Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Shanique Speight
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
Provides for employment by State of certain persons with disabilities.
Allows law enforcement officers to review body worn camera recordings prior to creating initial report.
Vetoed2
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia. *
Prohibits circumventing intergovernmental transfer process for law enforcement officers in certain circumstances.
Passed the General Assembly3
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Prohibits VCCO from denying award of compensation to victims with certain outstanding warrants and charges.
Requires long-term care facilities to annually review residents' proxy directives.
Out of committee10
Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.*
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Allows local governments and school districts to engage in certain borrowing to aid with COVID-19 response.
Requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Establishes Statewide universal newborn home nurse visitation program in DCF; appropriates $2.75 million. *
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Requires AG to establish Human Trafficking and Underserved Communities Unit.
In committee36
Provides for restricted use driver's license as alternatives for license suspension in municipal court.
Establishes the Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
Authorizes use of county inmate welfare funds for certain reentry services.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create public awareness sign to be posted by certain establishments.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
Establishes presumption that VCCO will order payment to victim of crime; establishes five-year time limit to file claim.
Requires specialized in-service training regarding crime victims for police departments in certain high-crime areas.
Requires training or experience in crime victims' rights for certain members of Victims of Crime Compensation Review Board.
Extends grace periods for rental late charges for certain tenants who receive public assistance payments.
Requires teaching staff members and school board members to annually receive training on trauma-informed education.
Requires VCCO to provide certain emergency assistance and establish hotline.
Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Expands locations where information on availability of crime victims' compensation is to be posted or disseminated to include courtrooms and emergency rooms.
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
Establishes State board to oversee implementation and evaluation of State pilot programs.
Requires AG to establish public awareness campaign concerning Crime Victim's Bill of Rights and VCCO.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Requires school districts, staff, and volunteers to have COVID-19 test prior to start of 2020-2021 school year.
Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Requires public schools to allow at-risk teachers and other employees to complete employment duties remotely during 2020-2021 school year.
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Extends period for expanded use of telemedicine and telehealth services for duration of declared COVID-19 public health emergency and provides for additional health benefits coverage.
Addresses long-term effects of COVID-19.
Increases size of Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission; broadens reporting duties.
Provides that disability-owned businesses be included in certain business development programs, direct loan programs, and certification processes; requires Chief Diversity Officer compile information on awarding of State contracts to disability-owned busi
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Requires health insurance coverage of at-home rehabilitation services.
Requires DCF and DOE to establish policies and procedures relating to child abuse and neglect and child abuse prevention during certain public health emergencies.
Requires New Jersey Supreme Court to issue order dismissing certain charges, complaints, and arrest warrants filed with or issued by municipal courts and unresolved for five years or more; requires AOC to conduct certain studies.
Directs referral of certain persons under 18 for determination of status as socially or economically disadvantaged youth.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking.
Requires DOC to assign transgender inmate to State correctional facility based on inmate's gender identity and use inmate's preferred gender pronoun.
Requires certain employers to provide paid leave to employees serving in elective office.
Directs use of 21st Century Improvement Fund to establish individualized account access system.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Establishes Statewide universal newborn home nurse visitation program in DCF; appropriates $2.75 million. **
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 65
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Directs DOE to develop outreach program to encourage young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline SNAP application process for senior citizens and conduct outreach regarding senior SNAP participation.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide graduating students with information on income-contingent student loan repayment programs.
Establishes study commission to examine development of mutually beneficial relationships between institutions of higher education and municipalities.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Requires food access information be displayed on websites of 2-1-1 system and executive branch departments during public health emergencies to the extent practicable.
Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
Permits modification of scope of work or terms and conditions of contract between non-profit organizations and State agencies for failure to perform due to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Requires DOH to establish sanitization guidelines for hotels operating in State.
Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires DHS to conduct biennial survey of SNAP experience.*
Requires Police Training Commission to contract with crisis intervention training center to provide mental health training to police officers and establish curriculum specific to persons experiencing economic crisis or substance use disorder.*
Requires certain entities authorized to issue health benefits plans to pay annual assessment.
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Requires State to enter into contract and coordinate with certain cooperative purchasing systems for procurement of COVID-19 related goods and services by school districts.***
Establishes certain requirements concerning State's preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Revises licensure, operational, and reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Establishes New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety.
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.
Authorizes MVC to use stored driver's license or identification card photo for longer than eight years; limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.*
Requires BPU, electric power suppliers, and gas suppliers to publish certain information related to filing of customer complaints. **
Requires that certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Concerns eligibility for extended unemployment benefits.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to DHS for temporary 25 percent increase to certain assisted living resident provider in Medicaid.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to finance aviation and marine infrastructure projects; makes various other changes to bank's enabling act.
Appropriates $37.16 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Provides for reorganization of health service corporation.
Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold, offered for sale, or leased in the State.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Updates 2-1-1 telephone system information to include all current modes of public transit and information on access and usage.
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations.
Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $10,000.
Permits school districts to administer student health surveys after prior written notification to parents and legal guardians.
Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Allows county boards of elections to expand staff and appoint clerk within county budgetary requirements.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA send weekly reports to Commissioner of DOH on status of veterans' homes in State during every future public health emergency; requires such reports through December 31, 2021. *
Requires DMVA veterans' memorial homes to hold quarterly town hall meetings with veterans' guardians.
Allows veteran's guardian to remove veteran from DMVA veterans' memorial home under certain emergency circumstances.
Requires DMVA veterans' facilities provide payroll-based journal information to NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Directs DHS to develop mobile software for SNAP recipients; appropriates $2 million.**
Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.
Establishes State supplement for "breakfast after the bell" meals.
Establishes requirements for certain tobacco product retailers to stock and sell nicotine replacement therapy products.
Increases number of hospitals eligible for highest amount of charity care subsidy payment; appropriates $30 million. *
Vetoed · 6
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for healthcare and residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Establishes NJ Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in EDA to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses; makes $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal funds for qualified small business assistance.***
Requires DOT, NJT and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.*
Passed the General Assembly · 33
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Criminalizes fraudulently pretending to be transportation network company driver.
Requires certain ambulances to carry epinephrine.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Requires DHS to develop outreach plan to inform certain students about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Establishes geriatric parole for certain eligible inmates.
Requires State department, agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof to provide link on its website for members of public to submit complaints.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.*
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Establishes standard medical expense deduction under SNAP for certain senior citizens.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Increases fines for failing to report suspected abuse or exploitation of institutionalized elderly person.
Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to notify certain beneficiaries of maximum coverage for personal care service hours.
Requires NJT to publish on website certain information concerning accessible transportation service routes.
Requires landlords to provide tenants with certain notice concerning conditions that may cause damage or hazards on rental property.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Permits remote application for marriage and civil union license for patients with certain life-threatening symptoms during period of Executive Order 103 of 2020; eliminates waiting period.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities, during publichealth emergency, to develop guidance for in-person visitation at community-based residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities and require providers to allow such visita
Expands category of lists from which single juror source list is compiled to include persons who are utility customers, have non-driver identification card, or have applied for or received various types of assistance.
Implements sentencing recommendations of the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission to eliminate certain mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment; eliminates mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for crime of official misconduct.*
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force." *
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires DHS to review various aspects of Medicaid managed care program.
Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospice care providers, health care service firms, PACE programs, and certain community-based providers during public health emergency.***
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Establishes Alleviating Learning Loss in New Jersey Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in establishing or expanding certain educational programs to address learning loss in students.
Prohibits forfeiture of inmate's commutation credits for minor disciplinary infractions and expands inmate's ability to restore certain forfeited credits.
Out of committee · 90
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.*
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning persons with disabilities and employment.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public webpage with employment information for persons with disabilities.*
Requires Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action create "Model Employer for Persons with Disabilities" program for State government.*
Provides gross income tax credit to certain taxpayers who pay for certain in-home services through health care service firm.
Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Requires lead paint inspection on certain residential rental property, including upon tenant turnover; establishes lead-based paint hazard education program; appropriates $3,900,000.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties, appropriates $400,000.*
Concerns counseling for children who were either physically present or who may have seen or heard act of domestic violence.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to establish 24-hour, toll-free Mental Illness Resource Hotline and develop hotline connection system to ensure that callers are connected to other appropriate hotlines when needed.*
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records.
Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Requires DEP to evaluate environmental and public health stressor of certain facilities on overburdened communities when reviewing certain permit applications.*
Requires cable television, direct broadcast satellite, and television streaming service companies to include certain fees and charges for service in advertised price to consumers.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Establishes alternate route to expedite certification of teachers at early college high school programs.
Concerns online marketing of affordable housing units.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Allows hospitals to construct housing and provide wrap-around services for individuals who are homeless or housing insecure.*
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change.
Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.*
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program; appropriates $25 million.
Provides relief to students receiving State financial aid to address special circumstances due to 2020 health state of emergency.
Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
Authorizes Governor to permit mortgage forbearance and rent payment Provides mortgage payment relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for resident property owners, tenants and other consumers, economically impacted during time of co
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish three-year "Bridge Year Pilot Program" for certain students who were impacted by public health state of emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019.*
Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million. *
Requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during public health emergency; prohibits contact with victim upon release of inmate awarded credits.***
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
Establishes position of State School Nurse Consultant in DOE to facilitate best practices in school nursing by advancing comprehensive school health services.*
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Planning Commission" in DHS.
Revises requirements for long-term care facilities to establish outbreak response plans.*
Provides supplemental payments to long-term care facility staff providing direct care services during COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service law enforcement applicants.*
Requires Civil Services Commission to undertake various initiatives to increase diversity and inclusivity within law enforcement agencies.
Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.
Revises and updates law pertaining to conservatorship to encourage ethical conduct by conservators and to provide stronger protections for conservatees and proposed conservatees.
Requires residential psychiatric and long-term care facilities to provide certain financial information to facility residents and other individuals.
Revises and updates law pertaining to guardianship to encourage ethical conduct by guardians and to provide stronger protections for wards and proposed wards.
Revises certain requirements concerning reported cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
Establishes minimum direct care staff-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023.*
Establishes "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires resources be made available to victims of sexual assault.
Establishes right of victims to be notified of county prosecutor's charging decision in sexual assault cases.
Requires AG issue annual report concerning sexual assault cases.*
Establishes sexual violence liaison officer in Division of State Police and local police departments.
Establishes "Stillbirth Resource Center" and regional Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Committee, and programs for the prevention and reduction of incidences of stillbirth; expands list of professionals authorized to provide stillbirth-related care.*
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Provides CBT tax credit for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete. *
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process. *
Mandates training on culturally responsive teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Eliminates mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment determined by Legislature to be of non-violent nature.
Concerns certain restrictive covenants on real property.
Directs NJT to erect statue in honor of A. Philip Randolph, appropriates $90,000.
Changes effective date of new law concerning certain State contracts for mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Requires embryo storage facilities to record and report health information of patients in manner that is consistent with certain federal laws.
Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.
Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Provides financial relief to certain landlords and tenants in response to COVID-19 pandemic, adjusts certain court fees; and makes appropriations. *
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. *
Establishes child care revitalization fund in Department of Community Affairs; appropriates $100,000,000.
Requires DHS to stagger issuance dates of SNAP benefits to newly eligible enrollees.
Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
Establishes "Rental Assistance Navigation Program" in DCA; makes appropriation.
Designates Department of Health State office building in Trenton as "Judith M. Persichilli Building."
Establishes requirements to commence screening newborn infants for congenital cytomegalovirus infection; establishes public awareness campaign. *
Establishes expedited process by which certain out-of-State mental health professionals are licensed to provide services in New Jersey.
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and State and county correctional police officers; permits hiring or appointment of such officers under certain conditions, and make
Requires hospitals to provide certain resources to certain patients and to ask patients if patients have completed advance directive or practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment form. *
Requires EDA to establish loan program to assist certain businesses with funding to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Establishes county college-based adult centers for transition for individuals with developmental disabilities; makes annual appropriation of $4.5 million.
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Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Expands Medicare health care coverage to all New Jersey residents.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances to enforce certain landlord code violations as tax liens.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Eliminates past conviction of indictable offense as disqualifier for jury service.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain home visitation program services under certain circumstances.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Requires DOH to conduct survey on status of antenatal prenatal care clinics in New Jersey.
Directs New Jersey State Rehabilitation Council to conduct study to identify trends and gaps in employment of individuals with disabilities.
Increases Spill Compensation and Control Act cap on recovery of damages from certain dischargers.
Requires adoption agency, court, or DCPP to maintain child's religious upbringing when placing child in adoptive or resource family home.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by all public employees for health care benefits.
Establishes "County Jail Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Program" to evaluate county inmate needs; assigns certain county caseworkers to assist inmates in accessing appropriate benefits, treatment, and services.
Requires DOC and DHS to pre-enroll inmates in Medicaid; establishes Medicaid enrollment course for inmates within DOC.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DOLWD for continued assistance to State Centers for Independent Living.
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Establishes the "Safe Sanitary Subsidized Rental Housing Bill of Rights."
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Requires Attorney General to develop program to assist schools in identifying at-risk youths.
Permits chair or booth rentals for the purpose of providing cosmetology and hairstyling services or ancillary services.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Requires construction permit and inspections for certain work involving lead paint on home exterior.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide maintenance services 24 hours a day.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Prohibits discrimination with respect to charging of rates of premiums for disability and accident insurance.
Requires landlords to provide notice to tenants concerning lead in drinking water.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage until child turns 26 years of age.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain preventive services.
Requires Medicaid cover professional violence prevention counseling services.
Requires hospitals to include warning in patient discharge papers concerning risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications.
Permits incarcerated person to renew driver's license using existing digitized picture on file with MVC.
Establishes centralized electronic health information exchange infrastructure to facilitate reentry into civilian life for recently incarcerated persons.
Requires inmate to participate in Medicaid enrollment session 60 days prior release.
Directs the suspension, by operation of law, of certain offenders' child support obligations.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable and senior citizen housing.
Establishes Task Force on Institutional Discrimination in Health Care.
Requires certain hospitals to provide sexual assault treatment training for certain staff.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Requires installation of baby-changing stations in certain public restrooms.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Expands pretrial risk assessment to include history of domestic violence abuse and pending charges.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program" in several vicinages.
Requires public water systems to provide certain notice of boil water notices and violations of drinking water quality standards.
Requires retirement subdivision and retirement community to install electrical generator to provide electricity to common use area to be used as shelter in case of emergency.
Requires motor vehicle inspection stickers to notify drivers of penalty for texting while driving.
Allows parent or guardian to be present during behind-the-wheel instruction of minor.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Requires hospitals to inquire whether patients have substance use disorder and establish protocols for providing or referring to treatment.
Requires certain facilities to set aside beds for Medicaid-eligible individuals.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Establishes Medicaid program to provide housing-related services to individuals experiencing chronic homelessness.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Establishes Medicaid demonstration project to cover room and board services for certain terminally ill patients in the home or other non-institutional setting.
Establishes performance and training standards for certain Medicaid transportation services and requires DHS to report compliance with standards.
Requires DOH to include certain response protocols in training course for employees of health care facilities regarding suspected human trafficking activities.
Requires forms for informed consent for health care to be separate from forms related to assignment of insurance benefits or financial arrangements.
Requires DOH to update epilepsy website and increase public outreach efforts.
Provides Medicaid and certain insurers access to Prescription Monitoring Program.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services; designated as the Mental Health Access Act.
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.
Requires comparable level of services and supports to be provided to former residents of developmental centers transitioning to community placements and for placements to be located within 30 miles of closed centers.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Creates civil service preference for peacetime veterans.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Prohibits certain video recordings in hotels and transient accommodations.
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
"Marissa's Law"; provides for mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury, except if operator reports accident; increases mandatory minimum term for reckless vehicular homicide.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
Codifies establishment of Office of Diversity and Inclusion in Department of the Treasury.
Codifies and enhances use of breach of implied warranty of habitability as defense to certain eviction actions.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Prohibits retail motor fuel dealer from charging a credit card customer in excess of four percent above the purchase price for same fuel sold to customer paying by cash.
Requires implicit bias training for physicians.
Prohibits electric, gas, or water public utility service discontinuances to residential customers during certain epidemics.
Concerns mortgage and loan forbearance, rent suspension, and consumer reporting during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly with respect to legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as broadening awareness of available expungement relief.
Permits use of combination of in-person and virtual or remote instruction in 2020-2021 school year to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Requires county protective services staff to receive training on means and methods of effective, respectful, and compassionate communication with, and provision of assistance to, adults with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
Requires school districts to include instruction on significance of Juneteenth Independence Day as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
New Jersey Childcare and Tutoring Relief Act; establishes Remote Learning Childcare and Tutoring Grant Program in DHS.
Clarifies penalties for certain violations of pretrial release; directs prosecutor to provide written notice of release to victim.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Increases child care provider payments and revises hourly limits on child care for school-aged children under subsidized child care assistance program during 2020-2021 school year.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt pregnancy policy for law enforcement officers.
Requires health club services contract contain certain provisions regarding procedures during outbreak of infectious disease.
Requires school districts to provide anti-bias instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education; requires school districts to designate chief equity officer.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership of certain boards of directors.
Requires State, county, and municipal social service workers to periodically complete implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Establishes Doula Registry in DOH; requires inclusion on Doula Registry to receive reimbursement for doula services rendered to Medicaid beneficiary.
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Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of certain insurance policies and insurance premium finance agreements for a period of at least 60 days under certain circumstances after declaration of public health emergency, or state of emergency, or both.*
Authorizes Governor to permit emergency rent suspension for certain small business tenants during COVID-19 pandemic.