Public records request calls for overly broad ‘research project,’ New Jersey deputy AG argues

Attorneys for New Jersey say a nursing home's request for public records related to a 2006 audit that set their Medicaid payment is overly broad.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 757

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Attorneys for the state of New Jersey insisted Tuesday that they are not legally bound to comb through decades of records covering some 340 nursing homes to help one Morris County facility better understand how it is paid by the government.

Deputy Attorney General Elizabeth Tingley told the state appellate court that the trial court was correct when it ruled in September that the state’s Department of Human Services found multiple records requests …

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