ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 3007

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 19, 2025

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3007.

      As reported, this bill provides that pediatric long-term care facilities may admit and provide services to residents who are age 26 or younger.  Currently, the maximum age for pediatric long-term care residents is age 19.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that this bill may result in an indeterminate State expenditure increase under the NJ FamilyCare Program due to enrollees between the ages of 20 and 26 being permitted to receive services from participating pediatric long-term care facilities, which generally receive a higher reimbursement rate than the participating adult facilities.  Any increased costs concomitantly will grow annual State revenue in the form of federal cost reimbursements for eligible NJ FamilyCare expenditures.