Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 10:52B-2.2 - Required elements of county ordinance or resolution(a) In order for an eligible county to participate in the pilot program, the county may enact a county ordinance or resolution, as appropriate to the county's form of government, that clearly defines the following: 1. The process for communicating with affected hospitals and collecting feedback and comments on the county proposal;2. Which hospitals are subject to the fee;3. The revenue or other metric that will be used as the basis for the fee and the rate that will be used to assess the hospital fee;4. The notice and collection process;5. Penalties that may be imposed for nonpayment or late payment;7. Use of fees for administrative costs, transfers for State administrative costs, and transfers to finance Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare payments to county providers;8. A statement that there will be no impact on patients or payers; and9. Affirmation that payments made under the pilot program will not supplant or otherwise offset payments made to hospitals from other sources, except that payments may be otherwise limited to the hospital's hospital-specific disproportionate share (DSH) limit as provided in Section 1923(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 1394r-4).N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52B-2.2
Adopted by 52 N.J.R. 520(a), effective 3/16/2020