TRENTON, NJ – A bill in New Jersey is seeking to give comprehensive NJ FamilyCare coverage to pregnant undocumented immigrants and their babies under one year old. That bill has stalled in the legislature, but Democrats in the state are still pushing the idea.

The measure, sponsored by Assemblymen Sterley S. Stanley (D-Middlesex) and Gabriel Rodriguez (D-Hudson), with Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson (D-Mercer) as co-sponsor, would expand eligibility beyond the emergency-only care currently allowed under state and federal law. Pregnant undocumented residents would receive full benefits until 60 days after pregnancy ends, and their dependent children would be covered through their first birthday.

The legislation defines an undocumented immigrant as a resident of New Jersey unable to produce

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