Title 26, Title 26: HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:2H-18.58a. Funding of community-based drug abuse treatment programs. 4. The Commissioner of Health shall transfer to the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services from the Health Care Subsidy Fund, $10 million in Fiscal Year 1997 and …

26:2H-18.58b. Health Care Subsidy Fund payer of last resort; exemptions 10. With the exception of the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, established pursuant to P.L.1987, c.370 (C.26:2-148 et seq.) and the Victims of Crime Compensation Board established pursuant to sec…

26:2H-18.58c Funding of Health Care Subsidy Fund. 11. a. The Health Care Subsidy Fund shall be funded with $15 million in General Fund revenues in calendar year 1996 and $41 million in General Fund revenues in calendar year 1997 and $42.9 million in General Fund revenues for the …

26:2H-18.58d Appropriations to Health Care Subsidy Fund. 10. In fiscal year 1999 and each year thereafter, the Governor shall recommend and the Legislature shall appropriate to the Health Care Subsidy Fund to carry out the purposes of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.), such …

26:2H-18.58e Transfer of funds to Hospital Relief Fund. 6. a. The Commissioner of Health shall transfer to the Hospital Health Care Subsidy account, known as the Hospital Relief Fund, in the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services fr…

26:2H-18.58f Transfer of funds to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services. 8. a. The Commissioner of Health shall transfer to the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services from the Health Care Subsidy Fund, $23.8 million in …

26:2H-18.58g Disposition of revenues collected from certain cigarette, other tobacco products tax revenues. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a. commencing July 1, 1998 and ending June 30, 2006: after the deposit required pursuant to section 5 of…

26:2H-18.58h Annual deposit into Health Care Subsidy Fund from revenue from sale of alcoholic beverages. 2. Commencing with fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 2009, there shall be deposited annually in the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L…

26:2H-18.58i Deposits into Health Care Subsidy Fund from revenue collected from taxation of certain insurance policies. 7. During the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2009, there shall be deposited in the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.1…

26:2H-18.59 Allocation of funds. 9. a. The commissioner shall allocate such funds as specified in subsection e. of this section to the charity care component of the disproportionate share hospital subsidy account. In a given year, the department shall transfer from the fund to th…

26:2H-18.59a. Disproportionate share payments; formulation 12. The one-time additional disproportionate share payment to hospitals pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection c. of section 9 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.59) shall be made according to the following methodology. The …

26:2H-18.59b. Determination of charity care subsidy; formulation 13. a. For the period January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995, the charity care subsidy shall be determined according to the following methodology. The hospital-specific charity care subsidy shall be determined by allo…

26:2H-18.59c. Submission of financial and demographic data 14. All acute care hospitals licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.) shall submit to the department all demographic and financial data specified in this section, in a manner and time frame specified by the…

26:2H-18.59d Continuation of provided services 15. Unless the commissioner has granted written approval to do otherwise, an acute care hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.) shall continue to provide, at an annual service level at least equal to that pro…

26:2H-18.59e Determination of charity care subsidy. 7. a. For the period beginning January 1, 1996 and ending June 30, 2004, and except as provided in section 8 of P.L.1996, c.28 (C.26:2H-18.59f), the charity care subsidy shall be determined according to the following methodology…

26:2H-18.59f Implementation of demonstration health care program for low income residents. 8. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and the State Treasurer, may pursue any necessary waivers from the federal Departm…

26:2H-18.59g Establishment of technology infrastructure to support the provision of charity care. 9. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall establish a technology infrastructure to support the provision of charity care pursuant to P.L.1992, c.…

26:2H-18.59h Transferred employees guaranteed equivalent health insurance coverage. 11. In the event that a hospital or other health care institution that receives a charity care subsidy pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.) or funds from the Hospital Health Care Sub…

26:2H-18.59i Reimbursed documented charity care; charity care subsidy formula after July 1, 2004. 3. a. Beginning July 1, 2004 and each year thereafter: (1) Reimbursed documented charity care shall be equal to the Medicaid-priced amounts of charity care claims submitted to the De…

26:2H-18.59j Charity claims by hospital, eligibility. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2004, c.113 (C.26:2H-18.59i) to the contrary, a hospital shall not submit charity care claims to the Department of Health for health care services provided to a child under…

26:2H-18.60. Uniform charity care eligibility and reimbursement claim form 10. a. The commissioner shall establish a uniform charity care eligibility and reimbursement claim form that a hospital shall be required to use in order to receive reimbursement for charity care under thi…

26:2H-18.60a Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Charity Care Fraud Prevention and Detection Act." L.2007,c.217,s.1.

26:2H-18.60b Findings, declarations relative to oversight of the hospital charity care subsidy program. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that it is manifestly in the best interest of this State and its taxpayers to enact into law certain recommendations made by the New Jerse…

26:2H-18.60c Required procedures by hospitals for charity care. 3. The Commissioner of Health shall require the use of procedures by hospitals to ensure their uniform collection from applicants for charity care pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.60) and the tra…

26:2H-18.60d Interagency agreement with Medicaid Inspector General. 4. a. The Commissioner of Health and the Medicaid Inspector General shall establish an inter-agency agreement under which the staff and resources of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General are utilized to: (…

26:2H-18.60e Inter-agency agreement with State Treasurer. 5. The Commissioner of Health and the State Treasurer shall establish an inter-agency agreement under which the staff and resources of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury are utilized to conduct rand…

26:2H-18.60f Reporting system established. 7. The Commissioner of Health shall establish a mechanism, by means of a toll-free telephone hotline or electronic mail, through which persons may confidentially report suspected incidents of fraudulent charity care claims to the Departm…

26:2H-18.60g Recovery for fraudulent claim. 8. If a charity care claim is determined to be fraudulent, a hospital shall be entitled to recover from the patient the difference between the amount of the charity care claim and the amount that the patient would have otherwise been ch…

26:2H-18.61. Distribution of monies for other uncompensated care 11. a. The monies in the other uncompensated care component of the disproportionate share hospital subsidy account shall be distributed to eligible hospitals in accordance with the formulas provided in subsections b…

26:2H-18.62 Monies designated for Health Care Subsidy Fund; allocation of monies. 12. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.237). b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.237). c. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each general hospital and each specialty heart hospital sh…

26:2H-18.63 Civil penalties for false statement, misrepresentation. 13. a. Any person or entity who makes a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact in order to qualify any person or entity for any benefits to which he is not entitled under this act or P.L.1996, c.…

26:2H-18.64. Denial of admission on ability to pay; penalty 14. No hospital shall deny any admission or appropriate service to a patient on the basis of that patient's ability to pay or source of payment. A hospital which violates this section shall be liable to a civil penalty o…

26:2H-18.65. Establishment of Health Access New Jersey program; regulations; administration 15. There is established in the Department of Health the Health Access New Jersey program. The purpose of the program is to provide subsidies for health benefits coverage, in order to prov…

26:2H-18.66 Allocation to Health Access New Jersey subsidy account. 16. The Health Access New Jersey subsidy account shall be allocated $50 million in 1995, $10 million in 1996, $25 million in 1997, $10 million for the period from January 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998 and $20 mil…

26:2H-18.68. Appropriation from "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account 36. The monies in the "Uncompensated Care Reduction--Pilot Program" account of the New Jersey Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to P.L.1989, c.1, as that account was continued …

26:2H-18.69. Appropriation of remaining monies 37. Any monies remaining in the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund, including the reserve required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.27), are appropriated to the Health Care Subsidy Fund in the Essential Health Serv…

26:2H-18.70. Short title 39. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Reform Act of 1992." L.1992,c.160,s.39.

26:2H-18.71 Funding of health care treatment for lead poisoned children. 22. a. Notwithstanding the purposes of the "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund" provided by P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.1 et al.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall transfer to the Division of M…

26:2H-18.72 Provision of renal dialysis treatment services, medication to uninsured low-income persons. 1. a. As a condition of licensure and renewal, an ambulatory care facility that is licensed to provide chronic renal dialysis services shall in each calendar year provide uncom…

26:2H-18.73 Annual report to Legislature. 3. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall annually report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the number of patients who receive treatment at each facility pursuant to this act who…

26:2H-18.74 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Stabilization Fund Act." L.2008, c.33, s.1.

26:2H-18.75 Findings, declarations relative to health care facilities. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The final report of the New Jersey Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, issued on January 24, 2008, demonstrated that a large number of New Jersey g…

26:2H-18.76 Health Care Stabilization Fund. 3. a. The Health Care Stabilization Fund is established as a nonlapsing, revolving fund in the Department of Health. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Health in consultation with the Department of the Treasury. The fun…

26:2H-18.77 Awarding of grant to health care facility; factors considered. 4. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Treasurer and the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, may award a grant to a hospital or other licensed health care facility…

26:2H-18.78 Conditions for receipt of grant; rules, regulations; annual report. 5. a. The Commissioner of Health shall set reasonable conditions for the receipt of a grant by a general hospital or other licensed health care facility, which conditions may include, but need not be …

26:2H-18.79 Influenza vaccination in health care facilities. 1. a. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Health care facility" means a general or special hospital, nursing home, or home health care agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26…