Bill Text: NJ A3020 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Supplemental appropriation of $24.6 million in State funds and $45.7 million in federal funds to the DHS.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-28 - Substituted by S2134 [A3020 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3020-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 3020

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 24, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Camden)

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Fuentes

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Supplemental appropriation of $24.6 million in State funds and $45.7 million in federal funds to DHS.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 and regulating the disbursement thereof, "  approved        , 2011 (P.L.2010, c.  ).

 

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

 

     1.    In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2010, c. (the appropriations act for State fiscal year 2011), there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

 

054 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 20 Physical and Mental Health 24 Special Health Services GRANTS-IN-AID
22-7540 General Medical Services................................................		$24,600,000
Grants-in-Aid:
22    NJ FamilyCare--Affordable and Accessible        Health Coverage Benefits	($24,600,000)

 

     2.    Upon certification by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury that federal funds to support the expenditures listed below are available, the following sum is appropriated:

 

054 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 20 Physical and Mental Health 24 Special Health Services
22-7540 General Medical Services................................................		$45,686,000
State Aid and Grants:
22    State Aid and Grants	($45,686,000)

 

     3.    This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This supplemental appropriation of $24.6 million in State funds to DHS will enable adults with incomes between 134% and 200% of the federal poverty level to continue to be enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare program.  These monies will generate approximately $45.7 million in federal funds on behalf of adults with incomes between 134% and 200% of the federal poverty level.  The FY 2011 recommended budget froze enrollment of adults as of March 2010, which affected an estimated 39,000 adults.