S 4020 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes "New Jersey Living Donor Support Program" in DOH; makes appropriation.

This bill creates the New Jersey Living Donor Support Program within the Department of Health to provide financial assistance to living donors who donate organs or tissues for transplantation. The program covers eligible expenses such as lost wages, travel and lodging, childcare, elder care, and medication costs, with reimbursement limits of four weeks for lost wages or eight weeks under special circumstances. Funding is available only to New Jersey residents who donate to other New Jersey residents, and the program serves as a payer of last resort after other insurance or employer benefits are applied. The Department of Health will administer the program and may contract with third parties to manage it, while the Commissioner retains authority to adjust reimbursement limits and add eligible expense categories.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 19, 2026 Last action Mar 19, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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Joe Vitale
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