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Exciting news about potential expansion of NJ Family Care!
Senator Vitale has been working for several months to prepare legislation that will provide free and affordable health insurance coverage for low-income children in New Jersey, and re-open the NJ FamilyCare program to eligible parents and adults without minor children.
Senator Vitale's proposed legislation will streamline enrollment processes in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare to increase enrollment and retention of children in families with incomes of up to 350% of the federal poverty level, parents up to 200% of the federal poverty level, and adults without minor children up to 100% of the federal poverty level. The adults will be enrolled on a 3 year phase in to begin for parents on January 1, 2006. A federal Medicaid waiver will be required for enrollment of the adults without minor children and this application is expected to take 2-3 years.
The bill will be posted for a hearing before the Senate Health Committee on Monday, January 24, at 1 pm in Committee Room 1. It is important that the Committee hear from advocates and families about the importance of the FamilyCare program and the need to simplify enrollment and restore eligibility. Please share this information and mark your calendars for January 24th.