Final Reading – 8/27/2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ordinance Number 867-2026 was introduced and passed on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners at a regular meeting on July 30th, 2026 and said Ordinance has been published with Notice of Introduction thereof and of the time and place fixed for its further consideration and the Board has duly held a hearing thereof and has given all persons interested an opportunity to be heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners that said Ordinance be and the same hereby was finally passed and adopted at the regular meeting on August 27th, 2026 and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of said Ordinance is on file with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and that a summary of same is prescribed below.
James E. Pellettiere, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND “THE LAWS OF UNION COUNTY: ADMINSTRATIVE CODE AND POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION” BY AMENDING PART II- POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION: CHAPTER 41, UNION COUNTY OPTION HOSPITAL FEE PROGRAM.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Union County Board of County Commissioners that the “Laws of Union County” are hereby amended, to be as follows, including addition to the Table of Contents as necessary:
PART II – POLICIES AND GENERAL LEGISLATION
Chapter 41 UNION COUNTY OPTION HOSPITAL FEE PROGRAM
Recitals:
UNCHANGED.
Additional section:
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2026, DHS further approved the Fee & Expenditure Report describing the County’s proposed mode effective July 1, 2026; and
§ 41-1 Definitions.
UNCHANGED.
“Assessed Hospitals” means the hospital facilities located within the County’s borders that provide inpatient hospital services and that are non-public providers based on the most recently filed full year cost report available as of December 31, 2025; and
UNCHANGED.
§ 41-2 Authority.
UNCHANGED.
§ 41-3 Assessment Scope, Basis and Use.
UNCHANGED.
§ 41-4 Computation of Assessment.
- The annual Assessment for each Assessed Hospital shall equal $1,776.31, multiplied by its number of total discharges in Calendar Year 2024.
- The annual Assessment amounts for each Assessed Hospital, calculated pursuant to (A), above, effective July 1, 2026, shall equal the following:
- Kindred Hospital of Rahway, $358,814.00
- Overlook Medical Center, $38,764,359.00
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, $8,538,710.00
- Summit Oaks Hospital, $5,796,091.00
- CareOne at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, $182,960.00
- Trinitas Regional Medical Center, $20,940,889.00
- The annual Assessment shall be payable in four quarterly installments, each equal to 25% of the annual Assessment amount.
- The Assessment shall constitute a debt due to the County from the time the Assessment is due until it is paid.
§ 41-5 through § 41-15 UNCHANGED.
AND, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, in case any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance, and to this end, the provisions of each section, paragraph, subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable;
AND, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect at the time and in the manner provided by law, unless otherwise indicated.
