SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 2804
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments
Assembly Bill No. 2804 (1R).
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 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.
The bill explicitly provides that the provisions of the bill are not to
be construed to alter the application requirements for State licensure or 2
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
the division has received the National Provider Identifier number for
the applicant.
As reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 2804 (1R) is
identical to Senate Bill No. 1626, which was also amended and
reported by the committee on this date.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The committee amendments make technical changes to correct
subsection divisions.