---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services provided through Statewide Respite Care Program and Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving Program to be no less than Medicaid fee-for-service rate for personal care services; makes appropriation."
description: "Requires hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services provided through Statewide Respite Care Program and Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving Program to be no less than Medicaid fee-for-service rate for personal care services; makes appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5173"
citation: "New Jersey A 5173 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Speight, Shanique", "Tully, Chris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43ace55b-9c7f-4c26-8092-9d09fb1eac72"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5d0cf7d26d53d5595fe0c06181e792363f4730dab2e46d414f17e29b5593036e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 5173 (220) — Requires hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services provided through Statewide Respite Care Program and Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving Program to be no less than Medicaid fee-for-service rate for personal care services; makes appropriation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5173_I2.HTM)
2. **Reprint ASE 3/20/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5173_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2362 (1R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.86. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43ace55b-9c7f-4c26-8092-9d09fb1eac72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).