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N.J.A.C. 10:71-8.3 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 71. MEDICAID ONLY > SUBCHAPTER 8. RESPONSIBILITIES § 10:71-8.3 Notice of county social services agency decision The county social services agency shall promptly notify, in writing, the applicant for, or beneficiary of, Medicaid Only of any agency decision. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2000 d.415, effective October 16, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2565(a), 32 N.J.R. 3844(a). Substituted "board of social services" for "welfare agency", and substituted "beneficiary" for "recipient". Amended by R.2012 d.025, effective February 6, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 804(a), 44 N.J.R. 230(a). Section was "Notice of county board of social services decision". Substituted "welfare agency " for "board of social services" and deleted the last sentence. Annotations Notes Chapter Notes Case Notes Notice of denial of Medicaid to the authorized agent who submitted the application on behalf of the proposed recipient was valid. N.J.A.C. 10:71-8.3, which authorized such notice to the applicant, was not contrary to federal Medicaid regulations and no denial of due process existed when the notice of denial was sent to the applicant. ESTATE OF V.M. v. DIVISION OF MED. ASSISTANCE & HEALTH SERVS. & BERGEN COUNTY BD. OF SOC. SERVS., 385 N.J. Super. 165, 896 A.2d 503, 2006 N.J. Super. LEXIS 116 (2006). Elderly woman was not denied due process when the notices regarding the denial of her applications for Medicaid benefits were sent to her daughter and/or son-in-law, who had actually filed the various applications, instead of the elderly woman herself. N.J.A.C. 10:71-8.3 authorized sending a notice of denial to the applicant, which included a recipient's authorized agent, and the State of New Jersey's Medicaid plan was approved by the federal government