LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 330
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Requires DOH to operate mobile cancer screening program;
appropriates $100,000.
Type of Impact: Two-year State expenditure increase.
Agencies Affected: Department of Health.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
State Expenditure Increase $100,000 Minimum of $825,000 $0
 The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that State costs will increase by $100,000,
the amount appropriated under the bill, in the first year for the Department of Health and its
community partners to operate a mobile cancer screening program that will deploy vehicles to
the northern, central, and southern regions of the State.
 Based on annual operating cost data reported by a network of mobile health clinics, Mobile
Health Map, the OLS determines that State costs could potentially increase to $825,000 or
more in the second year of the program’s operation.
 Because the provisions of the bill expire two years after the bill’s effective date, upon the
submission of the department’s report on the program to the Governor and the Legislature, the
State will not incur any costs in subsequent years.
BILL DESCRIPTION
The bill directs the Department of Health to partner with community organizations to operate
a mobile cancer screening program that will deploy mobile vehicles to the northern, central, and
southern regions of the State. Each vehicle will be staffed by at least one health professional who
is qualified to perform cancer screenings. The types of cancer screenings conducted under the
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program will be determined by the medical expertise of the health professional assigned to the
mobile vehicle and the medical devices and supplies available to the health professional. Within
two years of the bill’s effective date, the department will submit a written report to the Governor
and to the Legislature, summarizing program outcomes and recommending any necessary
legislative action. Upon the submission of the department’s report, the provisions of the bill will
expire. The bill appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the department to implement the
requirements under the bill.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that State costs will increase by $100,000, the amount appropriated under
the bill, in the first year following the bill’s effective date in order for the department to partner
with community organizations to operate a mobile cancer screening program that will deploy
mobile vehicles to the northern, central, and southern regions of the State. Since the bill’s
provisions will expire two years after their effective date, upon the submission of the department’s
report to the Governor and the Legislature, the State will not incur any costs in subsequent years.
Based on annual operating cost data reported by a network of mobile health clinics, Mobile
Health Map, the OLS determines that State costs could potentially increase to $825,000 in the
second year of the program’s operation. According to Mobile Health Map, the average annual
operating cost of the mobile health clinics that have registered with the organization is
approximately $275,000. Mobile clinics’ annual operating costs are largely driven by vehicle
staffing levels, and the types and amounts of services provided. Therefore, the department’s costs
to operate three mobile screening vehicles could potentially be higher than $825,000 in the
program’s second year of operations, depending upon the terms of the department’s agreement
with its community partners, the number of staff assigned to each vehicle, and the specific
equipment required to perform the types of cancer screenings that will be available through each
vehicle.
The bill, moreover, does not provide funding for the department to acquire and, as needed,
retrofit three vehicles for mobile cancer screenings. As such, the OLS concludes that the
department’s community partners would provide the funding necessary for the purchase of these
vehicles. By way of context, an April 2023 press release from Virtua Health reported that the
health system spent $1 million for a customized mobile health and cancer screening vehicle.
Section: Human Services
Analyst: Anne Cappabianca
Senior Fiscal Analyst
Approved: Thomas Koenig
Legislative Budget and Finance Officer
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the
failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).