Children and Families, as applicable. These residences shall not house persons who have been assigned to a State psychiatric

hospital after having been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of insanity

or unfit to be tried on a criminal charge. These residences shall not be considered health care facilities within the meaning

of the “Health Care Facilities Planning Act,” P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ) and shall include, but not be limited to, group homes, halfway houses, supervised

apartment living arrangements, family care homes, and hostels. “ Community residence for persons with head injuries ” means a community residential facility providing food, shelter, and personal guidance,

under such supervision as required, to not more than 15 persons with head injuries,

who require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community,

and shall include, but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses, supervised

apartment living arrangements, and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care facility within the meaning

of the “Health Care Facilities Planning Act,” P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ). “ Dementia ” means a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes due to organic brain

disease, for which no curative treatment is available, and marked by memory disorders,

changes in personality, deterioration in personal care, impaired reasoning ability,

and disorientation. “ Developmental disability ” or “ developmentally disabled ” means a severe, chronic disability of a person which: a. is attributable to a mental

or physical impairment or combination of mental or physical impairments; b. is manifest

before age 22; c. is likely to continue indefinitely; d. results in substantial

functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity,

that is, self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction

and capacity for independent living, or economic self-sufficiency; and e. reflects

the need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care,

treatment , or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually

planned and coordinated. Developmental disability includes, but is not limited to, severe disabilities attributable

to an intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida, and

other neurological impairments where the above criteria are met. “ Mentally ill ” or “ mental illness ” means any psychiatric disorder which has required an individual to receive either

inpatient psychiatric care or outpatient psychiatric care on an extended basis. “ Person with head injury ” means a person who has sustained an injury, illness, or traumatic changes to the

skull, the brain contents or its coverings which results in a temporary or permanent

physiobiological decrease of cognitive, behavioral, social, or physical functioning

which causes partial or total disability , but excluding a person with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms

of dementia .