New Jersey S 2409: Permits DOC and DCF to award contracts for medical and dental services to vendors.

Bill Text

SENATE, No. 2409
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JANUARY 29, 2024

Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS
Permits DOC and DCF to award contracts for medical and dental services to
vendors.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.

Matter underlined thus is new matter.

AN ACT concerning certain State contracts for medical and dental 1
services and amending P.L.2012, c.45. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. Section 3 of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:65-94) is amended to 7
read as follows: 8
3. a. In order to carry out the purposes of this act and to 9
provide the program of medical and dental education required for 10
the benefit of the State and the people of New Jersey, all rights to 11
all of the schools, institutes, and centers of the University of 12
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, other than the School of 13
Osteopathic Medicine, the entire Stratford campus, the remaining 14
facilities in Camden, and University Hospital, are hereby 15
transferred to Rutgers, The State University. 16
The facilities of the schools, institutes, and centers of the 17
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, other than the 18
facilities of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the entire Stratford 19
campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and University 20
Hospital, are hereby transferred to Rutgers, The State University, 21
and the university shall devote the same to the purposes of public 22
higher education in the State in accordance with the terms of any 23
gift, grant, trust, contract or other agreement with the State or any 24
of its political subdivisions or with the United States or with any 25
public body, department or any agency of the State or the United 26
States or with any individual, firm or corporation. 27
Upon the transfer of the schools, institutes, and centers of the 28
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to Rutgers, 29
The State University, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey shall 30
become an independent institute at Rutgers, The State University 31
and shall be distinct and separate from any individual school. 32
b. Rutgers, The State University shall maintain the public 33
mission and commitment of the University of Medicine and 34
Dentistry of New Jersey, including an affiliation with University 35
Hospital, to provide a comprehensive healthcare program and 36
services to the greater Newark community, including outreach and 37
mobile health services and services provided collaboratively 38
between University Hospital and the University of Medicine and 39
Dentistry of New Jersey, or any of its components. 40
c. Any school, institute, or center transferred to Rutgers, The 41
State University pursuant to subsection a. of this section based in 42
the City of Newark shall remain in the City of Newark, including 43
the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School, 44

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School of Health Related Professions, the School of Nursing, and 1
the Public Health Research Institute. 2
d. Any school, institute, or center of Rutgers, The State 3
University based in Middlesex County shall remain in Middlesex 4
County including, but not limited to, the Robert Wood Johnson 5
Medical School, the School of Public Health, the Ernest Mario 6
School of Pharmacy, the Institute of Health, Health Policy, and 7
Aging Research, and University Behavioral Healthcare. 8
e. Rutgers, The State University shall assume and maintain 9
existing contracts through expiration with the Department of 10
Corrections and the Department of Children and Families to provide 11
services under University Behavioral Healthcare and the School of 12
Nursing. [The services provided under the contracts shall continue 13
to be provided by public employees following expiration of those 14
contracts] Upon expiration of the contracts in effect on the effective 15
date of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) 16
under which University Behavioral Healthcare and the School of 17
Nursing provides services, the Department of Corrections and the 18
Department of Children and Families may award the contracts for 19
such services to the vendors whose proposals are most 20
advantageous to the State, price and other factors considered. 21
f. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, 22
document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, 23
reference is made to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of 24
New Jersey, other than the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the 25
entire Stratford campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and 26
University Hospital, the same shall mean and refer to Rutgers, The 27
State University. 28
g. The transfer of the schools, institutes, and centers of the 29
University of Medicine and