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N.J.A.C. 10:90-8.2 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024

NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 8. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES

§ 10:90-8.2 Persons who may be eligible

(a) Claims for funeral and burial expenses may be received and considered with respect to: 1. A person who was in active receipt of assistance at the time of death, including WFNJ/TANF, WFNJ/GA, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and Medicaid Only; 2. A person for whom eligibility for WFNJ/TANF, WFNJ/GA, SSI, or Medicaid Only can be otherwise determined provided that an application for assistance was made prior to death. This includes stillborn infants and deceased newborns who would have been included in a previously existing WFNJ case. Stillborn infants and deceased newborns delivered to SSI and WFNJ/GA recipients shall be considered for funeral and burial expenses regardless of whether or not there is a pending WFNJ application for the child; 3. A person whose eligibility had been established within 15 calendar days prior to death, but for whom no payment of WFNJ/GA had been issued; 4. A former recipient of WFNJ or its predecessors whose admission to any public institution within this State, other than a penal or correctional institution, was the only reason for the suspension or termination of the assistance payment, and whose death occurred within six months of confinement to such institution; 5. A person who died while a patient in a general hospital and who had been receiving WFNJ/GA at the time of admission to the hospital; 6. Recipients of Medicaid Only residing in the community and in Title XIX (Medicaid approved) facilities; 7. Recipients of Medically Needy benefits in nursing homes; 8. Recipients of SSI who were in hospice care programs; 9. Individuals in Adult Foster Care; 10. Recipients of the Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled (CCPED);