30:1A-14 Division of Aging Services established.
398. a. There is established the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services.
b. The functions, powers, and duties of the Department of Health and Senior Services, redesignated as the Department of Health pursuant to section 93 of P.L.2012, c.17 (C.26:1A-2.1), to the extent that they relate to the provision of programs or services for senior citizens, including the New Jersey State Commission on Aging established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1957, c.72 (C.26:1A-107), the Division on Aging and Community Services, and any other division relating to senior benefits, are transferred to the Division of Aging Services, subject to the provisions of P.L.2012, c.17 (C.26:1A-2.1 et al.) and in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.).
c. All appropriations and other monies available, and to become available, that relate to the provision of programs or services for senior citizens are continued in the Division of Aging Services and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which these monies are appropriated, subject to the provisions of P.L.2012, c.17 (C.26:1A-2.1 et al.) and any other terms, restrictions, limitations, or other requirements imposed by law.
d. The administrator and head of the office shall be a director who shall be known as the Director of the Division of Aging Services. The director shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office and shall devote his entire time to the performance of those duties. The director shall be appointed by the commissioner.
e. The commissioner shall appoint and remove officers and employees of the division subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes and other applicable statutes as are necessary to enable the division to perform its duties pursuant to this act and shall fix their compensation within the limits of available appropriations and as is provided by law.
f. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Division on Aging in either the Department of State, the Department of Community Affairs, or the Department of Health and Senior Services, the same shall mean and refer to the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services.
L.2012, c.17, s.398.
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