New Jersey NAELA has been advocating in support of A4569, which provides for an improved, more accountable, more uniform system for eligibility determination for Medicaid. On March 11th, 2019, Lauren S. Marinaro, Chapter President of New Jersey NAELA and a partner at Fink Rosner Ershow-Levenberg LLC, testified before the Assembly Human Services Committee in Trenton in support of this important legislation. The bill has now passed the New Jersey State Senate and is currently waiting to be scheduled and heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The bill’s main drafter and Senate Sponsor, Sen. Joseph Vitale, was awarded NJ NAELA’s first “Legislative Leadership Award” on April 10, 2019.