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A1475 • 2026

Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.

Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McClellan, Antwan L.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.

Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.
  • Topic: Aging and Human Services Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Topic:
Aging and Human Services
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1475

ASSEMBLY, No. 1475

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTWAN L. MCCLELLAN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or
operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain
persons with developmental disabilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning group homes for persons with
developmental disabilities and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� The Department of
Human Services shall reimburse an owner or operator of a group home providing
individual support services to a person with developmental disabilities
residing at the group home at the full reimbursement rate for the provision of
such services for a period of 60 days, if the person has been transferred to
another facility for medical, psychiatric, or rehabilitative treatment
services.

���� If the person is not
transferred back to the group home where the person resides within the 60 day
period, the department shall reimburse the owner or operator of the group home
at 50 percent of the reimbursement rate for the provision of individual support
services to the person for an additional 120 day period.

���� b.� If the person with
developmental disabilities who has been transferred to another facility for
treatment services pursuant to subsection a. of this section cannot return to
the group home where the person resides within six months of the transfer, the
owner or operator of the group home may begin the process to discharge the
person from the group home pursuant to the provisions of N.J.A.C.10:44A-4.2.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Department of Human Services (DHS) to reimburse an owner or operator of a group
home providing individual support services to a person with developmental
disabilities residing at the group home at the full reimbursement rate for the
provision of such services for a period of 60 days, if the person has been
transferred to another facility for medical, psychiatric, or rehabilitative
treatment services.

���� Under the bill�s provisions,
if the person is not transferred back to the group home within the 60 day
period, the DHS shall reimburse the owner or operator of the group home at 50
percent of the reimbursement rate for the provision of individual support
services to the person for an additional 120 day period.

���� If the person with
developmental disabilities who has been transferred to another facility for
treatment services cannot return to the group home where the person resides
within six months of the transfer, the owner or operator of the group home may
begin the process to discharge the person from the group home pursuant to the
provisions of N.J.A.C.10:44A-4.2.