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| e. | Working Group on Health, which shall be responsible for exploring the links between health and access to health care, on the one hand, and wealth, on the other, for developing strategies to ensure that racial or ethnic disparities do not lead to the failure to receive medical treatment because of a lack of health insurance or because of the cost of health care and that medical bills do not interfere with a family’s ability to build and maintain wealth, and coordinating with the COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities where appropriate. |
3. The Task Force shall be led by four chairpersons, who shall be the Lieutenant Governor in her capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, the Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance, the President of Rutgers University, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. The four chairpersons shall participate on a steering committee which shall also include the Commissioner of the Department of Health, the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Commissioner of the Department of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Higher Education, the Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Authority, the Director of the Division on Civil Rights, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, or their designees, and any additional members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and who may include additional government officials, academic researchers, and faith and community leaders.
