N.J. Admin. Code § 11:15-2.22 - Disbursements and/or payment of claims

(a) All disbursements, payments of claims settlements or other expenditures of funds of the fund whether for administrative expenses or for claims purposes must be approved by a majority of the fund commissioners or the executive committee thereof, unless approved pursuant to (b) below.

(b) To allow the expeditious resolution of certain claims, the fund commissioners may designate the fund's administrator, lead agency or servicing organization as a "certifying and approving officer" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5-17. The certifying and approving officer may be authorized by the fund commissioners to approve for payment of any or specified types of claims in an amount not to exceed an amount approved by the Commissioner in the plan of risk management. The authority of the certifying and approving officer may be conditioned or restricted by the fund commissioners to require prior consultation, limitation as to the types or total amount of claims or payments which may be approved, or such other procedures or restrictions as the fund commissioners may deem appropriate. The authority of the certifying and approving officer may be revoked or modified at any time by the fund commissioners.

1. Upon approval, the certifying and approving officer shall certify the amount and particulars of such approved claims to the official having custody of the fund's assets, directing that a check for payment be prepared.

2. The certifying and approving officer shall prepare a report of all claims approved by him or her since the last such report, detailing the nature and amount of the claim, the payee, the reasons supporting payment and any other pertinent information. This report shall be submitted to the fund commissioners at their next scheduled meeting. The fund commissioners shall review and approve the actions of the certifying and approving officer. In the event a claim approved and paid by the certifying and approving officer is not approved by the fund commissioners, they shall direct appropriate action to be taken.

(c) All requests for payments shall be accompanied by a detailed bill of items or demand, specifying particularly how the bill or demand is made up, with the certification of the party claiming payment that it is correct, and shall be certified by an officer or duly designated agent or employee of the joint insurance fund having knowledge of the facts that the goods have been received by, or the services rendered to the fund. In the case of claims or losses to be charged against any loss fund, the joint insurance fund's claims administrator, if there be one, shall certify as to the correctness and validity of the claim.

(d) All claims shall be paid by check. The check shall be signed by two persons so designated by the fund commissioners. Payment of claims may be made in such other manner as provided in the fund's bylaws as approved by the Commissioner and the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.

(e) All claims and other disbursements approved for payment by the fund commissioners, the executive committee thereof or the certifying and approving officer shall be recorded in a claims register maintained by the custodian of the fund's assets.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 11:15-2.22

Amended by R.1995 d.408, effective 8/7/1995.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 2725(a), 26 New Jersey Register 3592(a), 27 New Jersey Register 2938(a).
Substituted "fund" for "joint insurance fund" throughout, and in (b) amended the certifying and approving officer's payment authority.
Amended by R.1996 d.534, effective 11/18/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 4027(a), 28 New Jersey Register 4877(a).