Bill Text: NJ A6093 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Mandates periodic cancer screening examinations for firefighters enrolled in SHBP.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-18 - Approved P.L.2021, c.478. [A6093 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A6093-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 6093
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Danielsen, Assemblywoman McKnight, Assemblyman Moen, Assemblywomen Chaparro, Quijano and Assemblyman Karabinchak
SYNOPSIS
Mandates periodic cancer screening examinations for firefighters enrolled in SHBP.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on January 6, 2022, with amendments.
An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters 1[through health care benefits plan or program provided by the public employer, and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.] enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program and supplementing P.L.1961, c. 49.1
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A firefighter employed as a full-time paid employee of a fire department or unit of this State or a political subdivision of this State shall be provided a cancer screening examination conducted by a physician not less than three years after the start of the firefighter's employment as a firefighter and every three years thereafter during the course of the firefighter's employment. The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when applicable, the following cancers:
(1) colon;
(2) lung;
(3) bladder;
(4) oral;
(5) thyroid;
(6) skin;
(7) blood;
(8) breast;
(9) cervical
(10) testicular; and
(11) prostate.
b. 1[All costs associated with screenings provided under this section shall be borne by the firefighter's health care benefits plan or program provided by the firefighter's employer, including a plan or program through the State Health Benefits Program, an insurance fund, joint insurance fund, or in any other manner. No co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such examinations.] Subsection a. of this section shall apply only to a firefighter enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program as occupational coverage. For the purpose of this section, employment as a full-time paid employee of a fire department or unit of this State or a political subdivision of this State shall be a pre-existing condition.1
2. This act shall take effect 1[immediately] January 1, 2023.1
