Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Sponsored
Became law7
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
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.*
Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.*
Vetoed2
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
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.
Passed the General Assembly16
Establishes Behavioral Health Insurance Claims Advocacy Program.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Establishes performance and training standards for certain Medicaid transportation services and requires DHS to report compliance with standards.
Requires one member of board in charge of institution for persons with mental illness or developmental disability to be family member of resident.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.*
Creates New Jersey Crude Oil by Rail Safety Task Force.
Permits municipal reorganization meetings to be held on alternative dates.
Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit certain persons unless they pose danger.
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Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.
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.*
Expands membership of NJ Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Implements person-first language and changes pejorative terminology referring to persons with certain disabilities or substance use disorders.*
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ; and regulates capital planning process.
Requires DOH to develop New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care.
Establishes framework for cybersecurity information sharing and preparedness; creates NJ Cybersecurity Advisory Board. *
Requires students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to complete course on financial literacy.
Increases from 17 to 21 public members of New Jersey State Council on the Arts; requires members to be residents of NJ; imposes specific criteria for four new members initially appointed.
The "Smart Container Act."
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Requires health insurance carriers to comply with certain network adequacy requirements.
Establishes certain standards for health benefits plans with tiered network.
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Requires NJT to remove snow from certain stops, stations, and stands for motorbus regular route service and to make name and contact information of entities responsible for snow removal publicly available.
Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places.
Enacts new "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"; repeals previous uniform law.
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services; designated as the Mental Health Access Act.
Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.
Allows gross income tax deduction for 50% of contributions of $100 or more to domestic violence shelters.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of animal hoarding; requires mental health counseling for all animal cruelty offenders.
Requires DOH to ensure that fetal death certification and reporting requirements are consistent with current federal standards.
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.
Authorizes certain county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Permits certain audiologists to dispense and fit hearing aids.
Concerns procedures for transition of individuals with developmental disabilities from developmental centers to community placements.
Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.
Modifies scope of "Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015" and enforcement of protective orders under that act.
Requires DCF and DHS to study predatory alienation and its effects on young adults and senior citizens.
Authorizes psychiatric advanced practice nurses to complete certain certificates required for involuntary commitment to treatment.*
Eliminates certificate of need requirement for inpatient hospital beds for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorder dual diagnosis.
Authorizes prohibition, or licensure and regulation, of rental of certain space for accommodation of transient guests. *
Prohibits PANYNJ from providing assistance for enforcement of March 6, 2017 US Executive Order banning entry into US of individuals from certain countries. *
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Establishes Medicaid Managed Care Organization Oversight Program.
Provides affirmative defense to and permits expungement of certain trespass offenses committed as result of person's homelessness; provides for police training.
"Community Mental Health Safety Net Act"; requires DHS to provide cost-based reimbursement on quarterly basis for certain mental health and substance use disorder treatment services through June 2018; makes appropriation.
Establishes additional penalties related to child pornography and expands crime to include portrayal of child in sexual manner; establishes crime of leader of child pornography network.
Establishes certain requirements and conditions concerning changes to DHS reimbursement system for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Clarifies prohibition on preexisting condition exclusions in health insurance policies.
Requires AG to conduct survey of untested sexual assault examination kits.*
Establishes standardized changed conditions clauses for local public construction contracts.
Expands background check requirements for entities that provide services to individuals with certain disabilities and requires inspections of certain entities.
Authorizes court to impose lifetime parole supervision on certain child pornography offenders.
In committee169
Strengthens State's assault weapons ban.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Makes harassment by electronic means a crime of the fourth degree.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
"Reproductive Donation Safety Act."
Revises penalties for a school bus driver who leaves a pupil on a school bus at the end of his route.
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits management companies.
Allows New Jersey gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions for Hurricane Sandy relief in New Jersey.
Prohibits service and sale in schools of food and beverage items labeled as not intended or recommended for children.
Requires DHS to dispose of newborn screening specimens within 60 days after testing.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Authorizes eight hours of leave for parents and guardians from work for school-related events of children.
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes pilot program in DCF providing animal-assisted therapy to victims of childhood violence, trauma, or children with behavioral health care needs; appropriates $100,000.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
"Pet Groomers Licensing Act;" designated as "Bijou's Law."
Authorizes certain gestational carrier agreements.
Establishes Medicaid demonstration project to cover room and board services for certain terminally ill patients in the home or other non-institutional setting.
Establishes additional county recording fees to support "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund."
Requires resource family parent, relative, preadoptive parent, or caretaker to be party to reviews or hearings involving a child under the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families' care.
Authorizes free fishing licenses for persons with disabilities.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for psychiatrists.
Requires State contracts to include provisions imposing penalties on vendor or contractor for contract violations.
Requires school districts to inform DOE of number of students in certain out-of-State placements and number of students with individualized education programs identifying DHS or DCF for transition services.
Reforms PANYNJ; "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015."
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities through accountability and transparency; upgrades crimes against individuals with developmental disabilities.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH.
Requires hepatitis B to be considered a priority under "Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative."
Requires first responders to transport persons treated for drug overdose to hospital emergency department.
Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires forms and materials for individuals with developmental disabilities to be available in languages other than English.
Prohibits person from serving as officer of more than two political campaign committees.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
Permits change in case manager for persons with developmental disabilities under certain circumstances.
Requires institutions of higher education to adopt affirmative consent standard and other policies regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Requires State Auditor to report on finances of public institutions of higher education.
Establishes maximum payment to virtual charter schools and requires State to pay portion of costs for first five years.
Establishes a three-year moratorium on the establishment of new charter schools.
Requires DOT to issue guidance on certain aspects of red light camera pilot program.
Prohibits distribution of images and information produced by red light cameras.
Requires State contracts for internet software to include indefinite support from software manufacturer.
Limits easement, acquired by the State or local government unit, for use of beachfront property to dune construction or beach replenishment except under certain circumstances.
Imposes tax on petroleum received by rail at marine terminals, storage or transfer terminals, and refineries, to fund local emergency preparedness and response to spills.
Concerns the delivery and oversight of coverage under certain health benefits plans; establishes Health Care Patient Ombudsperson in the Division of Consumer Affairs.
Creates pilot program concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeships.
Bars domestic violence defendants from participation in Pretrial Intervention.
Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
Requires DHS to develop specific criteria for eligibility of individuals with developmental disabilities for services from adult day health services facilities.
Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.
Requires an application fee to be paid to the DOE when applying to establish a charter school.
Requires AG to study use of stun guns by Human Services police officers.
Increases loss ratio reporting and disclosure requirements for carriers offering individual and group health insurance plans; applies loss ratio requirement to large group health insurance plans.
Permits pharmacists to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives under certain circumstances; clarifies certain health insurance coverage requirements for contraceptive prescriptions.
Requires certain health benefits plans to provide treatment for behavioral health care services when determined medically necessary.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of residents of State developmental centers until certain conditions are met.
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Transfers Division of Mental Health Advocacy to DHS; re-titles director as Mental Health Advocate; provides diversion for mental health treatment for persons subject to prosecution in municipal court; appropriates $15,000,000.
Expands the means to obtain a protective order for a minor.
Requires retailers to post warnings of lead poisoning from improper paint removal.
Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
Authorizes issuance of restraining orders for situtations in which domestic violence statutes do not apply.
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Directs portion of Unclaimed Child Support Trust Fund be used to balance certain unpaid receivables of State agency responsible for disbursement of child support.
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP health benefits coverage for eating disorders.
Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case.
Requires certain parking garages to have on-site emergency vehicle capable of accessing low-clearance areas.
Establishes "School Bus Safety and Child Protection Act;" requires periodic criminal background checks for certain school employees; and prohibits interference with school bus monitoring devices.
Establishes Become A Nurse license plates and dedicates fees for nursing scholarships.
Allows municipality to establish reserved parking zone on property adjacent to disabled person's residence.
Clarifies juvenile's right to attorney representation; requires 12-month judicial review hearing when juvenile is placed out-of-home.
Prohibits certain elected public office holders from simultaneously holding more than one elective office.
Clarifies hoverboards are motorized skateboards.
Designates cheerleading as interscholastic sport; requires safety harness at health clubs with members who are cheerleaders.
Places moratorium on implementation of certain tiered network health benefits plans until January 1, 2017.
Permits use of virtual instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Provides that toll revenue generated from PANYNJ bridges shall not exceed cost of maintenance, operation, and debt service of those bridges.
Requires DHS to develop or purchase electronic health record system for use by certain agencies providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit proposed tuition and fees for upcoming academic year to Secretary of Higher Education for review.
Authorizes public institution of higher education to establish in-municipality tuition rate for students who graduate from public high schools located in the same municipality as the institution.
Requires medical examination and submission of student work portfolios for home-schooled children; provides that children under supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.
Designates four State songs.
Removes monk parakeet from list of potentially dangerous species.
Requires funds collected through societal benefits charge not allocated be credited to electric and gas public utility customers.
Requires owner of railroad bridge to submit bridge inspection records to DOT.
Establishes Developmental Disability Awareness license plates; dedicates fees to Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Commences payment in lieu of taxes for tax exempt real property owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Establishes animal importer registration, and animal grooming facility and animal training facility licenses; establishes requirements for animal importers, animal grooming facilities, and animal training facilities and penalties for certain violations.
Requires mental health evaluation for all animal cruelty offenders; designated as "Shyanne's Law."
Requires retail pharmacies to stock and dispense emergency contraception.
"Innovative Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act."
Provides that information technology professionals who find child pornography on computers must report the finding to law enforcement.
Requires that certain motor vehicle surcharge revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Requires establishment of processes to identify Medicaid eligible incarcerated individuals who are awaiting pre-trail release determinations, are being released following period of incarceration, or are undergoing inpatient hospital treatment.
Revises statutes concerning permissible length of time between certain public questions in certain municipalities.
Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.
Requires DHS to conduct follow-up study of former residents of North Princeton Developmental Center.
Revises procedures for processing incomplete Medicaid applications; exempts asset transfers of up to $500 per month during look back period for determining eligibility for long-term care services.
Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires DHS to ensure that expedited benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are made available to certain households.
Establishes Medicaid program to provide housing-related services to individuals experiencing chromic homelessness.
Regulates physician profiling programs used by managed care networks.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Clarifies DHS authority to license and regulate sober living homes.
Establishes Children's Health Promotion Fund.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
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.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide every person engaged in raising a dog for guide or service the right to access public facilities.
Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DCPP may not be home-schooled.
Provides for automatic expungement of records of certain juveniles adjudicated delinquent for engaging in prostitution.
"Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability for New Surcharges and Increases in Ticketing (T.R.A.N.S.I.T.) Act"; increases number of public hearings NJT is required to hold prior and subsequent to fare increase or change or abandonment of service.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids for children 17 years of age and younger.
Provides tax credits for constructing or renovating homes to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Requires public research universities and State colleges to develop policies and implement accounting procedures on mandatory student fees.
Prohibits sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices at pharmacies.
Requires greater disclosure of political contributions made by certain business entities; applies law uniformly to all levels of government; repeals permitting local units to establish independent requirements for business entities.
Establishes certain limitations on the prescription, dispensation, and administration of opioid medications to student athletes.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Navigating Services and Supports for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screening along with other immunization and wellness checks as precondition of child's initial entry into school system.
Requires school districts to provide information to high school students on cancers of the reproductive system as part of the health curriculum.
Establishes task force to study technology and other methods used to reduced or eliminate telemarketing harassment intimidation.
Requires at least 10 percent of "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" funds be allocated to public safety answering point technology upgrades and maintenance.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
Requires certain health benefits plans to provide coverage for outpatient behavioral health care services.
Requires forms for informed consent for health care to be separate from forms related to assignment of insurance benefits or financial arrangements.
Establishes New Jersey Advisory Council on Home and Community-Based Settings to implement DHS Statewide Transition Plan.
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual assembly commemorating September 11, 2001.
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Limits patient information behavioral health care providers may disclose to health insurance carriers.
Requires institutions of higher education to offer cats and dogs no longer used for educational, research, or scientific purposes to animal rescue organizations for adoption.
Provides Medicaid and certain insurers access to Prescription Monitoring Program.
Establishes new procedure to fill congressional vacancies by election; eliminates special election option; requires congressional vacancy be filled on general election day; requires Governor to make appointment from same party to temporarily fill Senate v
Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification.
Provides for expedited appeal of school district's decision to deny access to student's service animal.
Requires suspension of certification of homemaker home-health aides under certain circumstances; designated as "Maria's Law."
Requires candidates for certain teaching certificates to pass written test on foundations of teaching reading and diagnosing reading difficulties.
Establishes limits and standards for certain light frame residential construction.
Establishes certain requirements and conditions concerning changes to DHS reimbursement system for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services; appropriates $10 million.
Requires counties to make available voluntary medical identification cards containing relevant patient health information.
Requires hospitals to inquire whether patients have substance use disorder and establish protocols for providing or referring to treatment.
Requires health insurance coverage for services and drugs related to contraception and reproductive health; repeals conflicting laws.
Requires kennels and veterinary facilities to provide for supervision of dogs, training of employees, and maintenance of certain records; designated as "Daisy's Law."
Restores property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with for-profit medical providers on-site; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study
Provides that cooperative sober living residences are inherently beneficial uses.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,240,000 from General Fund to DCF for services for victims of domestic violence.
Requires certain facilities to set aside beds for Medicaid-eligible individuals.
Establishes Task Force on prevention of Sexual Violence.
Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.
Establishes Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.
Prohibits substitution of prescribed epilepsy medication without notification and written consent of physician and patient; requires prescription to include notation of epilepsy diagnosis.
Removes references to epilepsy from law requiring physicians and patients to report certain medical conditions to MVC.
Requires DOH to update epilepsy website and increase public outreach efforts.
Authorizes civil action to obtain temporary legal authority to direct treatment services for person with substance use impairment.
Establishes commission to study integration of behavioral health services into DOH.
"Tonka's Law"; changes perimeter for bow and arrow hunting around certain buildings; requires property owner to provide notice to adjacent properties of any hunting activity.
Permits juror donation of juror compensation to Legal Services of New Jersey through AOC; provides for payment of State matching funds, equal to juror donation amount, to same organization.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Concerns regulation and prescribing of certain schedule II controlled dangerous substances and opioids.
Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.
Filed1
Amends Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force law to provide term lengths, address vacancies, and replace obsolete task force member.
Carried from the Senate
Became law21
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Enacts new "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"; repeals previous uniform law.
Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.
Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.
Requires DOH to ensure that fetal death certification and reporting requirements are consistent with current federal standards.
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto.
Authorizes certain county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.
Requires DCF and DHS to study predatory alienation and its effects on young adults and senior citizens.
Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.
Modifies scope of "Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015" and enforcement of protective orders under that act.
Implements person-first language and changes pejorative terminology referring to persons with certain disabilities or substance use disorders.
Eliminates certificate of need requirement for inpatient psychiatric hospital beds for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorder dual diagnosis.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Establishes additional penalties related to child pornography and expands crime to include portrayal of child in sexual manner; establishes crime of leader of child pornography network.
Establishes standardized changed conditions clauses for local public construction contracts.
Expands background check requirements for entities that provide services to individuals with certain disabilities and requires inspections of certain entities.
Authorizes court to impose lifetime parole supervision on certain child pornography offenders.
Amends Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force law to provide term lengths, address vacancies, and replace obsolete task force member.
Vetoed5
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.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ; and regulates capital planning process.
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Prohibits PANYNJ from providing assistance for enforcement of March 6, 2017 US Executive Order banning entry into US of individuals from certain countries. *
Co-sponsored
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Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*
Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Concerns Code Blue alert plans to shelter at-risk individuals. *
Permits increase in municipal free public library tax upon voter approval.
Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*
Requires development and maintenance of data dashboard report to advise of open bed availability in residential facilities providing behavioral health services.
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers; prohibits certain practices under vision care provider contracts.*
Directs Attorney General to develop plan to disseminate Amber and Silver Alert information through social media.
Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.
"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.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Authorizes municipal volunteer programs for free removal of snow from certain residential properties occupied by seniors or disabled persons.*
Provides protections for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18-21 receiving services from Division of Children's System of Care.
"Rosa-Bonilla Family Act"; concerns development of carbon monoxide poisoning educational program for drivers.
Establishes new crime of strict liability vehicular homicide; renames existing vehicular homicide as reckless vehicular homicide; designated as Ralph and David's Law.
Eliminates sales and use tax on certain transportation services provided by a limousine operator.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.
Establishes law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral programs.*
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Provides that motor vehicle registration expires on registrant's numerical calendar day of birth.
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents of student-athletes and cheerleaders concerning use and misuse of prescription opioids.
"Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Requires driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include cyclist and pedestrian safety information. *
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program." **
Provides that school districts and nonpublic schools may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.*
Concerns emergency assistance which is repaid by the recipient.
Authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to extend orders for controlled dangerous substances under certain circumstances.
Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.
Clarifies that authorized persons and entities may administer a single dose of any opioid antidote, or multiple doses of any intranasal or intramuscular opioid antidote to overdose victims, with immunity under "Overdose Prevention Act." *
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and certain services to maintain and repair breast pumps.
Establishes special "Equality" license plates.
Vetoed · 14
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.*
Imposes State sales and use tax and hotel and motel occupancy fee on transient accommodations; authorizes various municipal taxes and fees on transient accommodations.
Requires State's full participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.*
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
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Amends State construction code to increase fire safety at certain construction sites.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Tiered Health Insurance Networks."
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
"Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.
Requires health benefits coverage for adolescent depression screenings.*
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Provides that President of Municipal Clerks' Association of New Jersey and one additional public member serve as members of Government Records Council.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
"Red Mascara Act;" designates five State songs.*
Establishes State park passport to promote outdoor recreation, education, and visitation to State parks, forests, and historic sites.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Conditions appropriation for State professional boards on expenditure of budget allocation to Board of Nursing to process and eliminate home health aide application backlog.
Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.
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 juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.*
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases. *
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence. *
Establishes "Succeed in New Jersey" student loan reimbursement program for certain New Jersey residents employed in designated fields.
Requires epinephrine auto-injectors to be packaged and sold as single units.
Authorizes annual issuance of permit to sell alcoholic beverages at seasonal farm market.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Establishes Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program to facilitate apprehension of persons fleeing motor vehicle accident scene; designated as "Zackhary's Law."
Requires collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information about sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys by State agencies.
Allows horse racetracks to be available for placing wagers at casinos in Atlantic City using Internet.*
Requires owner of certain autobuses to register with and receive approval from municipalities in which autobus operates.
Requires DLPS to issue guidelines for counties to establish special needs registries.
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.*
Establishes Behavioral Health Services Task Force.*
Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract.
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.*
Permits operation of low-speed electric bicycles.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires State parks, forests, and other natural and historic areas to remain open to public for seven days if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
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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.
Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public, private, and charitable assets in this State.
Amends State construction code to increase fire safety in large residential projects.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law"; appropriates $2.5 million.
Extends gross income tax medical expense deduction to certain cord blood banking services.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel.*
Requires DHS to ensure distribution to senior citizens of notice from Division of Consumer Affairs concerning risks and prevention of fraud.
Establishes NJ STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in DOLWD.
Implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes; revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires carriers to disclose selection standards for, and establishes certain requirements regarding, placement of health care providers in tiered health benefits plan network. *
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.*
Provides for registration and accreditation of human milk banks.*
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Establishes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study Advisory Council.*
Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services.
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and teleheath. *
Ensures equal rights and opportunities for pregnant students in institutions of higher education.*
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
"Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act"; requires institutions of higher education to have individuals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day.*
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Requires insurance coverage in the individual and small employer markets and SHBP and SEHBP for "off-label" uses of certain drugs.
Authorizes Drinking Water Quality Institute to study and recommend maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane to DEP.
Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*
Adds two public members to NJT board and provides that all NJT board members are voting members.*
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain infant formulas.
Establishes sexual assault training requirements for law enforcement officers.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.*
Concerns standard for involuntary commitment to outpatient treatment.*
Requires NJT to provide locations at bus terminals and rail stations where bicycles may be safely secured.
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Requires DOH to issue standing order authorizing pharmacists to dispense opioid antidotes to patients without individual prescriptions.*
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires NJ DOT to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.*
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; enhances film and digital media tax credits, revises and expands tax credit eligibility requirements, and requires EDA to study development of film studio at North Jersey location.
Requires State agencies to post Internet links to programs and services for women as applicable.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
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 disability.*
Requires DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.
Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.***
Requires issuance of conditional certifications for homemaker-home health aides within seven days and issuance of final certification within 120 days.
Establishes two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program in DEP; appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge therefor.
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.
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Requires DOH to establish single license for facilities providing integrated behavioral and physical health care.*
Requires NJTA to study impact of constructing rail stations at certain park and ride facilities.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Revises law governing testifying via closed circuit television in certain criminal cases.*
Upgrades assault on victims 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."
Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.
Changes statutory reference to pejorative terminology referring to person of certain ethnic background and requires government entities to remove and replace pejorative language in official documents.*
Establishes fee on single-use carryout bags used in certain stores and dedicates fee revenue to "Healthy Schools and Community Lead Abatement Fund."*
Prohibits sale or distribution of flavored electronic smoking devices and related products.*
Establishes Women's Vocational Training Pilot Program to promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations; authorizes allocation of certain funds therefor.*
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Permits young adult who is claimed as a dependent on a relative's tax return to receive Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance benefits.
Establishes procedures for pharmacists to seek approval to dispense alternative product in place of prescribed epinephrine auto-injector device.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain psychiatrists who work in underserved areas or psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey.*
Prohibits sale of expanded polystyrene food containers by public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Establishes standards for Batterers' Intervention Programs in domestic violence cases.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Directs DEP to adopt standards for certain drinking water contaminants based upon recommendations of Drinking Water Quality Institute.*
Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.
Provides that driver's license and identification cards expire every four years on licensee cardholder's birthday.*
Establishes mandatory training program for human resources officers of public employers on handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.
Requires continued coverage of prescription drugs for certain medical conditions.
Allows certain joint insurance funds to make certain investments and to form certain investment programs; authorizes school districts and local units of government to deposit public funds into multiple FDIC-insured accounts.*
Requires bidders on certain State contracts to disclose, and Department of Treasury to publish, certain gender wage information.
Requires electric public utility to notify property owner any time account for electric public utility service on owner's property is opened, closed, transferred, or altered.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."
Permits amusement games license to be issued to holder of alcoholic beverage special concessionaire permit at certain airports; allows licensees to offer electronic amusements under certain circumstances.
Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Hearing Impairment Task Force."
The "Water Quality Accountability Act"; imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure investment requirements on water purveyors.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Prohibits use of coupons, price rebates, and price reduction promotions in sales of tobacco and vapor products.
Requires DHS to take certain measures concerning Integrated Case Management Services program.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Prohibits residential substance use disorder treatment facilities and aftercare facilities from denying admission to individuals receiving medication assisted treatment for substance use disorder.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and licensed athletic trainers to access prescription monitoring information under certai
Establishes "Volkswagen Settlement Utilization Fund for Motor Vehicle Emissions Reduction and Air Pollution Control"; directs DEP to use moneys in fund to establish and implement certain air pollution control programs.
Prohibits use of chlorpyrifos insecticide.
Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.*
Makes Palisades Interstate Park Commission eligible for certain open space and historic preservation funding.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish repayment assistance program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program who suffer material loss of income.
Requires NJ to join U.S. Climate Alliance to uphold Paris Climate Accord.
Directs State Board of Education to review and incorporate within New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education instructional standards on water safety.*
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of certain firearm components.
Revises animal cruelty law enforcement in NJ.
Concerns prescribing of certain controlled dangerous substances; requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and athletic trainers to
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Revises procedure for transferring motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
"Caylee's Law;" requires missing child be reported within 12 hours.
Establishes offense of advertising commercial sexual abuse of minor.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions, earnings, and qualified distributions associated with special needs trusts.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Exempts principal residences from the transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
Dedicates portion of sales tax derived from electricity, natural gas, and hydrogen used to fuel motor vehicles to Transportation Trust Fund.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Establishes amber light duration at traffic control signals.
Prohibits "gay panic" defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances.
"Holocaust Reparations Tax Exemption Act"; exempts value of certain payments to Holocaust survivors and their eligible descendants from transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Requires drug test specimens from drug abuse treatment clinics be analyzed by independent clinical laboratory.
Clarifies that records custodians are not subject to penalties under State's open public records law if due diligence is exercised.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Requires candidates keep detailed records of how campaign funds are spent for the ordinary and necessary expenses of holding public office.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax on Class C beneficiaries and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for New Jersey estate tax to $1,500,000.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Dedicates 0.1 percent of cigarette tax revenue to anti-smoking initiatives.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Port Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River and Bay Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree to unlawfully use a controlled dangerous substance or prescription drug while pregnant.
Establishes guidelines for dissemination of vital records.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Establishes "Fund to Prevent Use of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices"; supports activities to prevent use and promote awareness of associated health conditions.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support United Way of New Jersey.
Removes statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands categories of defendants liable in such actions.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to DHS to develop community residences for Division of Developmental Disabilities clients on the waiting list.
Provides NJ STARS II Program eligibility to certain students who attained an associate's degree through a joint program offered by a school district and a county college.
Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Requires institution of higher education to annually report total number of sexual assault and domestic violence allegations made by or against student to Attorney General and Secretary of Higher Education.
Prohibits disclosure of personal information pertaining to certain health care workers who are victims of assault; makes violation disorderly persons offense.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain compressed natural gas vehicles.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.
Establishes Meadowlands Flood Advisory Task Force.
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.
Modifies powers and allocation of Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to include crime victims as protected status.
Expands rights of crime victims.
Prohibits sale of food and beverage packaging and containers made with bisphenol A.
Requires BPU to establish Energy Efficiency Leadership awards program.
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.
"The Child and Family Suicide Prevention Act;" requires training related to screening for suicide prevention for pediatricians, physician assistants, and advanced practice nurses.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
"Plastic Container Recycling Enhancement Act."
"Water Supply Open Space, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund Act."
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
"Uncompensated Pending Medicaid Beneficiary Payment Relief Act"; provides compensation relief to nursing facilities when resident's Medicaid eligibility determination is delayed more than 90 days.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Requires audits of managed care plan provider networks.
Provides for designation of surrogates to make health care decisions for certain patients and decision making process for patients without surrogates; establishes demonstration program for transition of isolated patients from inpatient care to post-acute
Establishes Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Directs poison control and drug information program to establish clearinghouse of drug overdose information, report on trends, and provide education on safe storage and disposal of medications; appropriates $500,000.
Imposes a wholesale sales tax on electronic cigarettes and similar nicotine delivery products, changes tax base and requires licenses to conduct business in tobacco products.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Permits certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Creates Voluntary Registry for Individuals with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Authorizes Attorney General to impose fine against institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Prohibits submission of New Jersey license plate information to national photo ticketing system or other states for certain purposes.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Excludes from PAAD income eligibility withdrawals from an IRA.
Establishes the number of students to be supported under the veterinary medicine education program and a service requirement for students who participate in the program.
Requires each county to establish and maintain veterans' service office.
Extends certain employment protections to professional cheerleaders.
Prohibits issuance of DEP permits and approvals for development related to drilling for oil and natural gas off NJ coast.
Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in emergency shelters, rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.
Regulates tethering and confinement of, and proper shelter for, dogs.
Establishes Capture, Control, and Conserve Reward Rebate Program in DEP to encourage property owners to implement certain techniques to conserve water or control stormwater runoff.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain teachers under which they are permitted to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public schools.
Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.
Provides for implementation of full-day preschool programs in additional school districts; appropriates $110,000,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE.
Consolidates various municipalities into the new municipalities of Seaside Township and Long Beach Island Township, or alternatively requires shared services agreements for all major services.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on awareness of eating disorders as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Provides credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for construction of buildings in accordance with certain energy and environmental performance standards.
Requires board of education to unseal and announce contents of bids for certain subcontracting only at regularly scheduled, public meetings of the board.
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, that accurately portray political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Requires fire suppression and alarm systems in certain group homes.
Provides for Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for mental health services provided through telepsychiatry.
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.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
"Protection for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Institutional and Community Settings Act."
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Requires NJT to limit fare increases under its discount program for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and college students; designated as "Fare Affordability and Ridership Empowerment (FARE) Act."
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Prohibits placing primary election candidates into political party lines on primary ballot.
Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals; establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database; requires development of emergency services stroke care protocols; and mandates insurance coverage for telemedicine for stroke c
"Pedestrian Safety Act"; establishes motor vehicle offense of unlawful use of hand-held wireless telephone by pedestrians on roadways.
Establishes bi-state commission to study and make recommendations to address rail passenger service needs of certain New Jersey and New York commuters.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Temporarily maintains property tax exemption for previously exempt non-profit hospital properties; establishes "Non-Profit Hospital Property Tax Exemption Study Commission."
Establishes pilot program for incentive-based value payment system for home health agencies and health care service firms.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test drinking water for lead and install lead filters or treatment devices on drinking fountains and food preparation sinks; appropriates funds therefor.
Establishes NJ Water Supply and Pharmaceutical Product Study Commission.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of State assessment.
Requires owners of residential rental property to conduct lead hazard inspections in certain situations.
Requires certain health benefits plans to provide treatment for substance abuse and dependency when determined medically necessary by physician or psychologist.
Establishes Electronic Health Information Technology Fund.
Requires public bodies upon request to provide American Sign Language interpreter at public meetings.
Requires DHS to maintain Statewide registry of registered professional guardians.
Requires certain health benefits plans to provide coverage for behavioral health care services determined to be medically necessary, including 90 days per year of inpatient residential care.
Provides list of various assessments to satisfy State high school graduation proficiency test requirement.
Concerns arrest warrants for failing to pay parking tickets.
Establishes central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Exempts public institutions of higher education from motor vehicle registration fee.
Increases disclosure of political contributions by business entities with public contracts; creates uniform law for contributions by such entities; repeals local option to set contribution limits for business entities.
Requires training of certain staff and health care professionals in interacting with individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires issues related to prescription opioids to be included in continuing education courses for certain health care professionals.
Establishes process for individual to petition court for involuntary commitment of another person to treatment for substance use disorder.
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Requires opioid antidote dispensation to be monitored under Prescription Monitoring Program, and authorizes certain entities to submit info regarding opioid antidote administration for inclusion in secondary, linked database; designated as "John Wagner's
Establishes procedures for involuntary civil commitment for children.
Restricts initial prescriptions for opioid drugs to seven day supply.
Reallocates portion of certain forfeited property as incentive for information of drug-related offenses and to provide inpatient treatment for certain drug-dependent individuals.
Requires all Medicaid managed care organization to permit all pharmacies in State to dispense prescriptions for all covered medications.
Imposes sales and use tax, transient accommodation fee, and authorizes local transient accommodation tax on charges for providing space for accommodation of transient guests in certain residences in this State.
Provides Medicaid coverage for services to treat and prevent Zika virus infection and associated health outcomes.
Limits use of student progress on standardized assessments to no more than 10 percent of overall evaluation.
Establishes payment incentive program for home health agencies and health care service firms.
Establishes arts program for acquisition and display of visual artwork by New Jersey artists in State House and Annex.
Establishes program to provide free tuition under State Tuition Aid Grant Program to certain students who are accepted to public four-year institutions of higher education and elect to attend county college for first two years.
Prohibits hospice from charging patient for days on which patient is not present.
Requires health benefits coverage for buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone under certain conditions.
Concerns long term tax exemptions on certain age-restricted low-income housing.
Concerns crime of trafficking in personal identifying information.
Requires the Division of Consumer Affairs to establish electronic monitoring system for pain management agreements, to be linked to, and used in association with, Prescription Monitoring Program.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to obtain court order prior to using certain collection practices for defaulted loans under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Prohibits unfair discrimination in issuing or rating life insurance policies based on transgender status or certain gender identity information.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Requires DOH to establish comprehensive searchable website concerning educational programs and resources available to special education students.
Establishes housing expense reimbursements for families of certain public safety officers killed in line of duty.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Adds new civil penalties and increases surcharges imposed on domestic violence offenders; establishes "Domestic Violence Victims' Legal Assistance Fund.
Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to establish public information campaign concerning real estate rental scams.
Restricts medical expense coverage for opioid drugs unless prescribing health care professional follows certain guidelines.
Requires DOT to establish reduced speed limits near schools on certain highways.
Criminalizes the manufacture, sale, and possession of controlled dangerous substance U-47700, known as U-4 or "Pink."
Establishes Firearm Violence Research Center at Rutgers, The State University.
Establishes social innovation loan guarantee pilot program and study commission within New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority concerning opioid and other substance use disorders.
Clarifies that age restrictions may not be imposed to exclude disabled persons from housing.
Establishes "Safe Streets Law Enforcement Grant Program Fund" to disburse grant funds to eligible municipalities.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to develop best practices information for co-prescribing opioid antidotes.
Requires DHS to take appropriate action to exempt veterans from benefits time limit applicable to able-bodied adults without dependents under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Exempts from sales and use taxation purchase of fire sprinkler systems installed in residential new construction.
Eliminates phrase "born out of wedlock" from statues concerning legal settlement; revises law for determining a minor's county of legal settlement.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Prohibits four-year public institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees above certain percentages.
Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.
Directs four-year public institutions of higher education to develop plan to achieve six-year graduation rate of at least 70 percent for full-time undergraduate students by 2022-2023 academic year.
Establishes Tuition and Aid Grant Study Commission to examine New Jersey's Tuition Aid Grant Program and make recommendations regarding improvements to program.
Requires that school counselor preparation programs include credits on college and financial planning and that school districts provide professional development opportunities to school counselors on these topics.
Permits establishment by county and four-year institutions of higher education of three plus one degree programs for receipt of baccalaureate degree after spending three years at county college and one year at senior institution.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Requires four-year institutions of higher education to offer accelerated three-year baccalaureate degree programs.
Amends "Overdose Prevention Act" to clarify that pharmacists and health care practitioners may dispense opioid antidotes pursuant to standing order, and that prescribers may issue such standing order, with immunity from liability.
Allows 50 percent credit against societal benefits charge to electric or gas public utility customers who install and maintain publicly available zero emission vehicle charging stations.
Eliminates certificate of need requirement for special care nursing facilities.
Requires photo identification for handgun ammunition purchases.
Requires electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for equine therapy or rehabilitation under certain circumstances.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Requires Commissioner of Health to designate special care nursing facility to treat patients with psychiatric and substance use disorders dual diagnosis.
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.
Criminalizes act of "stealthing"; removing or tampering with condom during sexual activity without consent of one's sexual partner.
Requires certain hospitals with on-site clinical laboratories to ensure in-network coverage for laboratory services if hospital is in-network.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; transfers $20 million annually from New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to consortium over five-year period.
Permits counties to provide videoconferencing in involuntary commitment hearings.
Concerns lead reduction expenditures and Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Includes accredited nonsectarian nonpublic schools not specifically approved for education of special education students on list of suitable placements for such students.
Establishes third degree crime of "stealthing"; removing sexually protective device during sexual activity without sexual partner's consent.
Amends certain provisions of sexual assault statute to clarify elements necessary for conviction.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Establishes Child Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program in DOE to train school district staff to identify student victims.
Requires State to uphold goals of Paris Climate Agreement.
Requires municipalities that have public swimming pools to provide information regarding "dry drowning."
Requires parent or guardian to annually notify school district in writing of intention to home-school child; requires school district to compile and post on district website number of home-schooled children.
Requires door to operator's cabin be locked on NJT trains.
Establishes Overdose Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.
Establishes Edison Innovation Science and Technology Fund in EDA to provide grants for certain science and technology-based university research; appropriates $5 million.
Concerns availability of certain insurance for employers of self-directed employees in Division of Developmental Disabilities in DHS.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for prescription drugs through entire course of treatment as determined by prescriber.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Prohibits person from simultaneously holding elected and paid appointed office in the same municipality.
Provides that employees of State agencies that oversee casinos and racetracks are essential personnel; ensures continued operation of casinos and racetracks throughout duration of state of emergency exceeding seven days.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to publish information on its website about how to assist farmers impacted by agricultural natural disasters.
Transfers county college employees and retirees from membership in SEHBP to membership in SHBP.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Commission to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal death in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Specifies vacant shopping malls and office parks as eligible for designation as areas in need of redevelopment.
Permits counties and non-governmental, community-based agencies to establish family justice centers which provide coordinated, multi-agency governmental and non-govermental assistance to victims of certain crimes and offenses, including domestic violence,
Revises law requiring health insurance coverage for certain contraceptives.
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Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.
Makes appropriation from revenues and other funds of Transportation Trust Fund Authority of $260,000,000 to DOT for bridge and road repairs; $140,000,000 to New Jersey Transit Corporation for technology improvements and system safety.*
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Clarifies role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, regulates surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI.