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NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.37 - Quality control reviews of audits of hospital uncompensated care

26:2H-18.37. Quality control reviews of audits of hospital uncompensated care  The State Auditor shall conduct quality control reviews of the audits of hospital uncompensated care for calendar years 1989 and 1990 that are required pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1989, c.1 (C.26:2H-18.14). The State Auditor shall select a representative sample of hospital audits to complete the reviews, except that each year's review shall include, at a minimum, the audits from the 20 hospitals with the highest uncompensated care costs in the State.  The State Auditor shall report to the chairmen of the Senate Institutions, Health and Welfare and General Assembly Health and Human Services Committees and the Commissioner of Health on the results of the reviews and make any recommendations necessary to improve the system for monitoring compliance with the patient interview and collection procedures required pursuant to this act.  The Department of Health shall promptly provide the State Auditor with a copy of the completed audits of each hospital's uncompensated care for 1989, and the completed audits for 1990, as soon as they are available, for the purpose of conducting the reviews.  L.1991,c.187,s.15; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.38 - Adjustment of hospital's rate schedule to reflect services provided to certain emergency room patients

26:2H-18.38. Adjustment of hospital's rate schedule to reflect services provided to certain emergency room patients  The commission shall adjust a hospital's schedule of rates to ensure that services which are provided to emergency room patients who do not require those services on an emergency basis are reimbursed at a rate appropriate for primary care, according to regulations adopted by the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the right of the commission to increase a hospital's schedule of rates for required emergency services, except that the increase shall not be solely to offset a reduction in hospital revenue as a result of reduced rates for primary care provided in the emergency room.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a hospital to refuse to provide emergency room services to a patient who does not require the services on an emergency basis.  L.1991,c.187,s.16; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.39 - Employers not providing health insurance required to provide employer assistance

26:2H-18.39. Employers not providing health insurance required to provide employer assistance  Any employer in this State who does not provide health insurance coverage to its employees is required to provide employer assistance and to inform all of its current and prospective employees about the importance of having health insurance coverage. The employer shall also make a good faith effort to assist any employee who wishes to purchase health insurance from a health insurance carrier.  For the purposes of this section, "employer assistance" means the dissemination to all current and prospective employees of information obtained from the department on health insurance products available in the State for employees and their dependents.  The department, in consultation with the Department of Insurance, shall prepare and have ready for dissemination to employers information on health insurance products available in the State.  L.1991,c.187,s.17; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.40 - Monies remaining in "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account to subsidize pilot program for small business employees

26:2H-18.40. Monies remaining in "Uncompensated Care Reduction - Pilot Program" account to subsidize pilot program for small business employees  The monies remaining in the "Uncompensated Care Reduction--Pilot Program" account of the New Jersey Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to P.L.1989, c.1 (C.26:2H-18.4 et seq.) on December 31, 1990 shall be used to subsidize or otherwise provide financial assistance for a health insurance pilot program for small business employees; except that the monies, and any interest earned thereon, shall remain in the account until such time as a law is enacted which establishes the health insurance pilot program for small business employees and which appropriates the monies in the account.  L.1991,c.187,s.18; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.41 - Hospital shall not advertise availability of uncompensated care

26:2H-18.41. Hospital shall not advertise availability of uncompensated care  A hospital shall not advertise by any means the availability of uncompensated care that is provided at the hospital pursuant to this act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a hospital from advertising its requirement to provide charity care under the federal Hill-Burton program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 291 et seq.  L.1991,c.187,s.19; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.42 - Hospital not claiming deduction for bad debt eligible for reimbursement for charity care

26:2H-18.42. Hospital not claiming deduction for bad debt eligible for reimbursement for charity care  20. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.29) to the contrary, a hospital that does not claim any deduction for bad debt for the purpose of the department's determination of that hospital's uncompensated care factor pursuant to N.J.A.C.8:31B-4.39, is eligible for full reimbursement for charity care, as provided pursuant to N.J.A.C.8:31B-4.37, for all eligible patients regardless of a patient's state of residence; except that this section shall not apply in the case of a patient who is not a resident of the United States.  L.1991,c.187,s.20; amended 1992,c.68,s.2; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.43 - Compensation provided for cost of advanced life support services

26:2H-18.43. Compensation provided for cost of advanced life support services  a. The cost of advanced life support services provided pursuant to P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-7 et seq.) to medically indigent persons incurred through a hospital's provision of advanced life support services shall be compensated pursuant to this act. The commission shall, by regulation, establish a schedule of reimbursement rates for advanced life support services. Reimbursement for mobile intensive care unit uncompensated care shall only include those uninsured patients who are classified as charity care pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Reimbursement shall exclude bad debt, the difference in a contractual allowance, or any medical denials for a service.  b. The cost of advanced life support services provided by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Hospital to uninsured patients who are classified as charity care shall be uncompensated care, except that such uncompensated care shall be exempt from any reimbursement limitations for uncompensated care that apply to University Hospital. Reimbursement for advanced life support services uncompensated care for University Hospital shall not be paid from the fund, but shall be paid through the reimbursement rates of University Hospital as established by the commission.  L.1991,c.187,s.21; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.44 - Determination of eligibility for uncompensated care not applicable to patient found indigent

26:2H-18.44. Determination of eligibility for uncompensated care not applicable to patient found indigent  For all periods for which an audit for reimbursement for uncompensated care through the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to P.L.1989, c.1 (C.26:2H-18.4 et seq.) shall be conducted, the requirements regarding the determination of eligibility for charity care pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1989, c.1 (C.26:2H-18.12 and 18.13) shall not apply to a patient who is investigated by a county adjuster and found to be indigent by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. A patient so found shall qualify for charity care.  L.1991,c.187,s.22; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.45 - Pilot program to create partnership between urban hospitals and community health centers

26:2H-18.45. Pilot program to create partnership between urban hospitals and community health centers  a. The commissioner shall establish a pilot program to create a partnership between urban hospitals with high uncompensated care costs and community health centers in order to provide primary health care in the most appropriate community setting. The commissioner shall select one hospital with high uncompensated care costs in the northern, central and southern regions of the State, respectively, to participate in the program. The commissioner shall establish the program by September 1, 1991.  b. Each hospital selected to participate in the program shall establish a formal agreement with a community health center located near the hospital, in which the hospital agrees to refer emergency room patients who are not in need of emergency care, but require primary care, to the community health center for the needed medical services. The agreement shall stipulate that if the patient who is referred to the community health center cannot afford to pay for the health care services provided at the center and qualifies for charity care pursuant to requirements established by the commissioner, the center shall submit the bill to the referring hospital and the hospital shall include the amount of the bill in its uncompensated care costs. The hospital shall reimburse the center for the approved charity care provided pursuant to this pilot program. The agreement shall also stipulate that the community health center shall operate at hours that reflect the needs of the community and shall provide an emergency contact during nonoperating hours.  L.1991,c.187,s.23; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.46 - Report on status of fund

26:2H-18.46. Report on status of fund  24. The commissioner shall report to the Governor, the presiding officers of the Senate and the General Assembly, and the chairmen of the Senate and the General Assembly Health and Human Services Committees, six and 11 months after the effective date of this act and annually thereafter, by June 30 of each year, on the status of the fund.  a. The commissioner shall include in the first report a summary of the findings of the 1990 annual audit of each hospital's uncompensated care conducted pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.34). The summary shall include the percentage of uncompensated care for each hospital that is classified as charity care and as bad debt, respectively. The report shall also include a compilation of the information collected pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.35).  b. The commissioner shall include in the second report a compilation of the information collected pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.35) and provided by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1991, c.187 (C.26:2H-18.36).  L.1991,c.187,s.24; amended 1992,c.25,s.3; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.47 - "Health Care Cost Reduction Fund" established

26:2H-18.47. "Health Care Cost Reduction Fund" established  a. There is established in the Department of Health a special fund to be known as the "Health Care Cost Reduction Fund."  The monies in the Health Care Cost Reduction Fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes and in amounts not to exceed the amounts specified in this subsection:  (1) Local health planning - $3 million per year; (2) Demographic study of hospital patients whose accounts are classified as bad debts - $50,000;  (3) Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program - $1 million per year;  (4) Provision of funds to community health centers funded under sections 329 or 330 of the "Public Health Service Act," (42 U.S.C. s. 254b, 254c) or which have been designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration in the United States Public Health Service as a Federally Qualified Health Center, to enable these centers to expand their hours of operation to evenings and weekends, and to enhance and advertise their primary health care services as an alternative to hospital emergency rooms - $10 million per year;  (5) Expansion of eligibility for the Medicaid program to 185% of the poverty level for pregnant women and infants up to one year of age;  (6) Establishment of a "HealthStart Plus" program for pregnant women and infants up to age one whose income is between 185% and 300% of the poverty level - $8 million per year;  (7) Establishment of the "Competitive Initiatives Fund" to strengthen relationships between hospitals and community health centers - $6 million per year; and  (8) Other reform measures established by law which are designed to contain the cost of uncompensated care.  The department shall maintain a separate account for each of the reform measures funded by the Health Care Cost Reduction Fund.  b. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each hospital whose rates are established by the commission pursuant to P.L.1978, c.83 (C.26:2H-1 et al.) shall pay .53% of its approved revenue base for 1991 to the Department of Health for deposit in the Health Care Cost Reduction Fund. The hospital shall make monthly payments to the department for a period of 24 months beginning on the first month following the date of enactment of this act, except that the total amount paid into the Health Care Cost Reduction Fund plus interest shall not exceed $40 million per year. The commissioner shall determine the manner in which the payments shall be made.  c. The commissioner shall report to the Senate Institutions, Health and Welfare Committee and the General Assembly Health and Human Services Committee quarterly on the status of the Health Care Cost Reduction Fund. The report shall specify the amount of revenues received by the fund and the specific expenditures made, and proposed to be made, from the fund.  L.1991,c.187,s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.48 - Transfer of employees, appropriations etc. to the "New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund"

26:2H-18.48. Transfer of employees, appropriations etc. to the "New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund"  The employees, appropriations and other moneys, files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the "New Jersey Uncompensated Care Trust Fund" and the "Uncompensated Care Trust Fund Advisory Committee," established pursuant to P.L.1986, c.204, and continued pursuant to P.L.1989, c.1 (C.26:2H-18.4 et seq.), which law expired on December 31, 1990, are transferred, pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.) to the "New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund" established pursuant to this act.  L.1991,c.187,s.26; per s.86 as amended by 1992, c.160, s.27, expired December 31, 1992.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.50 - Short title

26:2H-18.50. Short title  This amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Cost Reduction Act."  L.1991,c.187,s.85.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.51 - Findings, declarations

26:2H-18.51. Findings, declarations  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is of paramount public interest for the State to take all necessary and appropriate actions to ensure access to and the provision of high quality and cost-effective hospital care to its citizens.  b. The highly regulated system under which acute care hospitals have been forced to operate in New Jersey since the enactment of P.L.1978, c.83 was intended to control health care costs and promote the efficient and effective delivery of health care; however, because health care costs have continued to increase at an alarming rate, the State clearly needs to eliminate the current Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) rate setting methodology it initiated in 1980 and move in the direction of a deregulated hospital reimbursement system which will provide hospitals with a truly competitive market environment and strong incentives to offer only those services which meet the demands of health care purchasers and consumers.  c. Access to quality health care shall not be denied to residents of this State because of their inability to pay for the care; there are many residents of this State who cannot afford to pay for needed hospital care and in order to ensure that these persons have equal access to hospital care, it is necessary to provide disproportionate share hospitals with a charity care subsidy supported by a broad-based funding mechanism.  d. In order to provide financial support to those hospitals with a disproportionately large number of Medicare patients, it is also necessary to provide for a Medicare hospital subsidy, also supported by a broad-based funding mechanism, as a temporary means to distribute payments to disproportionate share hospitals which experience a significant shortfall in their revenues due to the difference between the hospital's actual rates for health care services and the rates paid by the Medicare program for those services.  e. There is a need to continue this State's current system of providing disproportionate share payments to hospitals in the State, and in order to ensure continuity of these payments, this act establishes the Health Care Subsidy Fund.  f. In order to ensure a smooth transition to a new, deregulated hospital reimbursement system that significantly alters the State's policy towards the delivery of health care, it is necessary to establish an independent commission which is not tied to past practices of hospital rate regulation.  L.1992,c.160,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.52 - Definitions relative to provision of health care services to low income persons.

26:2H-18.52 Definitions relative to provision of health care services to low income persons.  2. As used in sections 1 through 17 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 through 26:2H-18.67), sections 12 through 15 of P.L.1995, c.133 (C.26:2H-18.59a through C.26:2H-18.59d), sections 7 through 12 of P.L.1996, c.28 (C.26:2H-18.59e et al.) and sections 6, 8, 10 and 11 of P.L.1997, c.263 (C.26:2H-18.58e, C.26:2H-18.58f, C.26:2H-18.58d and C.26:2H-18.59h): "Administrator" means the administrator of the Health Care Subsidy Fund appointed by the commissioner. "Charity care" means care provided at disproportionate share hospitals that may be eligible for a charity care subsidy pursuant to this act. "Charity care subsidy" means the component of the disproportionate share payment that is attributable to care provided at a disproportionate share hospital to persons unable to pay for that care, as provided in this act. "Commission" means the New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission established pursuant to section 4 of this act. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Disproportionate share hospital" means a hospital designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to Pub.L.89-97 (42 U.S.C. s.1396a et seq.) and Pub.L.102-234. "Disproportionate share payment" means those payments made by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services to hospitals defined as disproportionate share hospitals by the Commissioner of Human Services in accordance with federal laws and regulations applicable to hospitals serving a disproportionate number of low income patients.  "Fund" means the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of this act.  "Hospital" means an acute care hospital licensed by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.). "Medicaid" means the New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program in the Department of Human Services established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).  "Medicare" means the program established pursuant to Pub.L.89-97 (42 U.S.C. s.1395 et seq.).  L.1992, c.160, s.2; amended 1995, c.133, s.1 1996, c.28, s.1; 1997, c.263, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.220.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-18.54a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-18.54a - New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission abolished

26:2H-18.54a New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission abolished  16. a. The New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission created pursuant to P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.51 et al.) is abolished and all of its functions, powers and duties, except as herein otherwise provided, are transferred to the Department of Health on the effective date of this act.  b. Whenever, in any rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission or the officers thereof, the same shall mean and refer to the Department of Health or the officers thereof. c. This transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.).  L.1995,c.133,s.16.