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New Jersey may be the first state to impose per-bed fees on nonprofit hospitals for municipal services
New Jersey lawmakers approved an unusual measure last week that requires many nonprofit hospitals to pay per-bed fees to their local governments, while preserving their increasingly contested property-tax exemptions.
The legislation, which requires hospitals to pay a fee of $3 a day for each licensed bed, is in response to a landmark 2015 New Jersey Tax Court ruling involving Morristown Medical Center that “the operation and function of nonprofit hospitals do not meet the criteria for property tax exemption” under state law. A 300-bed hospital subject to the fee would pay $328,500 a year.
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The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone. (Ashley Ludwig/Patch)
NEW JERSEY - The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the COVID-19 pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone.
Months ago, hospitals across the state in adopting visitation guidelines from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). This standardized policy for hospital visitation provides color codes based on the level of virus risk (virus risk is determined by COVID-19 levels in the community, the level of COVID-19 patients at each hospital, staffing levels, and inventories of PPE supplies).
Nonprofit hospitals in N.J. will continue to avoid paying property taxes under new compromise
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Most of New Jersey’s hospitals are tax-exempt, nonprofit companies but belong to multi-billion-dollar networks. It’s a fact that has irked dozens of communities that have sued hospitals to pay something for police, fire and other local services they use.
On Thursday, both houses of the state Legislature voted to require nonprofit hospitals to make “community service” payments every year, a compromise that would preserve their tax-exempt status, end the lawsuits and provide property tax relief.
The bill (A1135) is a response to a landmark tax court ruling in 2015 that found Morristown Medical Center operated largely as a for-profit hospital, making it subject to property taxes. The two sides settled on an agreement that will require the hospital pay the town $15.5 million over the next 10 years.