30:6D-49 - Set-off of reimbursement payment

30:6D-49  Set-off of reimbursement payment.

7.If an ICF-MR fails to pay an assessment for two or more quarters, the Director of the Division of Revenue shall seek to set off so much of the Medicaid reimbursement payment which is due the ICF-MR as is necessary to satisfy the indebtedness.  The Director of the Division of Revenue, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Taxation and the Department of Human Services, shall establish procedures and methods to effect the set-off.  The Director of the Division of Taxation shall give notice to the ICF-MR and provide the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), but no request for a hearing or any subsequent appeal shall stay the collection of the indebtedness, nor shall any protest or appeal provided for in section 4 of this act stay such collection.  No Medicaid reimbursement payment shall be made to the ICF-MR pending resolution of the indebtedness.  Neither the State Treasurer nor any other State agency, official or employee shall be held liable to the ICF-MR for any damages sustained by the ICF-MR resulting from the set-off provided for in this section.  

L.1998,c.40,s.7.