Bill > A674

This bill establishes the New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program, which aims to increase enrollment in minimum essential health coverage and insurance affordability assistance programs like Medicaid and the NJ FamilyCare Program. The key provisions include: - Requiring the state's Department of Banking and Insurance to operate the program, which will integrate with the state's health insurance exchange and utilize state income tax returns and unemployment insurance claims to identify individuals without minimum essential coverage and assist them in enrolling in coverage and accessing affordability assistance. - Establishing a special enrollment period for the individual health insurance market to facilitate the program's objectives. - Requiring the State Treasurer to share taxpayer information with the Department of Banking and Insurance to determine eligibility for affordability assistance programs. - Allowing individuals to consent to have their information shared by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development when filing an unemployment insurance claim in order to be assessed for eligibility and enrolled in coverage. The overall goal is to maximize enrollment in health insurance coverage and affordability assistance programs to improve access to care and reduce insurance costs for New Jersey residents.

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https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A674