New Jersey S 3334: Establishes pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of remote maternal health services for eligible beneficiaries.

Bill Text

(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 5/12/2025) 
SENATE, No. 3334  
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
221st LEGISLATURE 
   
INTRODUCED JUNE 3, 2024 
 
 
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  
 As introduced. 
    

 
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AN ACT concerning  Medicaid  coverage  of  maternal  health  services 1 
and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. 2 
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 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4 
of New Jersey: 5 
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 1. As used in this act: 7 
 “Department” means the Department of Human Services. 8 
 “Health  care  provider”  means  a  physician,  a  certified  nurse 9 
midwife,  a  professional  midwife,  or  a  midwife  who  is  licensed 10 
pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.  11 
 “Medicaid”  means the   New   Jersey   Medical   Assistance   and 12 
Health  Services  Program  established  pursuant  to  P.L.1968,  c.413 13 
(C.30:4D-1 et seq.) 14 
 “Remote  maternal  health  services”  means  the  use  of  digital 15 
technology to collect medical and other forms of health data from a 16 
pregnant   Medicaid   beneficiary   and   electronically   transmit   this 17 
information, in  a  secure  manner,  to  a  health  care  provider  at  a 18 
distant  site  for  interpretation  and  use  as  part  of  a  diagnosis  or  a 19 
treatment plan. 20 
 “Remote  non-stress  test”  means  the  use  of  a  fetal  monitoring 21 
device, which is FDA cleared for at-home use to transmit fetal heart 22 
rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity to a remote health care 23 
provider. 24 
 “Remote  patient  monitoring”  means  the  use  of  digital 25 
technologies to collect medical and other forms of health data from 26 
patients in one location and electronically transmit that information 27 
securely to health care providers at a different location for analysis, 28 
interpretation,  and  to  make  recommendations  to,  and  manage  the 29 
treatment  of,  such  patients.    “Remote  patient  monitoring”  shall 30 
include the monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood 31 
pressure,  pulse  oximetry,  respiratory  flow  rate,  musculoskeletal 32 
system  status,  blood  glucose  levels,  and  other  patient-generated 33 
physiological data.  34 
 “Tele-ultrasound” means the use of an ultrasound device that is 35 
capable  of  sharing  live  streaming  of  ultrasound  images  that  are 36 
interpreted  in  real  time  by  a  health  care  provider  that  is  in  a 37 
different    location    than    the    patient.        Two-way    audiovisual 38 
communication  with  the  remote  healthcare  provider  may  happen 39 
through the  ultrasound  system  or  another  device  that  is  compliant 40 
with the provisions of the federal “Health Insurance Portability and 41 
Accountability Act of 1996.” 42 
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 2. a.  Contingent upon the receipt of federal reimbursement for 44 
eligible  State  Medicaid  expenditures,  the  Commissioner  of  Human 45 
Services  shall  establish  a  voluntary,  three-year  pilot  program  to 46 
provide   remote   maternal   health   services   to   pregnant   Medicaid 47 

 
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beneficiaries who are referred to the program by the beneficiary’s 1 
health care provider.   2 
 b. The Commissioner  of  Human  Services  shall,  based  upon 3 
clinical   evidence   and   the   recommendations   of   experts   in   the 4 
practice  of  obstetrics  and  maternal-fetal  medicine,  determine  the 5 
menu  of  remote  maternal  health  services  that  will  be  available 6 
through  the  pilot program,  which  services  shall,  at  a  minimum, 7 
include: 8 
 (1) remote patient monitoring; 9 
 (2) remote non-stress tests; and 10 
 (3) tele-ultrasound. 11 
 c. Any  patient  health  data  collected  and  transmitted,  pursuant 12 
to  the  remote  maternal  health  services  pilot program, shall  be 13 
collected  and  transmitted  by  a  device  that  is  compliant  with  the 14 
requirements   of   the federal “Health  Insurance  Portability  and 15 
Accountability Act of 1996” (42 U.S.C. s.1320d et seq.) and that 16 
has  received  approval  for  use  in  this  capacity by  the  United  States 17 
Food and Drug Administration. 18 
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 3. a.    A  pregnant  individual  who  is  enrolled  in  the  Medicaid 20 
program  is  eligible  to  participate,  on  a  voluntary  basis,  in  the 21 
remote maternal health services pilot program, established pursuant 22 
to  section 2 of this act, provided the Medicaid beneficiary’s health 23 
care provider determines that: 24 
 (1)  remote maternal health services meet the standard of care; or 25 
 (2)   the beneficiary has  an  increased  li