Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.
This bill expands New Jersey Medicaid eligibility to include individuals who were formerly in foster care and are under 21 years old. It removes a previous barrier that required these individuals to meet "dependent child" criteria to qualify for Medicaid benefits. The change directly affects young adults aging out of foster care systems, ensuring they can access comprehensive medical coverage without meeting the standard dependent child requirement. The policy modifies existing Medicaid definitions to explicitly include this group as "qualified applicants" under state law.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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Angela McKnight
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