Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DHS to study ways to increase collaboration among certain Statewide entities to optimize federal and State Medicaid resources; appropriates $250,000.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on January 8, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning collaboration of Statewide entities to optimize Medicaid resources, supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, and appropriating $250,000.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Human Services shall 1[develop a framework] study the ways1 by which the State may increase collaboration between State academic institutions, 1[healthcare providers including]1 Level 1 1and Level 21 trauma centers as designated by the Department of Health 1and any other healthcare provider1, and Medicaid managed care organizations to optimize federal and State Medicaid resources needed to support long-term, sustainable improvements in the quality of healthcare across New Jersey.
b. The Department of Human Services may contract with a third-party entity to comply with the provisions of subsection a. of this section.
2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services the sum of $250,000 to implement the provisions of this act.
3. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for any federal Medicaid waivers or State plan amendments as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and ensure continued federal reimbursement for State expenditures under the federal Medicaid program.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.