Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT

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CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: October 4, 2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 1841(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was adopted and became effective prior to September 30, 1969.
Subchapter 12, Conditions Governing State Grants for Construction Assistance for Community Mental Health Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1977 d.482, effective December 23, 1977. See: 9 N.J.R. 531(a), 10 N.J.R. 63(d).
Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was repealed and Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was adopted as new rules by R.1980 d.479, effective November 3, 1980. See: 12 N.J.R. 580(a), 12 N.J.R. 704(g).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted as R.1985 d.605, effective November 4, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 2222(a), 17 N.J.R. 2894(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted as R.1990 d.591, effective November 2, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 2915(a), 22 N.J.R. 3620(a).
Subchapter 12, Children's Partial Care Programs, was adopted as new rules by R.1993 d.355, effective July 19, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 669(a), 25 N.J.R. 3209(a).
Subchapter 9, Quality Assurance, and Subchapter 10, Site Review and Certification, were adopted as new rules by R.1993 d.412, effective August 16, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 2193(a), 25 N.J.R. 3782(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted as R.1995 d.596, effective October 26, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 2666(a), 27 N.J.R. 4715(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, expired on October 26, 2000.
Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was adopted as new rules by R.2001 d.212, effective July 2, 2001, with Subchapter 10, Licensure of Mental Health Programs, replacing expired Subchapter 10, Site Review and Certification. See: 32 N.J.R. 2013(a), 33 N.J.R. 2310(a).
Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted as R.2007 d.37, effective December 27, 2006. As a part of R.2007 d.37, Subchapter 10, Licensure of Mental Health Programs, was recodified as Subchapter 1 of N.J.A.C. 10:190, and Subchapter 12, Children's Partial Care Programs Standards, was recodified as Subchapter 1 of N.J.A.C. 10:191, effective February 5, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 2566(a), 39 N.J.R. 450(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was scheduled to expire on December 27, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted, effective November 18, 2013. See: 45 N.J.R. 2602(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1, Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was scheduled to expire on November 18, 2020. Pursuant to Executive Order Nos. 127 (2020) and 244 (2021) and P.L. 2021, c. 103, any chapter of the New Jersey Administrative Code that would otherwise have expired during the Public Health Emergency originally declared in Executive Order No. 103 (2020) is extended through January 1, 2022. Chapter 37, Community Mental Health Services Act, was readopted with technical changes, effective October 4, 2021. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.

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N.J.S.A. 30:1-12, 30:9A-10, and 30:9A-21.

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