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A2432 • 2026

Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.

Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McCoy, Tennille R.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.

Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.
  • Topic: Aging and Human Services Fiscal note: This bill has 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 Aging and Human Services Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.
Topic:
Aging and Human Services
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2432

ASSEMBLY, No. 2432

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure
coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when
primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning respite care and supplementing Title
30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The Commissioner of
Human Services shall establish such procedures as are necessary to ensure that
coverage for respite care services is provided to a Medicaid beneficiary under
the following circumstances:

���� a.���� the beneficiary�s
primary payer for health care services, whether public or private, denies
coverage, for any reason, for respite care services; and

���� b.��� the beneficiary is
eligible under Medicaid for coverage of respite care services.

���� The provisions of this section
shall not be construed to alter any eligibility requirements for respite care
services under Medicaid.�

���� As used in this section,
�Medicaid� means
the Medicaid program established
pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).

����
2.��� 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 requires the
Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for
eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when a primary payer denies coverage of such
services for any reason. �As used in the bill, �Medicaid� means
the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968,
c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).

���� Under the bill, the
commissioner is required to establish such procedures as are necessary to
ensure that coverage for respite care services is provided to a Medicaid
beneficiary under the following circumstances:

���� 1)��� the beneficiary�s
primary payer for health care services, whether public or private, denies
coverage, for any reason, for respite care services; and

���� 2)��� the beneficiary is
eligible under Medicaid for coverage of respite care services.

���� The provisions of this bill
are not to be construed to alter any eligibility requirements for respite care
services under Medicaid.