{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-7s","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-7s","heading":"Definitions relative to \"The County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program Act.\"","body":"2.\tAs used in this act:\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Human Services.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Human Services.\n\"Fee\" means the local healthcare-related fee authorized pursuant to this act.\n\"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.\n\"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.).\n\"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 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.\n\"Program\" means \"The County Option Hospital Fee Program\" established pursuant to this act.\n\"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 to provide with the funds; and how the plan satisfies paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 3 of this act.\nL.2018, c.136, s.2; amended 2022, c.61, s.2; 2023, c.337; 2024, c.47, s.1.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"426003291619d8ca38a32421d2ce59b6a388e6da734e342df8a1518899a49868","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-7r","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-7t"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}