Senate Commerce Committee Statement — Senate Committee Substitute for Senate No. 2824 (January 26, 2023)
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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate Committee Substitute for Senate, No. 2824, State of New Jersey, dated January 26, 2023. The committee reports the substitute favorably. It requires the Department of Banking and Insurance to conduct a study of the impact, on the New Jersey Individual Health Coverage Program and the New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Program, of pursuing an amendment to the waiver of applicable provisions of the Affordable Care Act to merge the individual and small group markets and extend reinsurance to small businesses. The study also covers creating a small employer health insurance subsidy and sustainable funding sources, including an assessment on other lines of insurance.
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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE, No. 2824
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JANUARY 26, 2023
The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate
Committee Substitute for Senate No. 2824.
This Senate Committee Substitute requires the Department of
Banking and Insurance (department) to conduct a study of:
(1) the impact on the New Jersey Individual Health Coverage
Program and the New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Program
of pursuing an amendment to the waiver of applicable provisions of
the Affordable Care Act in order to merge the individual and small
group markets and extend reinsurance to small businesses purchasing
health insurance through the pooled market; and
(2) the creation of a small employer health insurance subsidy and
sustainable funding sources for that subsidy, including consideration
of the size of an effective and meaningful subsidy, an analysis of
available sustainable funding sources, including an examination of the
establishment of an assessment on other lines of insurance, the size of
any such assessment, and how best to administer both the subsidy and
a potential assessment.
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