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A2076
ASSEMBLY, No. 2076
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
���� Permits DOC and DCF to award contracts for medical
and dental services to vendors.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning certain State contracts for medical
and dental services and amending P.L.2012, c.45.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2012,
c.45 (C.18A:65-94) is amended to read as follows:
���� 3.��� a.� In order to carry
out the purposes of this act and to provide the program of medical and dental
education required for the benefit of the State and the people of New Jersey,
all rights to all of the schools, institutes, and centers of the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, other than the School of Osteopathic
Medicine, the entire Stratford campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and
University Hospital, are hereby transferred to Rutgers, The State University.
���� The facilities of the schools,
institutes, and centers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey, other than the facilities of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the
entire Stratford campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and University
Hospital, are hereby transferred to Rutgers, The State University, and the
university shall devote the same to the purposes of public higher education in
the State in accordance with the terms of any gift, grant, trust, contract or
other agreement with the State or any of its political subdivisions or with the
United States or with any public body, department or any agency of the State or
the United States or with any individual, firm or corporation.
���� Upon the transfer of the
schools, institutes, and centers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey to Rutgers, The State University, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
shall become an independent institute at Rutgers, The State University and
shall be distinct and separate from any individual school.
���� b.��� Rutgers, The State
University shall maintain the public mission and commitment of the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, including an affiliation with
University Hospital, to provide a comprehensive healthcare program and services
to the greater Newark community, including outreach and mobile health services
and services provided collaboratively between University Hospital and the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, or any of its components.
���� c.���� Any school, institute,
or center transferred to Rutgers, The State University pursuant to subsection
a. of this section based in the City of Newark shall remain in the City of
Newark, including the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School,
School of Health Related Professions, the School of Nursing, and the Public
Health Research Institute.�
���� d.��� Any school, institute,
or center of Rutgers, The State University based in Middlesex County shall
remain in Middlesex County including, but not limited to, the Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School, the School of Public Health, the Ernest Mario School of
Pharmacy, the Institute of Health, Health Policy, and Aging Research, and
University Behavioral Healthcare.
���� e.���� Rutgers, The State
University shall assume and maintain existing contracts through expiration with
the Department of Corrections and the Department of Children and Families to
provide services under University Behavioral Healthcare and the School of Nursing.
[
The
services provided under the contracts shall continue to be provided by public
employees following expiration of those contracts
]
Upon expiration of the
contracts in effect on the effective date of P.L.�� �, c.�� (pending before the
Legislature as this bill) under which University Behavioral Healthcare and the
School of Nursing provides services, the Department of Corrections and the
Department of Children and Families may award the contracts for such services
to the vendors whose proposals are most advantageous to the State, price and
other factors considered
.
���� f.���� Whenever, in any law,
rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative
proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, other than the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the
entire Stratford campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and University
Hospital, the same shall mean and refer to Rutgers, The State University.
���� g.��� The transfer of the
schools, institutes, and centers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey, other than the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the entire Stratford
campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and University Hospital, to Rutgers,
The State University shall require the accreditation approval of the
appropriate accrediting bodies prior to transfer.
(cf: P.L.2012, c.45, s.3)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� Current law requires the
Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Children and Families (DCF)
to ensure certain medical and dental services are provided by public
employees.� This provision limits the qualified vendors from which these
services may be procured and increases costs to the State.
���� This bill revises the State�s
procurement process for certain medical and dental contracts to increase
efficiency and quality.� This bill will provide DOC and DCF with the ability to
award contracts for medical and dental services to the vendors whose proposals
are most advantageous to the State, price and other factors considered, in
order to reduce the State�s health care costs.