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N.J.A.C. 10:70-2.3 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 57 No. 12, June 16, 2025 NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 70. MEDICALLY NEEDY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 2. CASE PROCESSING § 10:70-2.3 Collateral verification (a) Collateral verification is the use of third-party information (both documentary and nondocumentary) from agencies or individuals other than members of the applicant's household to substantiate the accuracy of statements made on the application and during the interview. 1. Program applicants have the primary responsibility for providing verification of factors of eligibility. If it would be difficult or impossible for the applicants to provide necessary verification in a timely manner, the county board of social services shall provide assistance in obtaining the evidence. 2. In the absence of credible verification of all eligibility factors, eligibility for the Medically Needy Program may not be established. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2006 d.364, effective October 16, 2006. See: 38 N.J.R. 2368(a), 38 N.J.R. 4480(c). In (a)1, substituted "board of social services" for "welfare agency". Annotations Notes Chapter Notes Case Notes In reviewing an application for Medicaid benefits filed by a 50-year old quadriplegic, a county social services board could not determine the propriety of distributions from a special needs trust account without the testimony of the trustee or some other person knowledgeable about the uses of the funds held therein. In the absence of such information, which could only be obtained from the applicant or his representative, the application was appropriately denied. E.M. v. DMAHS et al., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 14679-15, 2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 670, Initial Decision (September 6, 2017).