Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Robert W. Singer
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in DHS to accept permanent change of station order for purposes of satisfying residency requirement for provision of home and community based services under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*
Establishes minimum NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for traumatic brain injury special care nursing facilities; establishes enhanced NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for nursing facilities under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Passed the Senate3
Permits municipalities having population in excess of 100,000 to appoint up to five alternate deputy registrars.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.*
Requires adult day care centers to provide reasonable accommodations for certain persons.
Out of committee14
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Establishes two-year pilot program for certain mental health care facilities to treat additional juvenile patients.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Requires assignment of kinship guardian advocate upon petition of caregiver to be appointed kinship legal guardian.
Provides option for individuals to satisfy requirements for licensure as manicurist through apprenticeship.
Requires certain disclosures when single-family homes with solar panels installed are sold.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral and relocation to long-term care facility.
Prohibits common interest communities from penalizing members who place unit into living, revocable trust fund or classifying placement as title transfer.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.
Establishes one-year pilot program for certain persons with disabilities; appropriates up to $85,000.*
Establishes program, in DEP, for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.
In committee75
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams.
Requires Attorney General to develop program to assist schools in identifying at-risk youths.
Requires under certain circumstances development by certified school nurse of individualized health care plan and individualized emergency health care plan for student with life-threatening allergies or anaphylaxis.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in serious bodily injury.
Establishes pilot program in which certain selected school districts equip school buses with global positioning systems and DOE develops school bus tracking application.
Broadens offenses of riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to attend special education programs and to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs.
Clarifies court's discretion in imposing monetary conditions of bail; establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with violent crime be detained prior to trial.
Prohibits certain third-party property tax appeals.
Provides for identification and study of infant fatalities and near fatalities resulting from vaccination; requires inclusion of vaccination information in sudden infant death reports; and requires use of federal infant death reporting form.
Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Requires State Health Benefits Commission advertise and annually review NJWELL program.
Establishes task force to study the impact of and response to COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey.
Upgrades offense of criminal mischief if person damages or impairs operation of school bus in the presence of child under age 16.
Requires DOH to create best practices manual for maternity care; appropriates $950,000.
Provides medical cannabis is not subject to State sales tax.
Eliminates requirement to submit sales tax exemption form for textbook purchases.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Requires settlement agreements concerning equal employment opportunity to be approved by NJT board of directors.
Requires NJT to adopt plan to evacuate passengers when rail passenger vehicle becomes immobilized in tunnel.
Criminalizes unauthorized photographing, filming, or other video recording of person, living animal or creature, or activity within certain dwellings or other structures from outside such dwellings or other structures.
Requires assessment following reorganization of health service corporation to be used to award grants to certain health care entities.
Permits financial institutions to provide financial service to certain hemp-related businesses.
"Virtual Currency and Blockchain Regulation Act."
Clarifies circumstances under which licensed private detectives gain access to personal information stored with New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Requires school districts to provide information on free application for federal student aid to students in grades 11 and 12.
Requires all public school teachers and paraprofessionals working with autistic students to possess Registered Behavior Technician credential by 2020-2021 school year.
Requires school district that includes grades kindergarten through six to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.
Extends COVID-19 Medicaid per diem rate, and requires Medicaid coverage without prior authorization, for certain partial care behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Establishes grant program in Department of the Treasury for certain employers affected by winding down of Affiliated Physicians and Employers Master Trust; establishes "Self-Funded Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Security Fund."
Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Requires students to complete free application for federal student aid as part of high school graduation requirements or request an exemption.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Transfers administration of programs for certain individuals with developmental disabilities from DHS to DCF.
Exempts birthing facilities from certain health care practitioners referral restrictions.
Provides State recognition of Sandhill Indian Tribe for certain limited purposes.
Establishes two-year pilot program for persons with disabilities; appropriates $1.5 million.
Establishes municipal liability for gross negligence in failing to protect person and property during riots.
Prohibits State aid and grants to municipalities that reduce law enforcement budgets by certain amount.
Permits employers to prohibit use of cannabis by certain employees.
Requires certain school districts to include fitness and nutrition wellness program as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Establishes "New Jersey No Patient Left Alone Act"; requires certain facilities to establish policies guaranteeing visitation rights for facility residents.
Establishes certain shellfish aquaculture activities as eligible for Right to Farm protections.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Enters New Jersey into Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.
Requires any increase in local government costs for employee health care and prescription benefits coverage be offset by equivalent increase in municipal energy tax receipts property tax relief aid.
Provides that for purposes of will contest, caregiver-testator relationship is deemed "confidential relationship" and caregiver has burden to prove no undue influence existed.
Requires court to impose monetary bail for carjacking; requires juvenile alleged to have committed carjacking be tried as adult.
Modifies recordkeeping requirements for secondhand jewelry and precious metal transactions; increases penalties for violations.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Permits certain adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction policies.
Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.
Requires Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.
Permits eligible high school students to take certain courses at county college.
Requires hospital urine drug screenings to include test for fentanyl.
Allows production of certain religious wine and sale on premises of religious institutions.
Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program to include career and technical education programs at county colleges and county vocational schools.
Requires DOH to establish three-year Obstetric Discrimination Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program.
Requires DOH to establish levels of maternity care at maternity care facilities.
Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to provide additional State school aid to Freehold Regional School District.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
Establishes Israel Evacuation Reimbursement Fund; appropriates $2 million.
Authorizes veterinarians to transfer ownership of animals rather than euthanizing them, under certain circumstances.
Requires campus police officers to wear body worn cameras.
Modifies municipal Tourist Development Commission advertising disbursement requirement for advertising outside municipality.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Requires certain disclosures by sellers of single-family homes with solar panels installed.*
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Codifies and increases under certain circumstances, current minimum Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.*
Directs DOE to develop New Jersey Student Learning Standards in information literacy.*
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*
Permits counties to operate airports as county utilities; provides that bonds for county and municipal airport purposes be issued in accordance with provisions of "Local Bond Law."
Permits appointment of additional alternate deputy registrars.
Allows Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology to provide grants to employees of public institutions of higher education and their companies.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000.*
Establishes exemption from State school aid reductions for certain school districts.
Vetoed · 1
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Passed the Senate · 2
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Out of committee · 39
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Establishes "Comprehensive Geriatric Fall Prevention Pilot Program" in DHS; appropriates $11.7 million.
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
Permits certain persons to drive Type S school buses.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.*
Requires children's psychiatric facilities to have designated staff members visually supervise patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.*
Updates requirements and standards for authorization and prior authorization of health care services.*
Updates regulation home improvement and home elevation contractors and contractors' businesses.*
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for brain injury services.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.*
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Allows use of Internet website address in advertisements for purposes of communicating license numbers of burglar alarm, fire alarm, and locksmith businesses and professionals.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.*
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director in DOH.*
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families.*
Requires procurement of management support and other services for certain nursing homes.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Expands crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes third degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.*
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.*
Requires publication of prices of standard and emergency services provided by veterinarians.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $86.10 to $89.54.
Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides.
Allows passage of Certified Respiratory Therapist examination to qualify for licensure as respiratory therapist.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Expands criminal penalties related to illegal use of motor vehicle master key.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.
Establishes "Hospital at Home Act."
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Establishes "Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program" in DCA to support operations and sustainability of volunteer fire companies; appropriates $10 million.
In committee · 56
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
"Sally's Law"; establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Permits place of worship to establish security plan to select one person to carry handgun during religious services.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Prohibits certain entities from requesting or requiring provision of personal health information.
Requires DMVA to assist service members discharged solely due to COVID-19 vaccination status with petition to change discharge designation.
"Medicaid Transportation Brokerage Program Oversight and Accountability Act"; establishes vehicle, staffing, and performance standards, and review and reporting requirements for non-emergency medical transport provided under Medicaid transportation brokerage program.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires State to pledge to ensure availability of job training or similar activities to certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to prevent loss of benefits.
Prohibits mandatory use of medical devices by minors without informed parental consent.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Broadens riot; enhances penalties for certain crimes committed during riot; creates new crimes of mob intimidation and cyber-intimidation by publication; establishes duty in municipality to permit law enforcement to respond appropriately.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Allows gross income tax credit for Tax Year 2021.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
"Gas Price and Inflation Tax Credit Act."
Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Establishes "Parents' Bill of Rights."
"Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Act."
Eliminates immunity for State, county, and municipal prosecutors who fail to disclose exculpatory evidence in criminal cases.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Revises eligibility criteria for adult medical day care services.
Excludes Class Three special law enforcement officer salary from tax levy and appropriation cap.
Removes limit in annual budget requests of certain county offices.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
"Kangaroo Protection Act of 2022"; prohibits sale or barter, or offering for sale or barter, of dead kangaroos and any products made from kangaroo.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Prohibits DHS from deeming certain teachers and school employees ineligible for child care subsidies due to number of hours worked when school is not in session for students.
Requires State Board of Education to provide five days' notice of public meeting and permit public comment on agenda items of public meeting.
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities.
Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in long-term care facilities.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires adult day health care facilities to establish hybrid model for provision of adult day health care services under certain circumstances.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.