Bill Text: NJ S790 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Supplements FY2012 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services and appropriates $1 million.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-09-30 - Withdrawn from Consideration [S790 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S790-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Supplements FY2012 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services and appropriates $1 million.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
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. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2011, c.85, 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 7540 Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services GRANTS-IN-AID |
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22-7540 General Medical Services ........................................... |
$1,000,000 |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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22 Payments for Medical Assistance Recipients - Other Services |
($1,000,000) |
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The Department of Human Services shall submit a State Plan Amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the Medicaid state option to expand Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals whose income is up to 200% of the federal poverty level.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This supplemental appropriation seeks to expand the availability of family planning services under the Medicaid program in State fiscal year 2011-2012. Specifically, the legislation appropriates $1,000,000 to the Medicaid program and requires the State to submit the necessary application to the federal government so that the State's Medicaid program can offer family planning services to individuals with incomes of up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level rather than only to individuals meeting the income cap of up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level under the current State plan.
