"Public-Private Alliance to Retain Talent and Expand Regional Health Program Act"; creates grant program within DOH for student-loan and tuition relief and appropriates $5 million.
S 850 establishes a $5 million grant program within New Jersey's Department of Health to help health care professional students repay loans or tuition. The program provides grants to qualified recruitment servicers who partner with hospitals and educational institutions, requiring hospitals to match grant funds at 200% and students to commit to three years of work at partner hospitals. It directly affects health care students (capping assistance at $10,000 yearly or $30,000 total), hospitals providing employment, and recruitment servicers managing the program. The bill specifies eligibility, application requirements, and administrative details for distributing funds to support health care workforce retention.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Feb 9, 2026
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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill
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Jan 13, 2026
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This is a procedural transition from committee report status back to introduced status pending technical review by Legislative Counsel. A co-sponsor (Senator Greenstein) was removed, and an explanatory statement describing the bill's purpose was added at the end. No substantive changes were made to the operative text of the bill.
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Senator Linda R. Greenstein (District 14, Mercer and Middlesex) was removed as a listed sponsor.
The bill's status changed from 'As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee with technical review' to 'Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel,' indicating it returned to an earlier procedural stage.
An explanatory STATEMENT section was added at the end describing the bill's purpose: creating a public-private program in the Department of Health to provide student loan or tuition relief to health care professionals, requiring a 200 percent match from partner hospitals (with an exception for University Hospital), and appropriating $5 million from the General Fund.
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Feb 9, 2026
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Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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