2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:4G-15 - Personal assistance services program.
30:4G-15 Personal assistance services program.
3. There is established a personal assistance services program in the Division of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services, to be administered by county designated agencies in each of the 21 counties. The program, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, shall assist adults with permanent physical disabilities in the performance of routine, nonmedical tasks that are directly related to maintaining their health and independence, in order to enable these persons to be employed or receive training or education related to employment, parenting, or volunteering, or to support community-based independent living. The program shall seek to promote the greatest possible degree of self-control and self-direction on the part of each recipient of services.
L.1987, c.350, s.3; amended 1993, c.215, s.3; 1999, c.91, s.7; 2009, c.160, s.2.
