Bill Text: NJ S1463 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Limits hospital charges for care provided to county inmates at county correctional facilities to Medicaid rate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-03-11 - Withdrawn from Consideration [S1463 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S1463-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator PHILIP E. HAINES
District 8 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Limits hospital charges for care provided to county inmates at county correctional facilities to Medicaid rate.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning hospital care for inmates at county correctional facilities and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) that provides inpatient or outpatient health care services to county correctional inmates, shall price and bill for the cost of the health care services rendered by the hospital to the inmates at the same rates as paid by the Medicaid program pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a general hospital in the State that provides inpatient or outpatient health care services to county correctional inmates, to price and bill for the cost of the health care services rendered by the hospital to the inmates at the same rates as paid by the Medicaid program.
The cost of providing hospital-based health care services to county inmates at county correctional facilities is increasing at an alarming rate. The intent of this bill is to set limits on what hospitals can charge the counties for care of their inmates, and thereby establish some controls for county governments over increases in the cost of inmate health care services.
