N.J. Stat. Ann. § 30:4-25.3

15. Promptly on receipt of the application for determination of eligibility for admission to functional services of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, the commissioner shall determine the state of developmental disability and need for functional services. Such determination shall be made under rules promulgated by the commissioner. Any person with a developmental disability who makes such application or on whose behalf application is made and who is found to require functional services of the Division of Developmental Disabilities shall be declared eligible subject to the person's and his legally chargeable relatives' compliance with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1995, c.155 (C.30:4-25.9).