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A2157
ASSEMBLY, No. 2157
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson and Flynn
SYNOPSIS
���� Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to
increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $89.55 to $93.10.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and the General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� In addition to the
amounts appropriated under P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, there is appropriated from the General
Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
20 Physical and Mental Health
24 Special Health Service
7540 Division of Medical Assistance
and Health Services
GRANTS-IN-AID
22-7540� General Medical
Services ................................... $3,600,000
���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid appropriation,���������������������������������������
������������������ Special
Health Services ................................... $3,600,000
Grants-in-Aid:
�������� 22�� Medical
Coverage � Community-Based Long Term Care Recipients........................................... ($3,600,000)
���� 2.��� The following language
provision in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, is amended to read as follows:
54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
20 Physical and Mental Health
24 Special Health Service
7540 Division of Medical Assistance
and Health Services
GRANTS-IN-AID
Notwithstanding the provisions of
any law or regulation to the contrary, the amounts hereinabove appropriated
within the General Medical Services program classification for medical day care
services shall be conditioned upon the following provision: the minimum
fee-for-service and managed care per diem reimbursement rates for adult medical
day care providers shall be
[
$89.55
]
$93.10
.
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This FY 2024 supplemental
appropriation provides $3.6 million to the Department of Human Services to
increase the adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate by four percent from
$89.55 to $93.10.�
Adult medical day
care services
provide
medically necessary services in an ambulatory care setting to individuals who
are nonresidents of the facility, and who, due to their physical or cognitive
impairment, require such services in order to live in the community.�
���� Under the annual Appropriations Act, the adult medical
day care per diem rate was increased from $78.50 to $82 in FY 2021, from $82 to
$86.10 in FY 2022, and from $86.10 to the current rate, $89.55, in FY 2024.�
Prior to these increases, the per diem rate was static at $78.50 since FY 2012.�
Despite these rate changes, the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
have forced many providers of adult medical day care services to close their
centers due to a reduction in income.� It is the sponsor�s goal that this
additional funding will stabilize these essential service providers in order to
ensure that New Jersey�s most vulnerable residents can access the medical
supports they need to continue to thrive in a community setting.��