44:7-38 - Permanent and total disability;  assistance from county welfare board;  residence

44:7-38.  Permanent and total disability;  assistance from county welfare board;  residence    Subject to the provisions of this act and the provisions of chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes as hereinafter specified, any needy person residing in New Jersey who has attained the age of 18 but is less than 65 years  of age, who is permanently and totally disabled by reason of any physical or  mental defect, disease, or impairment other than blindness, shall be entitled  to receive assistance from the county welfare board of the county in which he  resides.

    The residence of any patient discharged from a mental hospital directly to a  sheltered boarding facility shall be the county wherein such person resided immediately preceding his last admission to said mental hospital.

     L.1951, c. 139, p. 593, s. 1.  Amended by L.1952, c. 24, p. 110, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1952;  L.1969, c. 110, s. 1.