44:7-90. Eligibility for medical assistance under New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act
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Any person eligible for basic payments under the Federal Act, any person eligible for supplementary payments and any essential person, may be determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner to be eligible for medical assistance under the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act, P.L.1968, c. 413. Any person who would be financially eligible for basic payments or supplementary payments, or both, who is in an institution and financially ineligible for such payments by reason of the lower maximum income eligibility level under the Federal Act for persons residing in institutions, shall be eligible for medical assistance under the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act, P.L.1968, c. 413.
L.1973, c. 256, s. 6, eff. Nov. 28, 1973.