Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, Senate.
Fred H. Madden Jr.
Sponsored
Became law7
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Permits holding companies of eligible New Jersey emerging technology companies to receive investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements.
Concerns employee leasing agreements.*
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Passed the Senate3
Creates Task Force on Driver Distractions.*
Requires recycling of scrap tires and licensing of scrap tire haulers.
Prohibits use of "Nurse" title by unlicensed person.
Out of committee7
Eliminates eligibility time limit on tuition benefits for spouses of certain public safety workers killed in performance of their duties.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Criminalizes possession and sale of alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP), commonly known as "flakka," or "flocka."
Authorizes persons with certain records of mental illness to petition court for relief from federal firearms prohibition.
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
In committee23
Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."
Allows deduction against gross income for unreimbursed expenses incurred by organ donor.
Allows corporation business tax credit for full cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.
Requires DEP to establish certification program for septic system inspectors.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday during first weekend of August for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Prohibits persons violating animal cruelty law from owning, keeping, or harboring animals; requires DHSS establish and maintain website list of such persons.
Authorizes South Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Association license plates with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management operations.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain student athlete physical examinations.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Requires BPU to provide grants for cost of purchase and installation of certain electric metering equipment for solar power generation systems.
Establishes Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Establishes licensure for steel construction contractors.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Establishes certain hiring preferences for Class Two special law enforcement officers seeking position with municipal law enforcement agency.
Permits certain fire police units to appoint fire police officers.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage in public works.
Establishes Firearm Violence Research Center at Rutgers, The State University.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.
Criminalizes possession and sale of alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP) commonly known as "flakka," or "flocka."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.*
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disibility.*
Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.*
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Increases accidental death benefit to 70% of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency.
Establishes "New Jersey Hearing Impairment Task Force."
Provides for procurement by State of pharmacy benefits manager, automated reverse auction services, and claims adjudication services.
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaisons.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction and disabled veterans' property tax exemption to members of the United States Armed Forces assigned to the rescue and recovery mission at the World Trade Center between September 11, 2001 and May 30
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 295 in West Deptford Township as "State Trooper Sean E. Cullen Memorial Highway."
Vetoed · 5
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.*
Provides that PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.*
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Establishes Service Dog Pilot Program for inmates in Camden County; appropriates $150,000. *
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Passed the Senate · 9
Prohibits snowplow or de-icing service contract from indemnifying promisee against liability for loss or damage in certain instances.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.*
Provides for fair notice and opportunity to contest, or obtain waiver of a repayment of, overpayment of homestead rebate or credit and homestead property tax reimbursement.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid hepatitis C testing.
Requires nursing home facility operated by DMVA for veterans to provide State-funded transportation to health care services outside of facility.
Provides State aid to counties and municipalities to fund transportation services for veterans to VA facilities; appropriates $500,000. *
Designates Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey State Microbe.*
Provides for uniform testing and reporting of drug overdose deaths and consolidated service purchasing by medical examiners, and expands list of places where State Medical Examiner may be authorized to use lab facilities.
Out of committee · 56
Enters New Jersey in multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.*
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.**
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Allows use of rear view backup camera and parking sensors during road test.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Establishes an animal abuser registry.
Establishes law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery programs.
Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Authorizes counties to issue promotional labeling for county agricultural products.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Requires development and maintenance of data dashboard report to advise of open bed availability in residential facilities providing behavioral health services.
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation. *
Establishing New Jersey Commission on Veterans' Benefits in DMVA.
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Designates portion of Route 18 in East Brunswick as "State Trooper Werner Foerster Memorial Interchange."
Permits conduct of punch-board games under raffle license.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.*
Authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to extend orders for controlled dangerous substances under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that authorized persons and entities may administer a single dose of any opoid antidote, or multiple doses of any intranasal or intramuscular opioid antidote to overdose victims, with immunity under "Overdose Prevention Act." *
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DOH and expansion of program to all counties.*
Concerns expansion of services provided by DOH mental health screening services.*
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Allows domestic violence victims to cancel television and telephone service contracts without paying early termination fee.
Streamlines authorization for farmers market programs to participate in WIC and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires analyses and reporting of investment performance of pension funds; requires disclosure of fees paid to managers of certain funds in which State invests pension funds.
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.
In committee · 28
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Permits administration of epinephrine auto-injector device by persons who complete approved educational program.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
"New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database Act"; establishes New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database and arbitration process for reimbursing out-of-network health care providers.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Prohibits sale or distribution of liquid nicotine except in child-resistant containers.
Establishes requirements for training programs for homemaker-home health aides in care of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Upgrades crime of stalking when stalking activity is carried out or assisted by installation or use of communication or location monitoring program or device on cellular phone or wireless mobile device.
Requires appropriate community notification when sex offender is placed in halfway house; prohibits certain county inmates in halfway house.
Provides active duty Armed Forces and Reserves members with exemption from jury duty and protection from assault while on military duty.
Makes all persons convicted of sexual assault subject to the No Early Release Act; specifies that any use of force elevates sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault.
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes and dispense such reserve stock to first responders and hospital pharmacies, on interim basis, in order to ensure uninterrupted supply.
Revises "Local Bond Law" provisions to exempt certain energy projects from appropriation requirement for five percent down payment.
Permits change in case manager for persons with developmental disabilities under certain circumstances.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term for assaulting a law enforcement officer.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
"Voter Privacy Act"; establishes protections for privacy of voters; prohibits automated programs to remove names of ineligible voters from official lists of eligible voters; prohibits sharing of certain voter information with federal government.
Increases death benefit of active member of PFRS and SPRS to 50 percent of final compensation for surviving child or children.
Filed · 1
Allows School of Osteopathic Medicine at Rowan University to maintain principal clinical affiliation with either osteopathic or allopathic hospital.