A4333 • 2026

Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Speight, Shanique
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.

What This Bill Does

Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.
Topic: Health Infrastructure Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

Official Summary Text

Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.
Topic:
Health Infrastructure
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4333

ASSEMBLY, No. 4333

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund
appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical
Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain
faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A
Supplement
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 language
provision is added to section 1 of P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations
act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026:

46 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

20 Physical and Mental Health

22 Health Planning and Evaluation

GRANTS-IN-AID

Of the amounts hereinabove
appropriated from the General Fund to a licensed hospital or health care
entity, amounts may be transferred to the Division of Medical Assistance and
Health Services, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
guidelines, solely to maximize federal Medicaid payments to faculty physicians
and non-physician professionals affiliated with the licensed hospital or health
care entity, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget
and Accounting.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill supplements the
Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act to add language authorizing the transfer of
General Fund appropriations for a licensed hospital or health care entity to
the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of
Human Services, consistent with federal guidelines, in order to maximize
federal Medicaid payments to faculty physicians and non-physician professionals
who are affiliated with the licensed hospital or health care entity under the
Medicaid Access to Physician Services (MAPS) program.� Authorization for these
transfers will be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of
Budget and Accounting.

���� The MAPS program, which was
created to improve beneficiaries� access to primary and specialty care services
following the expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act,
provides enhanced NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rates for services delivered by
physician practices that are affiliated with the State�s public medical and
dental schools. �MAPS program reimbursement rates are similar to those paid by
private insurers for the same services.�