New Jersey § 30:4j-19

§ 30:4j-19.

The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish an Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention

Working Group to develop a plan to carry out ongoing and sustainable measures to strengthen

outreach to low and moderate income families who may be eligible for Medicaid, NJ

FamilyCare, or NJ FamilyCare Advantage, to maximize enrollment in these programs,

and to ensure retention of enrollees in these programs. a. The members of the working group shall include: (1) The Commissioners of Human Services, Health, Banking and Insurance, Children and Families, Labor and Workforce Development, Education, and Community Affairs, and the Secretary

of Agriculture, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; and (2) Ten public members appointed by the Commissioner of Human Services who shall include:

one person who represents racial and ethnic minorities in this State; one person

who represents managed care organizations that participate in the Medicaid and NJ

FamilyCare programs; one person who represents the vendor under contract with the

Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to provide NJ FamilyCare eligibility,

enrollment, and health benefit coordinator services to the division; one person who

represents New Jersey Policy Perspective; one person who represents the Advocates

for Children of New Jersey; one person who represents Legal Services of New Jersey ; one person who represents the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute; one person

who represents county navigators; and two people who represent the New Jersey for

Health Care coalition . b. As part of the plan, the working group shall: (1) determine if there are obstacles to enrollment of minorities in the State in the

Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs due to ethnic and cultural

differences and, if so, develop strategies for the Department of Human Services to

overcome these obstacles and increase enrollment among minorities; (2) recommend outreach strategies to identify and enroll all eligible children in

the Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage programs and to retain enrollment

of children and their parents in the programs; (3) establish monthly enrollment goals for the number of children who need to be enrolled

in Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and NJ FamilyCare Advantage in order to ensure that as

many children as possible who are eligible for these programs are enrolled within

a reasonable period of time, in accordance with the mandate established pursuant to

section 2 of P.L.2008, c. 38 ( C.26:15-2 ); and (4) make such other recommendations to the Commissioner of Human Services as the working

group determines necessary and appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section. c. The working group shall organize and hold a meeting no later than 60 days following the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c. 132 ( C.30:4J-12 et al.) 1 . The working group shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among the members. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the working

group. (1) The public members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for

necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and within the limits

of funds available to the working group. (2) The working group shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself

of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board,

bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for

its purposes. d. Upon completion of the plan, the working group shall report on its activities to

the chairperson of the Senate and Assembly standing reference committees on health

and human services, and include a copy of the plan and any recommendations for legislative

action it deems appropriate. e. The Commissioner of Human Services shall post the plan on the department's Internet

website and include a table showing the monthly enrollment goals established in the

plan and the actual new and continued enrollments for that month. The commissioner shall update the table monthly. f. The Department of Human Services shall provide staff support to the working group. 1

L.2021, c. 132, enacted June 29, 2021.