1. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Health, Labor and Workforce Development, and Banking and Insurance, as appropriate, shall prepare, to the extent data are available, an annual report on Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance, as provided in this act. a. The report shall include the following information about each employer in the State with an aggregate of 50 or more NJ FamilyCare enrollees or Medicaid recipients:
(1)the employer's name and address, unless the employer has more than one work site, in which case the employer's name and the number of work sites and the counties in which the work sites are located;
(2)the number of NJ FamilyCare enrollees and Medicaid recipients who are employed by the employer;
(3)the number of NJ FamilyC
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1. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Health, Labor and Workforce Development, and Banking and Insurance, as appropriate, shall prepare, to the extent data are available, an annual report on Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance, as provided in this act. a. The report shall include the following information about each employer in the State with an aggregate of 50 or more NJ FamilyCare enrollees or Medicaid recipients: (1) the employer's name and address, unless the employer has more than one work site, in which case the employer's name and the number of work sites and the counties in which the work sites are located; (2) the number of NJ FamilyCare enrollees and Medicaid recipients who are employed by the employer; (3) the number of NJ FamilyCare enrollees and Medicaid recipients who are spouses or dependents of employees of the employer; (4) whether the employer offers health insurance coverage to its employees; and (5) the cost to the State of providing NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid coverage for the employer's employees and their dependents. The commissioner may include comparable information about recipients of other public health care coverage programs, and such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate regarding employer-based coverage for persons covered under public insurance programs. The commissioner shall also include the information compiled by the Commissioner of Health concerning recipients of charity care pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2006, c.87 (C.26:2H-18.55a). With respect to the information provided by the Commissioner of Health, the commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioners of Labor and Workforce Development and Banking and Insurance, shall ascertain whether the employer of a recipient of charity care offers health insurance coverage to its employees. The commissioner shall include that information about employers in the report. In addition, the commissioner may make any recommendations the commissioner deems appropriate for legislative action. b. The report shall not include the name of any NJ FamilyCare enrollee or Medicaid recipient or any family member of an enrollee or recipient. c. The commissioner shall submit the report by September 1 of each year to the Governor and the chairmen of the Senate and Assembly standing reference committees on human services, health, and appropriations. L.2006, c.87, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.396.