New Jersey A 4099: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain home blood pressure monitors and cuffs for pregnant persons at risk for preeclampsia.

Bill Text

A4099 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4099 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

� 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman� CHIGOZIE U. ONYEMA

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Assemblywoman� ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Walker

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises Work First New Jersey program and 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program procedures to require information on 
security protocols be provided when replacement benefit cards are issued. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

�� 

An Act concerning the Work First New Jersey program and 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and amending P.L.1997, c.37.

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

���� 1.� Section 5 of P.L.1997, 
c.37 (C.44:10-75) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5. �a. �The department shall 
implement the electronic benefit distribution system established pursuant to 
P.L.1985, c.501 (C.44:10-5.1 et seq.) in every county of the State.

���� b.��� All cash assistance and 
food stamp benefits shall be provided through the issuance of a single benefit 
card utilizing the electronic benefit distribution system. The commissioner may 
include additional programs in this system at his discretion. 

���� c.���� No charge, including a 
fee imposed by a terminal owner, shall be imposed upon a person receiving cash 
assistance, food stamp or other benefits for participating in the electronic 
benefit transfer system, except as follows:

���� (1)�� after three free cash 
automatic teller machine withdrawals in a month, the department may deduct a 
transaction fee from a recipient's account for each subsequent withdrawal;

���� (2)�� a recipient shall be 
required to pay a fee for a replacement benefit card in an amount to be 
determined by the commissioner, which may be deducted from the recipient's 
account as determined by the commissioner, in accordance with federal law; and

���� (3) in the case of a recipient 
who elects to receive benefits at a point-of-sale location licensed by the 
Department of Banking and Insurance� pursuant to P.L.1993, c.383 (C.17:15A-30 
et seq.), the State shall pay the licensee the difference between the contracted 
base transaction fee and $1.00.� The provisions of this paragraph shall expire 
two years after the effective date of the single Statewide electronic� benefits 
distribution contract that is let pursuant to P.L.1997, c.37 (C.44:10-71 et 
al.).

���� d.��� A retail establishment 
currently authorized to participate in the federal food stamp program, or the 
New Jersey Supplementary Food Stamp Program established pursuant to P.L.1998, 
c.32 (C.44:10-79 et al.), shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in 
the electronic benefit distribution system.

���� e.���� The department shall 
cycle the issuance of cash assistance and food stamp benefits over multiple 
dates throughout the month in a manner that best serves cash assistance and 
food stamp recipients within the framework of the electronic benefit 
distribution system in each county.

���� f.���� The commissioner shall 
have the discretion to determine the need for appropriate benefit card security 
measures, as well as whatever personal identification technology is included on 
the benefit card, to access cash assistance, food stamp or other benefits under 
the electronic benefit distribution system.

���� g.��� A county agency shall 
issue a photo-identification card to each adult recipient as a condition of 
receiving benefits until implementation of the electronic benefit distribution 
system in that county agency. Once a county begins to implement the electronic 
benefit distribution system, the county agency shall no longer be required to 
issue a photo-identification card to each adult recipient but may continue the 
issuance of photo-identification cards separate from the benefit cards. 

���� h.��� Notwithstanding any 
provisions of law to the contrary, until such time as the� electronic benefit 
distribution system is implemented Statewide, contracts for the provision of 
food stamp coupons are not subject to the requirements of the "Local Public 
Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).

���� i.� 
A replacement benefit card shall be accompanied by written instructions, 
when the replacement card is issued, that clearly inform the recipient of the 
procedures for locking and unlocking their card to safeguard against 
unauthorized use.

(cf: P.L.1997, c.37, s.5)

���� 2. �This act shall take effect 
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill revises the 
provisions of State law concerning the Work First New Jersey program and 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program electronic benefit card security 
protocols.� Specifically, the bill revises section 5 of P.L. 1997, c.37 (C.44:10-75), 
which implements the electronic benefit distribution system, to require that a