Bill Text: NJ A4167 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Requires DHS to notify enrollees in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly of Medicare eligibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-11-09 - Approved P.L.2015, c.151. [A4167 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4167-Chaptered.html

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§§1,2 -

C.26:2H-91.1 &

26:2H-91.2

 

P.L 2015, CHAPTER 151, approved November 9, 2015

Assembly, No. 4167 (Second Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning certain programs for the elderly and disabled and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  A person who applies to participate in the PACE ¹[or Pre-PACE]¹ program shall notify and provide to the ²[Department of Human Services] PACE program provider² valid proof of ¹[their] the person's¹ date of birth upon enrollment in the PACE ¹[or Pre-PACE]¹ program.

     b.    The ²[department] PACE program provider² shall notify and provide to each enrollee in the PACE ¹[or Pre-PACE]¹ program, three months prior to the date on which the enrollee will be 65 years of age, contact and eligibility information for the Medicare program and any other information the ²[commissioner] PACE program provider² shall deem necessary to ensure that enrollees in the PACE ¹[and Pre-PACE]¹ program have sufficient information to allow them to apply for Medicare coverage.

     c.     As used in this section, the definitions of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.296 (C.26:2H-88) shall apply.

 

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

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                                

 

     Requires DHS to notify enrollees in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly of Medicare eligibility.