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A2327 • 2026

Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.

Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.

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Sponsor
Peterpaul, Luanne M., Esq.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.

Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.
  • Topic: Children, Families and Food Security Fiscal note: This bill has not 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 Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.
Topic:
Children, Families and Food Security
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2327

ASSEMBLY, No. 2327

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ

District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Dunn, Brennan and Drulis

SYNOPSIS

���� Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7
million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care
management organizations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

A
Supplement and amendment
to the annual
appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.

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

���� 1.� The following item in
section 1. of P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2026, is amended as follows:

16 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES

50 Economic Planning, Development,
and Security

55 Social Services Programs

GRANTS-IN-AID

02-1620� Children�s System of
Care ..
[
$498,750,000
]

$515,450,000

���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid appropriation,���������������������������������������

������������������ Social
Services Programs
[
$1,007,435,000
]

$1,024,135,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 02��� Care
Management Organizations
[
($117,660,000)
]

($134,360,000)

���� 2.��� Section 1. of P.L.2025,
c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026,
is supplemented as follows:

16 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES

50 Economic Planning, Development,
and Security

55 Social Services Programs

GRANTS-IN-AID

From the amount hereinabove
appropriated for care management organizations, $16,700,000 shall be used to
increase the NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate for care management
organization services to $1,200 per client.� The NJ FamilyCare reimbursement
rate for care management organization services shall increase by $100 in each subsequent
fiscal year until the rate reaches $1,500 per client.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill increases the FY2026
annual appropriation to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) by $16.7
million in order to increase the NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate for
care management organization (CMO) services from the current rate of $1,032 per
client to $1,200 per client.� Newly added appropriations language specifies
that the NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for care management organization
services will increase by $100 in each subsequent fiscal year until the rate
reaches $1,500 per client.�

���� CMOs are county-based agencies
that provide case management services and coordinate service delivery and
wraparound care for youth with complex behavioral health issues, substance use
disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.