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Page 2 of 3 § 10:71-8.1 Other agency responsibilities redetermination of eligibility, it is the responsibility of the eligibility worker to recommend that eligibility be continued or terminated. (d) Notice of agency decision: Each applicant/beneficiary shall receive written notice of any agency decision which relates to his or her eligibility status at least 10 days prior to any change in his or her eligibility status. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2000 d.396, effective October 2, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2420(a), 32 N.J.R. 3570(a). Rewrote the section. Amended by R.2000 d.415, effective October 16, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2565(a), 32 N.J.R. 3844(a). Rewrote the section. Amended by R.2012 d.025, effective February 6, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 804(a), 44 N.J.R. 230(a). In the introductory paragraph of (b)1 and in (b)4, substituted "CWA" for "CBOSS" throughout. Annotations Notes Chapter Notes Case Notes Failure and/or refusal of the husband of an incapacitated wife who was receiving long-term nursing home services to provide disclosure of his resources as needed for a redetermination of the wife's eligibility did not provide grounds for an order either extending the time for compliance or granting a "spousal waiver." Counsel to the nursing home, which had initiated the redetermination process in January 2016 on behalf of the wife, did not take any steps to include the recalcitrant husband in a motion for an order to show cause compelling the wife's son, who was her guardian, to cooperate in the redetermination process. Nor was a "spousal waiver" appropriate on these facts. K.Z. v. Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 16945-16, 2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 219, Initial Decision (April 5, 2017). County social services board acted improperly when it terminated Medicaid benefits being paid to a petitioner because it did not afford the petitioner the procedure that was required to be followed where, as here, the board was engaging in a redetermination of the petitioner's benefits. K.B. v. Hudson Cty. Bd. of Social Servs., OAL DKT. NO. HMA 13862-15, 2015 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 663, Initial Decision (October 21, 2015). An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) concluded that an adult who had been receiving Medicaid was thereafter determined not to be disabled within the meaning of applicable definitions. That conclusion rested in part on the