Bill Text: NJ S2750 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires NJ FamilyCare to treat earned and unearned income in same manner when calculating gross family income for parents and caretakers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2750 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2750-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2750

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 22, 2011

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

Senator  FRED H. MADDEN, JR.

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Gordon

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires NJ FamilyCare to treat earned and unearned income in same manner when calculating gross family income for parents and caretakers.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on March 21, 2011, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning eligibility for NJ FamilyCare and supplementing P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et al.).

 

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

 

     1.    a. For the purposes of determining income eligibility for parents or caretakers in the NJ FamilyCare Program, the Department of Human Services shall not establish any limits on the amount of unearned income a parent or caretaker may receive if a parent or caretaker's gross family income is within the income eligibility limits of the program, and shall treat all sources of income, both earned and unearned income, in the same manner.

     b.    Any parent or caretaker: (1) who was continuously enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare Program prior to March 1, 2010, (2) whose gross family income remains at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, and (3) who was disenrolled from the program after March 1, 2010 because of modifications made by the department in the calculation of gross family income, shall be reenrolled in the program and shall not be treated as a new applicant.

     c.     As used in this act¹[,"unearned income"]:

     "NJ FamilyCare Program" includes all components of the health insurance program administered by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, whether funded under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, or by State funds only; and

     "Unearned income"¹ includes, but is not limited to, income from such sources as child support, unemployment, and other government benefits.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.