Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Patricia Egan Jones
Sponsored
In committee2
Establishes process by which a fiduciary is discharged.
Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
Extends protections of the new vehicle "lemon law" to new farm tractors purchased or leased in New Jersey.*
Vetoed · 1
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties. *
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to award pupil transportation contracts that exceed bid threshold through request for proposals.*
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.*
Out of committee · 9
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate or placard issued by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.*
Requires nursing homes to obtain form designating beneficiary of personal needs allowance accounts from incoming and current residents.
Establishes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Advisory Council.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."*
Establishes a process to integrate certain health data and other data from publicly supported programs for population health research.*
Prohibits school districts from joining associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports unless association limits certain student-athletes who repeat middle school grade to only six consecutive semesters of interscholastic eligibility after en
Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program.
In committee · 3
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.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes and dispense such reserve stock to first responders and hospital pharmacies, on interim basis, in order to ensure uninterrupted supply.