New Jersey A 4925: Concerns health care services provided to incarcerated individuals.

Bill Text

A4925 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4925 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� KENYATTA STEWART

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns health care services provided to 
incarcerated individuals. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning health care services provided to 
incarcerated individuals, amending and supplementing P.L.1995, c.254, and 
repealing section 4 of P.L.1995, c.254.

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

���� 1. Section 2 of P.L.1995, 
c.254 (C.30:7E-2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.� a.� An inmate shall not 
be liable for the cost of [, 
and be charged a nominal fee for, any] 
medical care, surgery, dental care, hospitalization or treatment provided to 
the inmate during the inmate's term of incarceration or detention by the State 
or a county.� [If 
the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a State correctional facility or 
State contracted half-way house, the amount due and payable and the nominal 
fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the State 
Treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. �If 
the inmate is incarcerated or detained in a county jail, the amount due and 
payable and the nominal fees charged under the provisions of this act shall be 
determined by the county treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by 
the county adjustor.]

���� b. �� An inmate may not 
be charged [either 
the full cost of or a nominal fee] 
for [any] a prescription 
or nonprescription drug or medicine provided to the inmate during the inmate's 
term of incarceration or detention by the State or a county.� [If the inmate 
is incarcerated or detained in a State correctional facility or State 
contracted half-way house, the cost or nominal fees charged under the 
provisions of this act shall be determined by the State Treasurer in accordance 
with guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. �If the inmate is incarcerated 
or detained in a county jail, the amount due and payable and the nominal fees 
charged under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the county 
treasurer in accordance with guidelines promulgated by the county adjustor.]

(cf: P.L.1995, c.254, s.2)

���� 2. Section 3 of P.L.1995, 
c.254 (C.30:7E-3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.� a.� Whenever the court 
shall determine, from its due consideration of the presentence report prepared 
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.2C:44-6 or any pretrial 
investigation or report, that a person to be sentenced to a term of 
imprisonment or ordered to detention in a State correctional facility or county 
jail is an enrollee or a covered person under a health insurance plan, it 
shall, as part of the disposition imposing the term of imprisonment or order 
providing for detention, so notify the commissioner or the chief administrative 
officer of the appropriate county jail.

���� b. �� The State Treasurer or 
county treasurer shall file a claim with the health insurance plan for a 
reimbursement of the costs incurred by the State or the county, in providing 
any medical care, surgery, hospitalization or treatment to any inmate who is 
covered under a health insurance plan.� The claim shall be filed in accordance 
with the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection f. of this 
section.

���� The reimbursements authorized 
under this subsection shall be payable to the State Treasurer or the county 
treasurer and shall be used exclusively for the purpose of defraying the costs 
incurred by the State or the county in providing medical care, surgery, dental 
care, hospitalization or treatment to an inmate.

���� c. �� Nothing in Title 30 of 
the Revised Statutes concerning the responsibility of the commissioner to 
provide for the care and custody of the inmates in a State correctional 
facility under the commissioner's control shall be construed to prohibit, 
restrict or otherwise hinder the State in seeking reimbursement in accordance 
with the provisions of [this 
act from an inmate or] 
P.L.1995, c.254 (C.30:7E-1 et seq.) from a health insurance plan for any 
costs incurred by the State correctional facility in providing medical care, 
dental care, surgery, hospitalization or treatment to an inmate.

���� d. �� Nothing in R.S.30:8-17 
concerning a sheriff's responsibility to provide for the care and custody of 
the prisoners or detainees in a jail under his control shall be construed to 
prohibit, restrict or otherwise hinder the county in seeking reimbursement in 
accordance with the provisions of [this 
act from an inmate or] 
P.L.1995, c.254 (C.30:7E-1 et seq.) from a health insurance plan for any 
costs incurred by the county jail in providing medical care, dental care, 
surgery, hospitalization or treatment to an inmate or from t