NEW JERSEY
Selling a home care or behavioral health business in New Jersey
New Jersey limits new home health agencies through certificate of need, regulates non-medical home care as registered health care service firms, licenses behavior analysts since 2020, and voids a substance use treatment license when ownership changes without prior approval.
Home care
Selling a home care agency in New Jersey
- Home health agencies
- Licensed by the Department of Health; certificate of need required
- Recent CN activity
- 2022 call for new home health agencies cancelled as not needed
- Non-medical home care
- Health care service firm (HCSF) registration, Division of Consumer Affairs
- HCSF ownership change
- Must timely notify the Division of ownership and management changes
Read the New Jersey home care guide →
Behavioral health
Selling a behavioral health practice in New Jersey
- Behavior analysts
- Licensed under the Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act (signed January 2020)
- Medicaid ABA
- NJ FamilyCare covers ABA for members under 21 with autism, since April 1, 2020
- Substance use treatment
- Licensed facilities under N.J.A.C. 10:161A and related rules
- SUD license on a sale
- Not transferable; void on change of ownership; prior approval required
Read the New Jersey behavioral health guide →
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