N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 8, ch. 31B - HOSPITAL FINANCIAL REPORTING

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 8:31B-1.1 to 8:31B-1.2)
  2. Subchapter 2 - HOSPITAL REPORTING OF UNIFORM BILL DATA (INPATIENT, SAME-DAY SURGERY AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OUTPATIENT) (§ 8:31B-2.1 to 8:31B-2.6)
  3. Subchapter 3 - FINANCIAL MONITORING AND REPORTING (§ 8:31B-3.1 to 8:31B-3.88 through 8:31B-3.90)
  4. Subchapter 4 - FINANCIAL ELEMENTS AND REPORTING (§ 8:31B-4.1)
  5. Subchapter 5 - STANDARDS FOR HOSPITAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING OFFSET OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS AND CHARITY CARE SUBSIDY PAYMENTS TO COLLECT HOSPITAL DEBTS DUE TO THE STATE (§ 8:31B-5.1)
  6. Subchapter 6 THROUGH 7 - RESERVED
  7. Appendix I - RESERVED, version 2
  8. Appendix II - RESERVED
  9. Appendix III - RESERVED
  10. Appendix IV - RESERVED
  11. Appendix V - RESERVED
  12. Appendix VI - RESERVED
  13. Appendix VII - RESERVED
  14. Appendix VIII - RESERVED
  15. Appendix IX - RESERVED
  16. Appendix X - RESERVED
  17. Appendix XI - RESERVED

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 8, ch. 31B
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: 3/21/2025.
See: 57 N.J.R. 840(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Subchapter 1, Hospital Rate Commission, was adopted as R.1979 d.285, effective 7/20/1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 233(a), 11 N.J.R. 439(c). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 1 expired on 7/19/1984.
Subchapter 4, Financial Elements and Reporting, was adopted as R.1979 d.407, effective 10/17/1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 329(a), 11 N.J.R. 550(a).
Subchapter 3, Financial Monitoring and Reporting Regulations, was adopted as R.1979 d.408, effective 10/17/1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 436(a), 11 N.J.R. 550(b).
Subchapter 2, Hospital Reporting of Uniform Bill--Patient Summaries (Inpatient), was adopted as R.1979 d.450, effective 11/13/1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 435(b), 11 N.J.R. 621(a).
Subchapter 5, Diagnosis Related Groups, was adopted as R.1982 d.27, effective 2/1/1982. See: 13 N.J.R. 726(b), 14 N.J.R. 147(b).
Subchapter 6, Mobile Intensive Care Units, was adopted as R.1982 d.38, effective 2/16/1982. See: 13 N.J.R. 647(a), 14 N.J.R. 208(a).
The Executive Order No. 66(1978) expiration date for Subchapter 2, Hospital Reporting of Uniform Bill--Patient Summaries (Inpatient), was extended by gubernatorial directive from November 14, 1984 to February 12, 1985 and the Executive Order No. 66(1978) expiration dates for Subchapter 3, Financial Monitoring and Reporting Regulations, and Subchapter 4, Financial Elements and Reporting, were extended by gubernatorial directive from October 17, 1984 to October 17, 1985. See: 16 N.J.R. 2733(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 2, Hospital Reporting of Uniform Bill--Patient Summaries (Inpatient), was readopted as R.1984 d.610, effective 12/17/1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 2728(a), 17 N.J.R. 80(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order 66(1978), Subchapter 3, Financial Monitoring and Reporting Regulations, was readopted as R.1985 d.551, effective 10/15/1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 2000(a), 17 N.J.R. 2633(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 4, Financial Elements and Reporting, was readopted as R.1985 d.550, effective 10/15/1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 2004(a), 17 N.J.R. 2637(a).
Subchapter 7, Uncompensated Care Trust Fund, was adopted as R.1987 d.298, effective 7/20/1987. See: 19 N.J.R. 495(a), 19 N.J.R. 1297(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 31B, Hospital Rate Setting, was readopted as R.1990 d.462, effective 8/17/1990. As a part of R.1990 d.462, Subchapter 6, Mobile Intensive Care Units, was repealed, effective 9/17/1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 1480(a), 22 N.J.R. 3004(a).
Chapter 31B, Hospital Rate Setting, was renamed Hospital Financing; and Subchapter 5, Diagnosis Related Groups, was repealed by R.1993 d.593, effective 11/15/1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 3117(a), 25 N.J.R. 3566(a), 25 N.J.R. 5149(a).
Subchapter 7, Uncompensated Care Trust Fund, was repealed by R.1993 d.668, effective 12/20/1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 3125(a), 25 N.J.R. 6016(a).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 24 N.J.R. 4131(a), 24 N.J.R. 4290(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 31B, Hospital Financing, was readopted as R.1995 d.507, effective 8/14/1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 2148(a), 27 N.J.R. 3481(a).
Subchapter 5, Standards for Hospital Notification Regarding Offset of Medicaid Payments and Charity Care Subsidy Payments to Collect Hospital Debts Due to the State, was adopted as new rules by R.1998 d.569, effective 12/7/1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 3179(a), 30 N.J.R. 4221(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 31B, Hospital Financing, was readopted as R.2000 d.339, effective 7/24/2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 1364(a), 32 N.J.R. 3059(b).
Chapter 31B, Hospital Financing, was readopted as R.2006 d.27, effective 12/15/2005. As a part of R.2006 d.27, Chapter 31B, Hospital Financing, was renamed Hospital Financial Reporting; and Subchapter 4, Financial Elements and Reporting, Parts II through V, were consolidated into Part II, General Guidance, effective 1/17/2006. See: 37 N.J.R. 2165(a), 38 N.J.R. 667(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 31B, Hospital Financial Reporting, was scheduled to expire on 6/13/2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 31B, Hospital Financial Reporting, was readopted as R.2011 d.200, effective 6/29/2011. See: 43 N.J.R. 10(a), 43 N.J.R. 1866(a).
Chapter 31B, Hospital Financing, was readopted with technical changes, effective 5/29/2018. As a part of the readoption, Subchapter 2, Hospital Reporting of Uniform Bill Data (Inpatient, Same-Day Surgery and Emergency Department Outpatient), was renamed Hospital Reporting of Uniform Bill Data (Inpatient, Same-Day Surgery, and Emergency Department Outpatient), and Subchapter 3, Financial Monitoring and Reporting Regulations, was renamed Financial Monitoring and Reporting, effective 7/2/2018. See 50 N.J.R. 1494(a).
Chapter 31B, Hospital Financial Reporting, was readopted, effective 3/21/2025. See: Source and Effective Date.

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N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.

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