Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.

A2223

ASSEMBLY, No. 2223

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Drulis, Park and Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on
gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning voluntary contributions through gross income
tax returns to support equitable access to reproductive health care services
and supplementing chapter 9 of Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� There is established
in the Department of the Treasury a special fund to be known as the �New Jersey
Reproductive Health Care Equitable Access Fund.�

���� b.��� Each taxpayer shall have
the opportunity to indicate on the taxpayer�s New Jersey gross income tax
return that a portion of the taxpayer�s refund or an enclosed contribution
shall be deposited into the special fund.

���� c.���� Any costs incurred by
the Division of Taxation for collection or administration attributable to this
section may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to this section, as
determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.� The State
Treasurer shall deposit net contributions collected pursuant to this section
into the �New Jersey Reproductive Health Care Equitable Access Fund.�

���� d.��� The Legislature shall
annually appropriate all monies deposited into the �New Jersey Reproductive
Health Care Equitable Access Fund� established pursuant to this section for
distribution, in equal amounts, to the three largest providers of reproductive
health care services to Medicaid patients in the State during the prior
calendar year, as determined by the Commissioner of Health.� The monies
distributed to each provider shall be used to provide reproductive health care
services to individuals who cannot afford such services.

���� e.���� As used in this
section, "reproductive health care services" means medical, surgical,
counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
including services relating to pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1
next following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the �New
Jersey Reproductive Health Care Equitable Access Fund� and provides for a
designation on the State gross income tax return that will permit taxpayers to
make voluntary contributions to the fund to support equitable access to
reproductive health care services for individuals who cannot afford them.

���� Under the bill, the State
would be required to annually appropriate the amounts deposited into the �New
Jersey Reproductive Health Care Equitable Access Fund� for distribution, in
equal amounts, to the three largest providers of reproductive health care services
to Medicaid patients in the State during the previous calendar year, as
determined by the Commissioner of Health.� The bill requires these monies to be
used to provide reproductive health care services to individuals who cannot
afford such services.

���� The bill defines
"reproductive health care services" to mean medical, surgical,
counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system,
including services relating to pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy.