New Jersey S 915: Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.

Bill Text

S915 

SENATE, No. 915 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Senator DOUGLAS J. STEINHARDT

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator McKnight

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes pilot program to provide Medicaid 
coverage of remote maternal health services for eligible beneficiaries.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning Medicaid coverage of maternal health 
services and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� �Department� means the 
Department of Human Services.

���� �Health care provider� means a 
physician, a certified nurse midwife, a professional midwife, or a midwife who 
is licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. 

���� �Medicaid� means the New 
Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program established pursuant to 
P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.)

���� �Remote maternal health 
services� means the use of digital technology to collect medical and other 
forms of health data from a pregnant Medicaid beneficiary and electronically 
transmit this information, in a secure manner, to a health care provider at a distant 
site for interpretation and use as part of a diagnosis or a treatment plan.

���� �Remote non-stress test� means 
the use of a fetal monitoring device, which is FDA cleared for at-home use to 
transmit fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity to a 
remote health care provider.

���� �Remote patient monitoring� 
means the use of digital technologies to collect medical and other forms of 
health data from patients in one location and electronically transmit that 
information securely to health care providers at a different location for analysis, 
interpretation, and to make recommendations to, and manage the treatment of, 
such patients.� �Remote patient monitoring� shall include the monitoring of 
clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, 
respiratory flow rate, musculoskeletal system status, blood glucose levels, and 
other patient-generated physiological data. 

���� �Tele-ultrasound� means the 
use of an ultrasound device that is capable of sharing live streaming of 
ultrasound images that are interpreted in real time by a health care provider 
that is in a different location than the patient.� Two-way audiovisual communication 
with the remote healthcare provider may happen through the ultrasound system or 
another device that is compliant with the provisions of the federal �Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.�

���� 2.��� a.� Contingent upon the 
receipt of federal reimbursement for eligible State Medicaid expenditures, the 
Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a voluntary, three-year pilot 
program to provide remote maternal health services to pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries 
who are referred to the program by the beneficiary�s health care provider.� 

���� b.��� The Commissioner of 
Human Services shall, based upon clinical evidence and the recommendations of 
experts in the practice of obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine, determine 
the menu of remote maternal health services that will be available through the pilot 
program, which services shall, at a minimum, include:

���� (1)�� remote patient 
monitoring;

���� (2)�� remote non-stress tests; 
and

���� (3)�� tele-ultrasound.

���� c.���� Any patient health data 
collected and transmitted, pursuant to the remote maternal health services 
pilot program, shall be collected and transmitted by a device that is compliant 
with the requirements of the federal �Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996� (42 U.S.C. s.1320d et seq.) and that has received 
approval for use in this capacity by the United States Food and Drug 
Administration.

���� 3.��� a.� A pregnant 
individual who is enrolled in the Medicaid program is eligible to participate, 
on a voluntary basis, in the remote maternal health services pilot program, 
established pursuant to section 2 of this act, provided the Medicaid 
beneficiary�s health care provider determines that:

���� (1)� remote maternal health 
services meet the standard of care; or

���� (2)� the beneficiary has an 
increased likelihood of a high-risk pregnancy due to:

���� (a)� pre-existing medical 
conditions, which shall include, but shall not be limited to: HIV or AIDS, 
diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity, or polycystic ovary 
syndrome;

���� (b)� age at the time of 
pregnancy, including beneficiaries between the ages of ten and 19, and those 
aged 35 years and older; 

���� (c)� lifestyle factors, 
including the beneficiary�s use of alcohol, tobacco, or recreational drugs 
duri