Bill Text: NJ S2668 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-10-06 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2668 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2668-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2668

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 16, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

Senator  VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Schepisi

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on October 6, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning certain social services programs and supplementing ¹[Chapter 4B of]¹ Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

      1.   a.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the terms of a contract entered into between the ¹[Divisions] Division¹ of Mental Health and Addiction Services ¹[and] in the Department of Human Services or the Division of¹ Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services and a program providing mental health services, substance use ¹disorder¹ treatment services, or services to persons with developmental disabilities on or after the effective date of this act shall include an annual increase in the cost of living adjustment received by the organization.  The cost of living adjustment shall be based on the Consumer Price Index for the previous 12-month period beginning October 1 and ending September 30, as published by the United States Department of Labor.

      b.   On October 1 of each year, the department shall announce the rate of the increase in the cost of living adjustment received by a program providing mental health services, substance use ¹disorder¹ treatment services, or services to persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

     c.     As used in this section, a program providing mental health services, substance use ¹disorder¹ treatment services, or services to persons with developmental disabilities shall include State programs partially funded or fully funded by Medicaid and licensed or approved by the Commissioner of Human Services or other appropriate State licensing entities.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Human 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 immediately.