Bill Text: NJ A3938 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Supplemental appropriation of $6.4 million in State funds and $11.9 million in federal funds to DHS to restore eligibility to parents in NJ FamilyCare.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A3938 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3938-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Supplemental appropriation of $6.4 million in State funds and $11.9 million in federal funds to DHS to restore eligibility to parents in NJ FamilyCare.
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 June 30, 2010 (P.L.2010, c.35).
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.35, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 20 Physical and Mental Health 24 Special Health Services GRANTS-IN-AID |
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22-7540 General Medical Services................................................ |
$6,400,000 |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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22 NJ FamilyCare--Affordable and Accessible Health Coverage Benefits |
($6,400,000) |
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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:
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54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 20 Physical and Mental Health 24 Special Health Services |
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22-7540 General Medical Services................................................ |
$11,900,000 |
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State Aid and Grants: |
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22 State Aid and Grants |
($11,900,000) |
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3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This supplemental appropriation of $6.4 million in State funds to the Department of Human Services will enable adults with income between 134% and 200% of the federal poverty level to enroll and continue to be enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare program. These State funds will generate approximately $11.9 million in federal funds on behalf of adults with income between 134% and 200% of the federal poverty level.
The FY 2011 appropriations act froze enrollment of adults at 133% of the federal poverty level as of March 2010, and made other changes affecting adults currently enrolled in the program. Since March 2010, the number of adults enrolled in NJ FamilyCare has been reduced by 19,200.
At a monthly cost of approximately $238 for each adult NJ FamilyCare recipient, restoring eligibility to such individuals immediately would cost $18.3 million (gross) for the balance of FY 2011.
