ASSEMBLY, No. 1050

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman DORIA

An Act establishing a hospital alliance pilot program in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide services to veterans.

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

    1. The Adjutant General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall establish a pilot program in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to initiate hospital alliances in designated areas of the State which are not proximate to a State or federal veterans' health care facility, in order to provide inpatient and outpatient health care services to veterans. The Adjutant General shall solicit and receive proposals from acute care hospitals which are interested in participating in an alliance pursuant to this act in order to test the feasibility of providing services to veterans under terms and conditions to be established by the Adjutant General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health. The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall provide grants to approved hospital alliances, in amounts to be determined by the Adjutant General, for start-up funding of the alliances.

    2. The Adjutant General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than three years after the effective date of this act on the success of the pilot program in meeting its objectives and the feasibility of establishing a permanent program.

    3. The Adjutant General shall identify savings from department appropriations sufficient to cover the costs of making grants to hospital alliances as herein provided.

    4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire three years after the effective date.

STATEMENT

    This bill establishes a three-year pilot program in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to establish hospital alliances in designated areas of the State, which are not proximate to a State or federal veterans' health care facility, to provide inpatient and outpatient health care services to veterans.

Establishes hospital alliance pilot program in DMVS to provide services to veterans.