New Jersey S 4403: Establishes rebuttable presumption that homicide occurred in this State if body of homicide victim was found in this State.

Bill Text

S4403 

SENATE, No. 4403 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes all-payer claims database. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning all-payer claims databases and 
supplementing Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� �All-payer claims database� 
means a database that receives and stores data from a reporting entity 
concerning health insurance claims, prescription drug claims, and other health 
insurance claims information from covered persons.� �All-payer claims database� 
shall also include data concerning health care provider information such as the 
provider�s name, specialty, and practice address.

���� �Carrier� means an insurance 
company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical 
service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issued 
health benefits plans in this State, and shall include the State Health Benefits 
Program, School Employees Program, and State Medicaid program established 
pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).

���� �Covered person� means a 
person on whose behalf a carrier is obligated to pay benefits or provide 
services pursuant to a health benefits plan.

���� �Department� means the 
Department of Health.

���� "Health benefits 
plan" means a benefits plan which pays hospital or medical expense 
benefits for covered services, or prescription drug benefits for covered 
services, and is delivered or issued for delivery in this State by or through a 
carrier or any other sponsor.� For the purposes of this act, �health benefits 
plan� shall include, to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, a 
high-deductible health plan, except if the plan is used to establish a medical 
savings account pursuant to section 220 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. s.220).� �Health benefits plan� shall not include the following 
plans, policies or contracts: accident only, credit disability, long-term care, 
Medicare supplement coverage, TRICARE supplement coverage, coverage for 
Medicare services pursuant to a contract with the United States government, 
coverage arising out of a worker's compensation or similar law, coverage under 
a policy of private passenger automobile insurance issued pursuant to P.L.1972, 
c.70 (C.39:6A-1 et seq.), or hospital confinement indemnity coverage.� 

���� �Institutional review board� 
means group regulated pursuant to 
45 C.F.R. s.46 to review and monitor research involving human subjects.

���� �Longitudinal identifier� 
means a unique, persistent, and tokenized identifier used to link a covered 
person�s health insurance claims, prescription drug claims, and other health 
insurance claims information submitted to the all-payer claims database.

���� �Reporting entity" means 
a carrier, health care provider licensed pursuant to Title 45 or Title 26 of 
the Revised Statutes, pharmacy benefits manager, and third-party 
administrator.� �Reporting entity� shall not include self-insured health 
benefits plans governed by the provisions of the federal "Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (29 U.S.C. s.1001 et seq.).

���� �Third party administrator� 
means a person or entity that processes health insurance claims and pays claims 
on behalf of a carrier without assumption of financial risk.� �Third party 
administrator� shall include: (1) an entity not licensed as a carrier that is 
not a subsidiary or affiliate of a carrier, that process claims on behalf of 
the carrier; (2) an entity that is a subsidiary or affiliate of a carrier that, 
as part of its purpose, processes claims on behalf of the carrier; and (3) an 
entity that is a subsidiary or affiliate of a carrier that only processes 
claims on behalf of a carrier other than an insurance company, health service 
corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or 
health maintenance organization.� �Third party administrator� shall not include 
a pharmacy benefits manager, collection agency, or subsidiary or affiliate of a 
carrier that is formed solely for the purpose of processing and paying claims 
on behalf of the carrier.

���� 2.��� a.� The department shall 
establish an all-payer claims database for the purpose of collecting, 
assessing, and reporting:

���� (1)�� medical claims, 
including behavioral health claims;

���� (2)�� prescription drug 
claims; 

���� (3)�� dental and vision 
claims;

���� (4)�� eligibility and 
enrollment;

���� (5)�� information about health 
care providers;

���� (6)�� non-claims payments; and

���� (7)�� other data related to 
non-claims payments to health care providers.� 

���� b.��� Pursuant to subsection 
a., the department shall:

���� (1)�� oversee the planning, 
implementation, and ad