NJ lawmakers urged to shine light on nursing home ownership

Witnesses said legislation is needed to reveal the true ownership structure of a nursing home, often owned in part by vendors that provide the home with goods and services.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 899

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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New Jersey lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that they said would make it easier to track how nursing homes spend the more than $4 billion in taxpayer funds they now receive annually.

The Senate health committee passed legislation that would revise the state’s reporting requirements around financial operations and ownership structure at New Jersey’s roughly 350 skilled nursing facilities, which care for tens of thousands of New Jersey’s most vulnerable residents.

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