New Jersey § 30:4f-16

§ 30:4f-16.

a. The hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services, personal care services,

and homemaker services provided under the Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving

(JACC) Program, as administered by the Division of Aging Services in the Department

of Human Services, in which the services are provided on a weekday, shall be no less

than the hourly State Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rate for personal care

services, and the hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services, personal

care services, and homemaker services provided under the JACC Program, in which the

services are provided on a weekend or on a State or federal holiday, shall be no less

than the amount of the hourly State Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rate for

personal care services plus $1. b. Each applicant determined to be eligible for the JACC Program, pursuant to criteria

implemented by the Division of Aging Services, shall receive, in addition to the cost

of any monthly case management fee, up to $11,158.56, or a higher amount which the

Commissioner of Human Services may approve, of JACC Program services in a calendar

year. c. There shall be appropriated each fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department

of Human Services an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section. d. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the

“Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.