Requires Medicaid coverage for assisted living services for individuals with serious mental illnesses.

This bill would require New Jersey Medicaid to cover assisted living services for individuals with serious mental illnesses. It amends the Medicaid statute to explicitly add these services as a covered benefit, expanding current coverage that primarily includes intermediate care facilities. This change would directly affect Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illnesses who currently lack access to Medicaid-funded assisted living care. The bill does not specify funding details but would expand the range of services Medicaid must provide under state law.