New Jersey A 1756: Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.

Bill Text

A1756 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1756 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson and Assemblyman Sampson

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOC to ensure inmates have opportunity to 
participate in Medicaid pre-enrollment and enrollment sessions at least 60 days 
prior to release; requires applicable inmates to receive Medicaid card at 
release.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning Medicaid enrollment procedures for 
inmates prior to release, and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a. �The Commissioner of 
Corrections, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Human Services, the county 
welfare agencies, and the county administrators of the county correctional 
facilities, shall ensure that an inmate of a State prison or county 
correctional facility has the opportunity to participate in:

���� (1)�� a peer-led 
Medicaid pre-enrollment session at least 60 days prior to release from the State 
prison or county correctional facility. �The session shall include, at a 
minimum, information regarding the benefits of Medicaid, the Medicaid application 
process, and pertinent differences between the managed care plans available 
under the program; and

���� (2)�� an 
enrollment session no more than five calendar days following the peer-led 
Medicaid pre-enrollment session required under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection.� During the session, county welfare agency staff or designated 
State prison or county correctional facility personnel, who have received 
training from the Department of Human Services regarding the screening and 
enrollment process for Medicaid, shall provide the inmate with assistance, 
either in person or via telephone, in completing a Medicaid application.� 

���� b.��� The Commissioner of 
Corrections, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Human Services, the 
county welfare agencies, and the county administrators of the county 
correctional facilities, shall establish a process by which the Department of 
Human Services or another Medicaid eligibility determination agency notifies an 
inmate, who completes a Medicaid application during a Medicaid enrollment 
session, of the inmate�s eligibility determination prior to release from the 
State prison or county correctional facility and, if applicable, provides the 
inmate with a Medicaid identification card at the time of release from the 
State prison or county correctional facility. 

���� c.���� Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to alter the eligibility standards for medical assistance 
under the Medicaid program.

���� d.��� As used in this section, 
�Medicaid� means the program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 
et seq.).

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect 60 days following the date of enactment. 

STATEMENT

����� This bill implements certain recommendations included 
in the 2019 New Jersey Reentry Services Commission Report entitled �Barriers, 
Best Practices, and Action Items for Improving Reentry Services.� 

����� Specifically, the bill directs the Commissioner of 
Corrections, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Human Services, the 
county welfare agencies, and the county administrators of the county 
correctional facilities, to ensure that an inmate of a State prison or county 
correctional facility has the opportunity to participate in:

����� (1)� a peer-led Medicaid pre-enrollment session at 
least 60 days prior to the inmate�s release from the State prison or county 
correctional facility.� The session is required to include, at a minimum, 
information regarding the benefits of Medicaid, the Medicaid application 
process, and pertinent differences between the managed care plans available 
under the program; and

����� (2)� an enrollment session no more than five calendar 
days following the peer-led Medicaid pre-enrollment session.� During the 
session, county welfare agency staff or designated State prison or county 
correctional facility personnel, who have received training from the Department 
of Human Services regarding the screening and enrollment process for Medicaid, 
are required to provide the inmate with assistance, either in person or via 
telephone, in completing a Medicaid application.� 

����� The Commissioner of Corrections, in collaboration 
with the Commissioner of Human Services, the county welfare agencies, and the 
county administrators of the county correctional facilities, is also required 
to establish a process by which the Department of Human Services or another 
Medicaid eligibility determination agency notifies an inmate, who completes a 
Medicaid appl