RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SUBMIT THE 2025 PEER GROUPING EXPENDITURE REPORT AND 2026 PEER GROUPING SPENDING ALLOCATION PLAN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AREA AGING DIRECTOR AS PER THE 2026 PEER GROUPING GUIDELINES FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF AGING, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1

title RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SUBMIT THE 2025 PEER GROUPING EXPENDITURE REPORT AND 2026 PEER GROUPING SPENDING ALLOCATION PLAN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AREA AGING DIRECTOR AS PER THE 2026 PEER GROUPING GUIDELINES FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF AGING, PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40:20-1 body WHEREAS, the County of Passaic ("County") is a body politic and corporate pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:18-1 and vested with all rights contained therein; and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Passaic ("County") is vested with managing the property, finances, and affairs of the County; and WHEREAS, the Passaic County Department of Human Services ("Department") is an umbrella social service agency concerned with planning and funding services for the County's disadvantaged and homeless citizens; and WHEREAS, the Governmental Peer Grouping System was adopted, in large part, as a means of providing a stable, predictable financial base for a home and community-based long-term care system; and WHEREAS, the Medicaid Peer Grouping Reimbursement System requires each participating county to annually commit a portion of its net increased revenue to expansion of home and community-based services for frail elderly people and people with disabilities who might otherwise require nursing home care; and WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services has informed the Department that it is eligible to receive Peer Grouping reimbursement funds in the estimated amount of two hundred twenty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars ($226,996.00) for the Medicaid Peer Grouping Reimbursement System for county-operated long-term care facilities for calendar year 2026, in accordance with the letter dated March 9, 2026, attached hereto and made part of this Resolution; and WHEREAS, based on estimates prepared by the State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, the County can anticipate that two hundred twenty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars ($226,996.00) in increased revenue will be generated by the Medicaid Peer Grouping Reimbursement System in calendar year 2026, with the County providing a net match of fifty percent (50%); and WHEREAS, the Director of the Department is requesting a resolution authorizing the submission of the 2025 Peer Grouping Expenditure Report and 2026 Peer Grouping Spending Allocation Plan in consultation with the Area Aging Director as per the 2026 Peer Grouping Guidelines from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Aging; and WHEREAS, this matter was discussed at the March 25, 2026, Health and Human Services Committee meeting, and is being recommended to the Board for approval. NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Passaic hereby authorizes the Director of Human Services to submit the 2025 Peer Grouping Expenditure Report and 2026 Peer Grouping Spending Allocation Plan in consultation with the Area Aging Director as per the 2026 Peer Grouping Guidelines from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Aging. LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Board, County Counsel, Director of Human Services, and Director of the Board are authorized to take any action necessary to carry out the purpose of this Resolution. NB April 14, 2026