Bill Text: NJ S1238 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $1,000,000 for outreach and enrollment activities in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-30 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S1238 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S1238-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $1,000,000 for outreach and enrollment activities in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs.
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, 2012 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2011 (P.L.2011, c.85).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language is added on page 113 of P.L.2011, c.85:
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054 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 24 Special Health Services 7540 Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services GRANTS-IN-AID |
Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for NJ FamilyCare - Affordable and Accessible Health Coverage Benefits, $1,000,000 shall be allocated for an enhanced outreach and enrollment initiative for the Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs authorized pursuant to section 26 of P.L.2008, c.38 (C.30:4J-18).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs a Fiscal Year 2012 budget allocation of $1 million from the State Grant-In-Aid appropriation for the NJ FamilyCare - Affordable and Accessible Health Coverage Benefits (NJ FamilyCare) line-item appropriation, for an enhanced outreach and enrollment initiative intended to increase the number of children enrolled by the Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs.
