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Bill Text

A3624 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3624 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DONALD A. GUARDIAN

District 2 (Atlantic)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DHS to create English and Spanish-language 
Internet websites to promote enrollment in affordable health care plans.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the NJ FamilyCare outreach and enrollment 
initiative and amending P.L.2008, c.38.

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

���� 1.��� Section 26 of P.L.2008, 
c.38 (C.30:4J-18) is amended to read as follows:

���� 26.� a.� The 
Commissioner of Human Services shall establish an enhanced NJ FamilyCare 
outreach and enrollment initiative to increase public awareness about the 
availability of, and benefits to enrolling in, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and the 
NJ FamilyCare Advantage buy-in programs.

���� b.��� The initiative 
shall include culturally sensitive, Statewide and local media public awareness 
campaigns addressing the availability of health care coverage for parents and 
children under the Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs and health care coverage 
for children under the NJ FamilyCare Advantage buy-in program.� These 
campaigns shall include, but not be limited to:

���� (1)�� A dedicated Medicaid 
and NJ FamilyCare Internet website that includes a directory of health care 
centers and other agencies that receive funding from the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services to act as "health navigators" and assist 
New Jersey residents in enrolling in affordable health care plans, as well as 
other community centers that inform State residents about insurance options and 
assist with enrollment in health plans through the competitive health insurance 
marketplace, and the languages spoken in each center;

���� (2)�� A dedicated Medicaid 
and NJ FamilyCare Internet website that provides the same content as the 
website created pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, provided entirely 
in the Spanish language, and with a Spanish-language domain name to ensure easy 
Internet access by Spanish-speaking State residents; and 

���� (3)�� a multimedia public 
awareness campaign, presented in the English and Spanish languages, publicizing 
the Internet websites created pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection. 

���� c.���� The initiative 
shall also include the provision of training and support services, upon 
request, to community groups, legislative district offices, and community-based 
health care providers to enable these parties to assist in enrolling parents 
and children in the applicable programs.

(cf: P.L.2008, c.38, s.26)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would expand the 
information and resources provided by the Commissioner of Human Services, 
through the enhanced NJ FamilyCare outreach and enrollment initiative to 
increase public awareness about the availability of, and benefits to enrolling 
in, Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.

���� Under the bill, the 
commissioner would be required to create a dedicated Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare 
Internet website that includes a directory of health care centers and other 
agencies that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
to act as "health navigators" and assist New Jersey residents in 
enrolling in affordable health care plans, as well as other community centers 
that inform State residents about insurance options and assist with enrollment 
in health plans through the competitive health insurance marketplace. The 
directory would identify the languages spoken in each listed center. 

���� The commissioner would 
additionally be required to create a parallel Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare 
Internet website with the same content provided entirely in the Spanish 
language, and with a Spanish-language domain name to ensure easy Internet 
access by Spanish-speaking State residents.

���� The bill would also require 
the commissioner to create a multimedia public awareness campaign, presented in 
English and Spanish, publicizing the Internet websites created pursuant to this 
bill.

���� This bill aims to increase 
awareness and access to the Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare programs for underserved 
populations in this State, especially those for whom Spanish is a primary 
language. 

���� The bill would take effect on 
the first day of the seventh month next following enactment, to provide ample 
time for the Department of Human Services to create the two Internet websites 
and the public awareness campaign.