Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare, evaluate program, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under program.

A2107

ASSEMBLY, No. 2107

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)

Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Speight, Park and Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually
identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare, evaluate program, and create
prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning NJ FamilyCare 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.� Commencing January 1
next following the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Department of the
Treasury and the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance
and Health Services in the Department of Human Services
shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor and to the
Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), that:

���� (1)�� identifies all
unencumbered or unallocated State funds that are available to be appropriated
in the current fiscal year to the Division of Medical Assistance and Health
Services in the Department of Human Services for the purposes of NJ FamilyCare;
and��

���� (2)�� evaluates the quality of
care for beneficiaries across NJ FamilyCare and compiles a prioritized list of
the 12 most urgent policy changes and legislative actions, along with the
associated State funds necessary to implement those initiatives, that are required
to address any quality of care deficiency identified in the evaluation.

���� b.��� As used in this section,

�NJ FamilyCare�� means the program established
pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.), which includes the Medicaid
program and the Children�s Health Insurance Program.

���� 2.���
The
State Treasurer and the Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill directs the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget in the Department of the Treasury and
the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health
Services in the Department of Human Services
to
annually prepare and submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature
that:�
1) identifies all unencumbered or unallocated State funds that
are available to be appropriated in the current fiscal year to the Division of
Medical Assistance and Health Services for the purposes of NJ FamilyCare; and
2) evaluates the quality of care for beneficiaries across NJ FamilyCare and
compiles a prioritized list of the 12 most urgent policy changes and
legislative actions, along with the associated State funds necessary to
implement those initiatives, that are required to address any quality of care
deficiency identified in the evaluation.� The
NJ
FamilyCare provides health insurance to certain low-income residents of the
State via the Medicaid program and the Children�s Health Insurance Program.