Bill Text: NJ A3791 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for nursing reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A3791 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3791-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3791

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 3, 2011

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington and Camden)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for nursing home reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on May 5, 2011, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning nursing home reimbursement and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Health and Senior Services shall approve a request by a nursing home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) for an interim adjustment to its reimbursement rates, as prescribed by regulation of the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, during a prospective rate period in order to cover the full amount of costs incurred by that facility to install equipment and devices that reduce its energy usage and produce a net savings in its energy costs. ¹The rate adjustment shall reflect the purchase cost less any grants or rebates received to offset the cost as reported in accordance with cost reporting principles.¹

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment and shall apply to costs incurred by a nursing home on or after the effective date of this act, but the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.