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Introduced Session

This bill appropriates $2.5 million to DOBI to reimburse joint insurance funds for COVID-19 surveillance testing. Under the bill, $2.5 million will be appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) for use by the department to reimburse joint insurance funds, providing contributory or non-contributory group health insurance, for the cost of providing coverage to covered workers for COVID-19 surveillance testing from August 6, 2021 to August 15, 2022. Beginning with Executive Order No. 252, signed by Governor Phil Murphy on August 6, 2021, and ending with Executive Order No. 302, signed by the Governor on August 15, 2022, certain employers in the health care industry and in high risk congregate settings were required to maintain a policy that instructed their covered workers to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or submit to surveillance testing. Per federal guidelines, joint insurance funds were not required to provide coverage for surveillance tests; however, despite federal guidance, certain joint insurance funds decided to provide coverage to covered workers. This bill aims to reimburse the joint insurance funds that covered surveillance tests during this time period.

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Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee (on 12/11/2023)

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