§§1, 2 -

C.30:4D-7n &

30:4D-7o

§3 - Note

P.L. 2017, CHAPTER 239, approved October 6, 2017

Assembly, No. 320 (Second Reprint)

An Act concerning Medicaid reimbursement for personal care services and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

      1.   The hourly reimbursement rate for personal care services within the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.), whether the services are provided in the Medicaid fee-for-service delivery system or through a managed care delivery system, shall be no less than ¹[$15.50 per hour] the established State Medicaid fee-for-service rate^{1 2}[, except that this amount shall be adjusted on July 1 of every fifth calendar year following the effective date of this act in direct proportion to the rise or fall in the Consumer Price Indices average for all urban wage earners for the New York metropolitan and the Philadelphia metropolitan regions as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor during the last full calendar year preceding the date upon which the adjustment is made.] .  Any and all rate increases realized pursuant to this section shall be used solely to increase wages for workers who directly provide personal care services.²

²2.  Every provider that receives reimbursement for personal care services pursuant to a Medicaid managed care contract shall annually provide a report to the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services regarding the use of funds received as reimbursement for personal care services, including assurances that the increased funds received pursuant to section 1 of P.L.     c.    (C.       ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) are being used exclusively for salary increases for workers who directly provide personal care services and detailed data on the salary increases resulting from section 1 of P.L.     c.    (C.       ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill); including the prior salary, current salary, and other changes to the salary of the workers who directly provide personal care services.²

     ²[2.] 3.²  This act shall take effect ²[immediately] July 1, 2018², and shall apply to services provided on or after the effective date of this act and to any Medicaid managed care contract executed or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.

     Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.