Requires State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee include certain first responder titles in first responders primary care medical home program.

This bill (S 1427) requires New Jersey's State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee to include specific first responder job titles in any primary care medical home program it creates for first responders. It defines "first responders" to include police, fire, emergency medical staff, dispatchers, correctional officers, investigators, and their dependents covered under the state health benefits program. The bill mandates that any such program must provide comprehensive care services like preventive care, behavioral health, pain management, and coordination of specialist/hospital services. This change directly affects eligible first responders and their families enrolled in the state's health benefits plan.