ASSEMBLY, No. 2758
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Assemblyman JOE HOWARTH
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Holley and C.A.Brown
SYNOPSIS
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military serving on active duty.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee on June 12, 2017, with amendments.
An Act concerning certain health benefits plan copayments and supplementing P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2S-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any other law or contract provision to the contrary, if a covered person is a member of the military serving on active duty, a primary care physician 1or an advanced practice nurse1 may waive that covered person’s copayment that would otherwise be collected as payment for treatment by the primary care physician 1or the advanced practice nurse1 for a covered service pursuant to a participating provider contract between the primary care physician 1or the advanced practice nurse1 and a carrier providing a health benefits plan.
b. For the purposes of this section, “carrier” shall include, in addition to an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in this State, the State Health Benefits Commission and the
2. This act shall take effect on the 90th day next following enactment and shall apply to health benefits plans that are delivered, issued, executed or renewed, or approved for issuance or renewal in this State, on or after the effective date.