Chapter 60 - HOME CARE SERVICES

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CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: April 4, 2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1139(c).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 60, Home Health Services Manual, was adopted as R.1971 d.56, effective April 21, 1971. See: 3 N.J.R. 42(a), 3 N.J.R. 83(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 60, Home Care Services Manual, was readopted as R.1985 d.488, effective August 27, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 28(a), 17 N.J.R. 2433(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 60, Home Care Services Manual, was readopted as R.1990 d.458, effective August 15, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 1663(a), 22 N.J.R. 2966(c).
Subchapter 4, Home Care Expansion Program, was adopted as R.1990 d.466, effective September 17, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 597(a), 22 N.J.R. 2967(a).
Chapter 60, Home Care Services Manual, was repealed and Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was adopted as new rules by R.1991 d.65, effective February 19, 1991, operative March 1, 1991. See: 22 N.J.R. 3116(a), 23 N.J.R. 420(b).
Subchapter 2, Covered Home Care Services (Home Health Care Services and Personal Care Assistant Services), was repealed, Subchapter 3, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs, was recodified as Subchapter 2, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs, Subchapter 4, Home Care Extension Program, was recodified as Subchapter 3, Home Care Extension Program, Subchapter 5, HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), was recodified as Subchapter 4, HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), and Subchapter 6, Billing Procedures for Home Care Services, was repealed by R.1994 d.41, effective January 18, 1994. See: 25 N.J.R. 2803(a), 26 N.J.R. 364(c).
Subchapter 5, Traumatic Brain Injury Program, was adopted as new rules by R.1994 d.426, effective August 15, 1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1566(a), 26 N.J.R. 3466(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was readopted as R.1996 d.18, effective December 7, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 3667(a), 28 N.J.R. 184(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was readopted as R.2001 d.14, effective December 7, 2000, and Subchapter 3, Home Care Expansion Program, was repealed and Subchapter 3, Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Services, was adopted as new rules, Subchapter 4, HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), was recodified as Subchapter 11, HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), and Subchapter 4, Personal Care Assistant Services for the Mentally Ill, was adopted as new rules, Subchapter 5, Traumatic Brain Injury Program, was recodified as Subchapter 9, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI Waiver), Subchapter 5, Private Duty Nursing (PDN) Services, was adopted as new rules, and Subchapter 8, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Medically Fragile Children Under Division of Youth and Family Services Supervision (ABC Waiver), was adopted as new rules by R.2001 d.14, effective January 2, 2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 3940(a), 33 N.J.R. 66(a). See, also, section annotations.
Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was readopted as R.2006 d.238, effective May 30, 2006. See: 38 N.J.R. 1136(a), 38 N.J.R. 2810(a).
Subchapter 6, "Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Blind or Disabled Children and Adults (Model Waivers 1, 2, and 3)", was renamed "Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Blind or Disabled Children and Adults Community Resources for People With Disabilities (CRPD) Waiver Program" and Subchapter 11, "HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)", was renamed "Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)" by R.2006 d.238 effective July 3, 2006. See: 38 N.J.R. 1136(a), 38 N.J.R. 2810(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was scheduled to expire on May 30, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was readopted, effective April 4, 2013. See: Source and Effective Date.
Subchapter 2, Home Health Agency (HHA) Services, was renamed Home Health Agency (HHA) Skilled Services; Subchapter 4, Personal Care Assistant Services for the Mentally Ill, Subchapter 6, Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Blind or Disabled Children and Adults Community Resources for People with Disabilities (CRPD) Waiver Program, Subchapter 7, AIDS Community Care Alternatives Program (ACCAP Waiver), Subchapter 8, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Medically Fragile Children Under Division of Youth and Family Services Supervision (ABC Waiver), Subchapter 9, Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI Waiver), and Subchapter 10, Home and Community-Based Services Waivers Administered by Other State Agencies, were repealed; and Subchapter 6, Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Provided Under the New Jersey 1115 Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver, was adopted as new rules by R.2018 d.172, effective September 17, 2018. See: 49 N.J.R. 2698(a), 50 N.J.R. 1992(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1.d(2), the expiration date of Chapter 60, Home Care Services, was extended by gubernatorial directive from April 4, 2020 to April 4, 2021. See: 52 N.J.R. 1020(b).

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 30:4D-1 et seq. and 30:4J-8 et seq.

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