Bill Text: NJ A2772 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes certain Medicaid recipients residing on post-secondary school campus to participate remotely in meetings of non-medical nature regarding Medicaid benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-01-18 - Approved P.L.2021, c.443. [A2772 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A2772-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2772

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2020

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  JOANN DOWNEY

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman  ERIC HOUGHTALING

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Chiaravalloti

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes certain Medicaid recipients residing on post-secondary school campus to participate remotely in meetings of non-medical nature regarding Medicaid benefits.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on December 20, 2021.

  


An Act concerning a Medicaid recipient's remote participation in meetings of a non-medical nature regarding benefits 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 Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services 1, to the extent permitted under federal law,1 shall authorize a recipient of Medicaid benefits who is determined eligible to receive a personal care service benefit and who is attending a post-secondary educational institution and residing on that institution's campus to participate remotely by telephone or other means in a meeting of a non-medical nature regarding the recipient's Medicaid benefits.  The provisions of this section shall apply to any meeting between the recipient and the division, a managed care organization contracted with the division to provide benefits under the Medicaid program, or any other entity or individual authorized by the division to conduct such meetings.

     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.    This act shall take effect immediately.

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