A 5751 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Directs DHS to establish Children's Partial Hospitalization Pilot Program.

This bill establishes a 36-month pilot program allowing New Jersey's Medicaid program (NJ FamilyCare) to reimburse partial hospitalization services for children aged 5-14 at non-hospital locations, rather than requiring services to be provided in a hospital setting. It directly affects children with mental health needs who currently cannot access these intensive outpatient services outside hospitals due to reimbursement rules. The program requires one selected provider to exclusively serve children 5-14, meet all other Medicaid requirements except the hospital location rule, and apply for approval through the Children's System of Care. After 36 months, the Department of Human Services must report on the program's outcomes and recommend whether to continue or expand it.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 12, 2025 Last action Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 11, 2025
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Dec 11, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
NJ
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