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N.J.A.C. 10:71-2.10 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 2. THE APPLICATION PROCESS § 10:71-2.10 Collateral investigation (a) "Collateral investigation" shall refer to contacts with individuals other than members of applicant's immediate household, made with the knowledge and consent of the applicant(s). (b) The primary purpose of collateral contacts is to verify, supplement or clarify essential information. (c) The applicants will usually be able to help select the most likely sources of information about themselves. If they are unwilling to have the necessary inquiries made and are unwilling to secure the required information from such sources themselves, then it shall be explained that the CSSA will be unable to certify entitlement to Medicaid Only. History HISTORY: Amended by R.1995 d.651, effective December 18, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 3543(a), 27 N.J.R. 5046(a). Amended by R.2000 d.415, effective October 16, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2565(a), 32 N.J.R. 3844(a). In (c), substituted "CBOSS" for "CWA". Amended by R.2012 d.025, effective February 6, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 804(a), 44 N.J.R. 230(a). In (c), substituted "CWA" for "CBOSS". Annotations Notes Chapter Notes Case Notes Claims by a Medicaid applicant that the county agency had a duty to obtain certain banking statements relating to her assets was unsupported by law because the regulations were clear that such materials were required to be