NJ Supreme Court Pension Ruling On June 9th, the New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated the provision of Chapter 78 signed into law in 2011 that required the State to make increased payments as an employer to the State pension systems.  In general, the Court held that this specific provision of Chapter 78 violated the Debt Limitation Clause of the State’s Constitution and that no enforceable contract was created by the 2011 law as a result. You may review the decision in its entirety at www.judiciary.state.nj.us. Importantly note that the Court’s ruling does not impact employee obligations und...

Out-of-Network On May 22nd, NJAC and other stakeholders met with Senator Joseph Vitale (D-19), Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-36), Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-7), and Assemblyman Craig Coughlin (D-19) to discuss the “Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment, and Accountability Act.” In summary, the intent of this sweeping legislation is to reform various aspects of the health care delivery system to: increase transparency in pricing for health care services; enhance consumer protections; create an arbitration system to resolve certain health billing disputes; contain ...

Electronic Fund Transfers As a means to modernize the manner in which county governments may pay their bills, NJAC strongly supports Assembly, No. 2925 (Lagana D-38/O’Scanlon R-13), which would authorize all local governing bodies to use electronic fund transfer technologies as the standardized form of payment to individuals and businesses. In summary, this legislation would authorize local governing bodies to use electronic fund technologies such as wire transfers, electronic fund transfers (EFT), prepaid debit cards, and Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments.  ACH and EFT are electronic ...