N.J.S.A. 52:27D-29.34 — Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program.

52:27D-29.34 Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program. 3. a. There is established in the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services a Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program to provide health insurance information and assistance by trained volunteer counselors to senior citizens. b. The Director of the Division of Aging Services shall establish the program in all counties in the State through the county offices on aging or other appropriate agencies designated by the director. L.1993, c.4, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.418. 52:27D-29.35. Findings, declarations 5. The Legislature finds and declares that: New Jersey home health agencies are reporting increased denials of reimbursement for Medicare home-based skilled nursing care by fiscal intermediaries of the federal Health Care Financing Administration; these home health care cutbacks are particularly serious in the context of national efforts to reduce hospital utilization; patients are leaving the hospital earlier and sicker, and need appropriate follow-up care; and the principal source of post-acute home health care for the elderly and disabled should be the Medicare program. The Legislature further finds and declares that: recent reductions in Medicare home health benefits and other Medicare services may have been made through federal directives to fiscal intermediaries without public review and comment; in some cases benefits are denied in violation of federal law and regulations and, therefore, a program of legal assistance to aid New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries in appealing such denials should be established. L.1993,c.4,s.5.

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