Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military serving on active duty.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
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 or an advanced practice nurse may waive that covered person’s copayment that would otherwise be collected as payment for treatment by the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse for a covered service pursuant to a participating provider contract between the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse 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.
STATEMENT
This bill, which supplements the “Health Care Quality Act,” P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2S-1 et seq.) provides that, 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 or an advanced practice nurse may waive a covered person’s copayment that would otherwise be collected as payment for treatment by the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse for a covered service pursuant to a participating provider contract between the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse and a carrier providing a health benefits plan.
For the purposes of this bill, “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 School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission.
The bill takes effect on the
90th day next following enactment
and applies 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 of the bill.