New Jersey Statutes 26:2H-18.55. Duties of commissioner
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2H-18.55
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Administer the fund and establish a mechanism to allocate monies received from the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to section 29 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C. 43:21-7b) to the appropriate accounts in the fund as specified in this act;
b. Establish eligibility determination and claims pricing systems for the charity care component of the disproportionate share subsidy, including the development of uniform forms for determining eligibility and submitting claims. The commissioner may contract with a private claims administrator or processor for the purpose of processing hospital claims for charity care pursuant to this act;
c. Establish and implement by January 1, 1997, a schedule of payments for reimbursement of the charity care component of the disproportionate share payment for services provided to emergency room patients who do not require those services on an emergency basis;
d. In cooperation with the Departments of Insurance and Human Services, develop and provide for the implementation of the Health Access New Jersey program pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C. 26:2H-18.65);
e. Study and, if feasible, establish hospital cost and outcome reports to provide assistance to consumers of health care in this State in making prudent health care choices;
f. Compile demographic information on recipients of, and types of services paid for by, the charity care component of the disproportionate share payment and periodically report a summary of this information to the Governor and Legislature. The demographic information shall include, at a minimum, the recipient’s age, sex, marital status, employment status, type of health insurance coverage, if any, and if the recipient is a child under 18 years of age who does not have health insurance coverage or a married person who does not have health insurance coverage, whether the child’s parent or the married person’s spouse, as the case may be, has health insurance;
g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
h. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
i. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
j. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
k. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
l. Encourage the use of centralized data storage and transmission technology that utilizes personal and image identification systems as well as identity verification technology for the purposes of enabling a hospital to access medical history, insurance information and other personal information, as appropriate;
m. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
n. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.133.)
o. Take such other actions as the commissioner deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of P.L.1992, c.160 (C. 26:2H-18.51 et al.); and
p. Report annually, by December 1 of each year, to the Governor and the Senate and General Assembly standing reference committees on budget and appropriations on the status of the fund.
L.1992,c.160,s.5; amended 1995, c.133, s.2; 1996,c.28,s.2..