§ 30-4d-7s

30:4D-7s Definitions relative to 'The County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program Act.' 2. As used in this act: 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Human Services. 'Department' means the Department of Human Services. 'Fee' means the local healthcare-related fee authorized pursuant to this act. 'Hospital' means a hospital that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and is located within the borders of a participating county. 'Medicaid program' means the 'New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Program' established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). 'Participating county' means, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, a county that chooses to participate in the program, has a population greater than 250,000, according to the federal decennial census immediately preceding the effective date of P.L.2018, c.136 (C.30:4D-7r et seq.), and contains a municipality which: (1) is classified, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:6-4, as a First or Second Class municipality, or a Fourth Class municipality whose population exceeds 20,000, and (2) has a Municipal Revitalization Index Distress score, as last calculated by the

0A:6-4, as a First or Second Class municipality, or a Fourth Class municipality whose population exceeds 20,000, and (2) has a Municipal Revitalization Index Distress score, as last calculated by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs prior to the effective date of P.L.2018, c.136 (C.30:4D-7r et seq.), that exceeds 55; or, based on the 2019 ACS 5 Year Survey Data, a county that chooses to participate in the program and contains a municipality with a population greater than 30,000 whose 2020 Municipal Revitalization Index Distress score is greater than or equal to 33 (1) excluding counties with a municipality with a population greater than 125,000, (2) excluding counties with a population less than 150,000, and (3) excluding counties with a median household income greater than $110,000. 'Program' means 'The County Option Hospital Fee Program' established pursuant to this act. 'Proposed fee and expenditure report' means a written report by a participating county that describes how the fee will be imposed in the participating county; how the funds collected from the fee will be used by the participating county, including the amount and services the participating county plans

ow the fee will be imposed in the participating county; how the funds collected from the fee will be used by the participating county, including the amount and services the participating county plans to provide with the funds; and how the plan satisfies paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 3 of this act. L.2018, c.136, s.2; amended 2022, c.61, s.2; 2023, c.337; 2024, c.47, s.1.