26:4-100.13 - "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," created; eligibility
26:4-100.13. "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," created; eligibility
2. a. There is created in the Department of Health the "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," hereinafter referred to as the "fund." The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account and shall be administered by the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control in the Department of Health and all moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.227 (N.J.S.2C:64-6) shall be used for the provision of hepatitis inoculations to the following persons, in order of eligibility, and for related administrative costs:
(1) volunteer emergency medical technicians-ambulance and volunteer firefighters;
(2) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers in squads or departments with less than 100 members; and
(3) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers.
The Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to effectuate the purposes of this fund.
b. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for the full cost of the hepatitis inoculation shall not receive payment for an inoculation administered pursuant to subsection a. of this section. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for a portion of the cost of hepatitis inoculation may be reimbursed for the unpaid portion from the Hepatitis Inoculation Fund.
L.1993,c.227,s.2.
2. a. There is created in the Department of Health the "Hepatitis Inoculation Fund," hereinafter referred to as the "fund." The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving account and shall be administered by the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control in the Department of Health and all moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.227 (N.J.S.2C:64-6) shall be used for the provision of hepatitis inoculations to the following persons, in order of eligibility, and for related administrative costs:
(1) volunteer emergency medical technicians-ambulance and volunteer firefighters;
(2) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers in squads or departments with less than 100 members; and
(3) all other emergency medical technicians-ambulance, firefighters and police officers.
The Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to effectuate the purposes of this fund.
b. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for the full cost of the hepatitis inoculation shall not receive payment for an inoculation administered pursuant to subsection a. of this section. A person whose medical insurance policy pays for a portion of the cost of hepatitis inoculation may be reimbursed for the unpaid portion from the Hepatitis Inoculation Fund.
L.1993,c.227,s.2.