ASSEMBLY AGING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 2804
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MARCH 14, 2024
The Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 2804.
As amended, the bill requires the Division of Medical Assistance
and Health Services (division) in the Department of Human Services
and the State Board of Medical Examiners, within 365 days of its
effective date, to develop and implement a process to improve the
efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications which is
to include the State Board of Medical Examiners sharing information
with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services regarding
physician licensure applicants who apply to enroll as NJ FamilyCare
providers.
To effectuate this goal, at a minimum, the State Board of Medical
Examiners is to make available to the division the applicant’s license
number, within five days of issuing the license number to the
applicant. If the applicant is denied licensure, the bill directs the State
Board of Medical Examiners to notify the division within five days of
the final determination.
Moreover, to the extent possible and in accordance with the
documentation submitted with the NJ FamilyCare provider
application, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services is
required to immediately begin to process each NJ FamilyCare provider
application upon receipt of the application, provided that the
application contains the necessary licensure information or
demonstrates that the applicant is pending licensure approval from the
State Board of Medical Examiners. Within 15 days of receiving an
applicant’s license number from the State Board of Medical
Examiners, the division shall notify an applicant in writing, if
applicable, of any additional information or documentation required by
the division to enroll the applicant as an approved NJ FamilyCare
physician.
The bill explicitly provides that the provisions of the bill are not to
be construed to alter the application requirements for State licensure or
the enrollment requirements for a NJ FamilyCare provider, or to
require the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to
approve an applicant for NJ FamilyCare provider enrollment before 2
the division has received the National Provider Identifier number for
the applicant.
This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2024-2025 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The committee amended the bill to clarify that the process
established by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services
and the State Board of Medical Examiners is to include information
sharing regarding licensure applicants who apply to enroll as NJ
FamilyCare providers, instead of information sharing regarding
applicants who indicate an intent to apply, as originally provided in the
bill.
The committee amendments require that the State Board of
Medical Examiners notify the division within five days of a final
determination of a denial of licensure, instead of providing the division
with appropriate documentation of the denial, as originally provided in
the bill.
The committee amended the bill to require that within 15 days of
receiving an applicant’s license number from the State Board of
Medical Examiners, the division is to notify an applicant in writing, if
applicable, of any additional information or documentation required by
the division to enroll the applicant as an approved NJ FamilyCare
physician, instead of 10 days as originally provided in the bill.
The committee amendments make various technical corrections to
the bill involving grammar and syntax.