Bill Text: NJ A5305 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Division of Developmental Disabilities for increase to Day Habilitation Program rates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee [A5305 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A5305-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY2021 supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to Division of Developmental Disabilities for increase in Day Habilitation Program rates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations act, P.L.2020, c.97).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2020, c.97, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, there is appropriated the following sum for the purpose specified:
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54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 32 Operations and Support of Educational Institutions
GRANTS-IN-AID |
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03-7601 |
Adult Activities........................................................ |
$10,000,000 |
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Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, Operations and Support of Educational Institutions |
$10,000,000 |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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Rate Increase for Day Habilitation Programs.......................................... |
($10,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to increase payment rates to providers of day habilitation services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who are enrolled in the Division of Developmental Disabilities' (DDD) Supports Program and Community Care Program. In calendar year 2021, NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rates for day habilitation services increased between $0.32 and $1.68 per hour, depending upon client acuity, compared with calendar year 2020 rates. Hourly reimbursement amounts in calendar year 2021 range from $10.52 for the lowest acuity clients to $69.84 for those enrollees who need more intensive assistance. The State requires all service providers working with Supports Program and Community Care Program clients to be approved Medicaid service providers. Moreover, DDD requires individuals enrolling in either the Supports Program or the Community Care Program to secure and maintain eligibility for NJ FamilyCare benefits. By reimbursing all Supports Program and Community Care Program services providers, including providers of day habilitation services, on a fee-for-service basis, the State is eligible to draw down federal Medicaid matching funds in an amount equal to 50 percent of total NJ FamilyCare expenditures for such services.
The Supports and Community Care programs provide an individualized array of supportive services to qualifying NJ FamilyCare-eligible individuals with I/DD and their families. Enrollees whose individual services plans include day habilitation services engage in as many as 30 hours per week of activities designed to develop and support participants' self-help, social skills, adaptive skills, problem-solving skills, daily living skills, and leisure skills. Day Habilitation services are typically offered in a community-based or center-based setting.
