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TRENTON – The Senate approved legislation today sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono and Joseph Coniglio that would require the Commissioner of Human Services to prepare an annual report identifying which large companies have employees whose families are enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare program.

“With over one million New Jersey residents without health insurance, the State is working hard to find ways to provide those individuals with at least basic health care,” said Senator Buono, D Middlesex. “This job is only made tougher by the fact that half of all uninsured adults work full time for an employer who either doesn’t provide health insurance or provides health insurance that is unaffordable to the individual. These individuals must then seek coverage from government health care programs, like FamilyCare, putting more pressure on an already strained system.”

TRENTON – The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee approved legislation today sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono and Joseph Coniglio that would require the Commissioner of Human Services to prepare an annual report identifying which large companies have employees whose families are enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare program.

“It is estimated that close to a quarter of a million New Jersey children are currently not covered by any health insurance,” said Senator Buono, D Middlesex. “While we are working to expand the number of those children who are covered by FamilyCare, it is disturbing that over half of these children have parents who work full time but are not offered health benefits. This study will allow us to determine which companies are failing to insure their employees so that we can begin to effectively address this problem.”

TRENTON – The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee approved legislation today sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono and Joseph Coniglio that would require the Commissioner of Human Services to prepare an annual report identifying which large companies have employees whose families are enrolled in the NJ FamilyCare program.

“It is estimated that close to a quarter of a million New Jersey children are currently not covered by any health insurance,” said Senator Buono, D Middlesex. “While we are working to expand the number of those children who are covered by FamilyCare, it is disturbing that over half of these children have parents who work full time but are not offered health benefits. This study will allow us to determine which companies are failing to insure their employees so that we can begin to effectively address this problem.”