SENATE, No. 2968
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Sponsored by:
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Greenstein and 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 Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 6, 2018, 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 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 1School Employee’s Health Benefits Commission.1
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.