New Jersey Statutes Title 30. Institutions and Agencies 30 § 4D-17.19

Every health maintenance organization under contract with the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services that provides health care services to residents of Essex county shall contract with the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center for the provision of primary health care, including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) services, and dental services to be provided at designated schools in the City of Newark. Health maintenance organizations and the Children's Hospital of New Jersey shall establish the rates of reimbursement for the health care services, except that the rates shall not be less than the median rates that the health maintenance organization currently reimburses primary health care and dental providers in Essex county.