New Jersey A 2472: Expands scope of claims subject to "Health Claims Authorization, Processing and Payment Act," and modifies certain claims procedures.

Bill Text

A2472 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2472 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides additional State school aid to school 
districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted 
housing developments to non-restricted developments.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act providing additional State school aid to certain 
school districts and amending and supplementing P.L.2007, c.260.

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

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2007, 
c.260 (C.18A:7F-45) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� As used in this act and 
P.L.1996, c.138, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

���� "At-risk pupils" 
means those resident pupils from households with a household income at or below 
the most recent federal poverty guidelines available on October 15 of the 
prebudget year multiplied by 1.85;

���� "Base per pupil 
amount" means the cost per elementary pupil of delivering the core 
curriculum content standards and extracurricular and cocurricular activities 
necessary for a thorough and efficient education;

���� "Bilingual education 
pupil" means a resident pupil enrolled in a program of bilingual education 
or in an English as a second language program approved by the State Board of 
Education;

���� "Budgeted local 
share" means the district's local tax levy contained in the budget 
certified for taxation purposes;

���� "Capital outlay" 
means capital outlay as defined in GAAP;

���� "Combination pupil" 
means a resident pupil who is both an at-risk pupil and a bilingual education 
pupil;

���� "Commissioner" means 
the Commissioner of Education;

���� "Concentration of at-risk 
pupils" shall be based on prebudget year pupil data and means, for a 
school district or a county vocational school district, the number of at-risk 
pupils among those counted in resident enrollment, divided by resident enrollment;

���� "County special services 
school district" means any entity established pursuant to article 8 of 
chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes;

���� "County vocational school 
district" means any entity established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 
of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes;

���� "CPI" means the 
increase, expressed as a decimal, in the average annualized consumer price 
index for the New York City and Philadelphia areas in the fiscal year preceding 
the prebudget year relative to the previous fiscal year as reported by the 
United States Department of Labor;

���� "Debt service" means 
payments of principal and interest upon school bonds and other obligations 
issued to finance the purchase or construction of school facilities, additions 
to school facilities, or the reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, modernization, 
renovation or repair of school facilities, including furnishings, equipment, 
architect fees, and the costs of issuance of such obligations and shall include 
payments of principal and interest upon bonds heretofore issued to fund or 
refund such obligations, and upon municipal bonds and other obligations which 
the commissioner approves as having been issued for such purposes;

���� "District income" 
means the aggregate income of the residents of the taxing district or taxing 
districts, based upon data provided by the Division of Taxation in the New 
Jersey Department of the Treasury and contained on the New Jersey State Income 
Tax forms for the calendar year ending two years prior to the prebudget year.� 
The commissioner may supplement data contained on the State Income Tax forms 
with data available from other State or federal agencies in order to better 
correlate the data to that collected on the federal census.� With respect to 
regional districts and their constituent districts, however, the district 
income as described above shall be allocated among the regional and constituent 
districts in proportion to the number of pupils resident in each of them;

���� "Equalized 
valuation" means the equalized valuation of the taxing district or taxing 
districts, as certified by the Director of the Division of Taxation on October 
1, or subsequently revised by the tax court by January 15, of the prebudget 
year.� With respect to regional districts and their constituent districts, 
however, the equalized valuations as described above shall be allocated among 
the regional and constituent districts in proportion to the number of pupils 
resident in each of them. In the event that the equalized table certified by 
the director shall be revised by the tax court after January 15 of the 
prebudget year, the revised valuat