Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Robert M. Gordon
Sponsored
Became law3
Prohibits computer-assisted remote hunting.
Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies.
Concerns electronic methods for filing tax returns and paying State taxes; establishes additional penalty for failure to use required methods and requires certain tax preparers to file gross income tax returns and payments electronically. *
Out of committee3
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
Extends date for certain submittals required pursuant to diesel emissions law; authorizes DEP to disapprove cost estimates for retrofit technology under certain conditions; and modifies requirement to sell, distribute, and use ultra low sulfur diesel fue
Establishes special fund for proceeds from sale of certain State-owned real property; restricts use for State debt reduction and capital projects.
In committee20
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Access Study Commission."
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Increases Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled Program subsidy.
Requires State to contract with pharmaceutical companies to purchase influenza vaccine for high-risk persons and their care providers.
Requires after-market mufflers to be certified to operate at certain noise level; DEP to establish standards.
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits to TPAF retirees who retired with at least 20 years of service prior to May 1, 1988.
Requires tenant rebates by landlords of multifamily dwellings for cost of municipal solid waste collection by municipalities.
Permits students with cystic fibrosis to self-administer medication.
Prohibits EDA or school district from entering into contract for payment of relocation costs of tenant or leaseholder until contract for purchase of site is executed.
Expands offense of computer criminal activity to include accessing computer data for an unlawful purpose by means of a knowing misrepresentation as to identity of person requesting information.
Creates Meadowlands Economic Development Trust; provides for sharing of tax revenues generated by developments of regional economic significance to improve local quality of life.
Establishes voluntary Statewide physician joint purchasing alliance.
Supplemental appropriation to DOT of $14,800,000 as State contribution toward improvements of certain portions of Route 17.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3%
Creates Bergen County Transportation Trust Fund.
Exempts charges for residential storage space and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from the sales and use tax.
Creates surcharge to fund court security.
Expands homestead property tax rebate program for certain non-senior and non-disabled tenants based on revised income qualifications.
Adds additional members to Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission and requires study on effects of mandates enacted by law since 2000.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Extends date for certain submittals required pursuant to diesel emissions law; authorizes DEP to disapprove cost estimates for retrofit technology under certain conditions; and modifies requirement to sell, distribute, and use ultra low sulfur diesel fue
Establishes special fund for proceeds from sale of certain State-owned real property; restricts use for State debt reduction and capital projects. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 71
Implements CORE proposals, including "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act"; user -friendly budgets; revision of county superintendent of schools title and duties.*
Provides for various school district accountability measures.
Eliminates various inactive commissions, committees, councils and boards.
Establishes "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission"; establishes measures for local government efficiency; appropriates $95,000.
Creates "The 2007 New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project Act"; appropriates $7.675 million.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to advise women of option to donate or store umbilical cord blood and placental tissue. **
Requires 60-day notice of closing or relocation of nursing homes and assisted living residences to residents, their representatives and DHSS and provides for waiver of notice in emergency. *
Establishes Joint Committee on Housing Affordability.
Prohibits product testing with traditional animal test methods if federally recommended alternative test method exists, with certain exceptions; and provides for injunctive relief for violations.
Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs. *
Requires all municipal court administrators to be certified and provides for interim municipal court administrator appointments under certain circumstances.
Shortens time period after which interest is charged for late payment of workers' compensation benefits.
Concerns omnibuses; creates "Omnibus Safety Enforcement Fund." *
Permits law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, to participate in intergovernmental transfer program; permits waive of accumulated sick leave and seniority privileges by such officers.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
Extends application deadline for financing for closure and associated remediation of regulated underground storage tanks; requires notification to municipalities by DEP of underground storage tank fund.
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
Regulates dental decisions by insurers and third party administrators and provides for limited dentist registration certificates. *
Requires suicide and mental health screening of juveniles in county detention centers.
Establishes Asperger's Syndrome Pilot Initiative.
Requires DHSS to maintain registry of reported autism diagnoses; appropriates $500,000. *
Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.
"Access to Medical Research Act;" authorizes certain persons to give informed consent for medical research if subject of research is unable to give consent.
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in Division of Consumer Affairs. **
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support New Jersey Veterans Haven program.
Creates New Jersey POW-MIA medal. *
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
Prohibits sale, use, and burning of creosote or creosote-treated products. *
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct performance review audits.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Increases voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19; provides for additional board powers; and establishes board of directors for University Hospital. *
Prohibits minors under 14 from using tanning facilities and requires written parental consent for minors 14 to 18.
Concerns withholding and diversion of wages by temporary help service firms. *
Extends eligibility for New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Program to dependents and spouses of persons who died as a result of illness caused by exposure to attack sites.
"Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act," requires certain health care entities to establish violence prevention programs to protect health care workers.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in foreign companies doing business in Iran.
Lowers to 62 statutory qualifying age for low-income senior citizen State rental assistance grants.
Provides a military service exemption to the requirement of continuous enrollment under the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against employees because of religious practices.
Mandates alternate testing dates because of days of religious observance for certain applicants seeking licensure.
Removes limitation on amount of grant money that may be allocated from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 23 as "Robert A. Roe Highway"; appropriates $2,500.
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Provides certain employment protections for employees on military leave in time of war or emergency.
Appropriates $9,066,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $39,430,430 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Reinforces prohibition of any debarred contractor using new business entity to circumvent the debarment; provides for suspension of contractor's registration pending hearing. *
Requires prevailing wages to be paid for construction work on State-owned properties.
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Requires State to replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs; requires BPU to educate public on benefits of compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Debars certain employers from public work and establishes criminal penalties for misclassification of construction workers as independent contractors.
Establishes the position of Ethics Counsel and mandates certain ethics consultation and training in the Legislative Branch of State government.
"New Jersey Health Information Technology Act"; establishes New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission and Office for e-HIT, and provides for Statewide health information technology plan. *
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Designated the "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education and Research Program Act."
Requires health care providers to test pregnant women for HIV as part of routine prenatal care unless woman refuses testing, and requires testing of certain newborns for HIV. *
Appropriates $40 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Permits certain child care centers to receive $1,500 grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund. **
Prohibits newly elected public office holders from simultaneously holding more than one elective office.
Makes certain changes to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes issuance of $200 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Vetoed · 1
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Passed the General Assembly · 49
Establishes a pilot program in DOE for the organization of a county administrative school district.
Permits the appointment of joint municipal court judges by agreement of affected municipalities.
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
"New Jersey Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act."
Requires owners and employees of international labor matching or matchmaking organizations to undergo background check and recruits of these organizations to be given basic domestic violence information. *
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Requires State to offer surplus State police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations. *
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus. *
Removes monk parakeet from list of potentially dangerous species.
Provides for the registration of daily money managers.
Creates the "Emergency Management Act of 2006." *
Requires New Jersey institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain New Jersey members of the military and their families in need of assistance.
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes appropriation.
Directs Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate certain fire safety regulations concerning furnishings purchased by public and independent institutions of higher education.
Requires DHSS to review standard of care at health care facilities in which 40% or more of direct patient care nursing staff are temporary hires.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006."
Increases motor vehicle property damage reporting threshold to over $1000.
Provides that reports and publications produced by State be primarily available on Internet, provides for notice of availability of reports and publications.
Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.
Upgrades penalty for unlawfully transferring a firearm to an underage person.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Clarifies definition of "primary care" in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program to include practice of geriatrics.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging.
Revises procedures for the use of eminent domain in municipal redevelopment programs.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tests at their regular administration due to religious observance.
Provides that a nursing home resident has a right to receive food that meets the resident's religious dietary requirements.
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Authorizes enhancement of State Uniform Construction Code's energy subcode based on anticipated energy savings; provides down payment assistance to certain purchasers of homes meeting enhanced energy subcode requirements. *
Requires telephone number to report suspicious activities or behavior related to terrorism be printed on certificates of approval.
Prohibits hospitals from executing certain contracts for electronic health records systems.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
Establishes qualifications for zoning enforcement officers.
Provides additional enforcement provisions under "Health Care Quality Act"; allows certain private causes of action for violations; expands administrative remedies; establishes enforcement fund.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Prohibits organized delivery systems from denying participation in network to imaging centers willing to meet terms of contract.
Authorizes municipal planning boards to adopt green buildings and environmental sustainability municipal master plan element.
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Revises regulation of landscape architects.
Exempts comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilitites from ambulatory care assessment.
Out of committee · 136
Revises health wellness insurance benefits.
"Toy Safety Act."
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
The "Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act."
Establishes New Jersey State Building Green Building Technology Task Force.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies; makes an appropriation. *
Establishes identification guidelines and record-keeping requirements for notaries public.
Revises State purchase of recycled paper and recycled paper products mandates.
Designates first Monday in November each year as "Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Day." *
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for roadside markers to designate historic sites; appropriates $90,000. *
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Establishes Task Force on the Oversight of Group Homes for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list of environmentally responsible companies and recognition program for certain exemplary companies; requires companies on list be given preference whenever possible in the awarding of State contracts. *
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of significant individuals of the American Revolutionary period; appropriates $200,000. *
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Directs Commissioner of DHS to prepare annual Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance for NJ FamilyCare Enrollees report.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Establishes pharmacy's duty to fill prescriptions for in-stock drugs or devices without delay, notwithstanding sincerely held moral, philosophical or religious beliefs of pharmacist. *
Requires health benefits coverage by health insurers and SHBP for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor. *
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans' Hospital Task Force."
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Requires certain health care professionals to provide information and screening for postpartum depression.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Requires disclosure of terms, conditions, and limitations on prepaid telephone calling cards.
Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Allows tax credit to health care professionals for expenses to achieve accessibility for persons with mobility impairments.
Increases maximum municipal dog license fee from $7 to $21. *
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2006.
Prohibits insurers offering managed care plans from denying participation in network to health care providers willing to meet terms of contract. *
Establishes Prescription Monitoring Program in Division of Consumer Affairs and provides division with authority over registration and control of controlled dangerous substances. *
"Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act"; establishes Long-Term Care Partnership Program in DHS. *
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; appropriates $425,000.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Prohibits political contributions by all State and local public agencies.
Requires DHSS and DOE to provide information on meningococcal meningitis to parents or guardians of certain school-aged children.
Provides for civil and criminal penalties for giving false information pertaining to violations of environmental laws. *
Eliminates statute of limitations for certain environmental crimes and crimes causing widespread injury or damage. *
Increases civil penalties for issuance of false statements in violation of various environmental laws.
"Bloodborne Disease Harm Reduction Act"; establishes demonstration program to permit operation of sterile syringe access programs; appropriates $10 million. *
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Prohibits sale of certain flavored cigarettes. *
Requires any person responsible for conducting remediation to submit written notification and a remedial action workplan under certain conditions; requires DEP to adopt rules setting forth notice requirements. **
Requires person performing remediation to submit remedial action workplan to municipality; requires DEP to adopt rules concerning public notification of remediation of contaminated sites. *
Increases time for DEP review of proposed negative declaration and requires certain notice to municipalities under Industrial Site Recovery Act. *
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. **
Requires persons transacting business in this State and making payments to unregistered unincorporated construction contractors to withhold gross income taxes from those payments.
Concerns coverage for childhood immunizations.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Enhances protections afforded under child-protection window guard law.
Requires DHSS to make certain information about long-term care and adult day health services facilities available on its website. *
Establishes Heritage Tourism Task Force. *
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. *
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for assisted living programs.
"State Medicare Part D Assistance and Information Act."
Exempts sales of certain fuel efficient motor vehicles from sales and use taxes.
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Prohibits certain provisions in employment contracts.
Prohibits the use of a dog or other animal in a drug distribution scheme.
Makes use of an animal to carry illegal drugs or facilitate drug-related crimes an animal cruelty offense; provides for non-merger of criminal animal cruelty offenses. *
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Concerns sale or lease of unsafe or recalled children's products.
Recodifies Title 4 criminal animal cruelty offenses in State criminal code; increases level of certain offenses and crimes; establishes new offenses; revises civil penalties; repeals various sections of law; designated as Angel's Law. **
"Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority Act." *
Concerns meat packing.
Changes funding limits for grants to local governments from hazardous discharge fund for site remediation.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Authorizes the issuance of bonds by the NJEDA to fund State capital construction projects of $270 million for facilities for stem cell research, biomedical research, blood collection and cancer research. **
"Plastic Container Recycling Enhancement Act."
Requires ambulatory care facilities to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured low-income persons.
Requires DEP to refund application fee to certain persons exempt from Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. *
Directs Division of Developmental Disabilities to prepare plan to ensure community-based living for certain individuals with developmental disabilities.
Regulates operation of sweepstakes in New Jersey.
Regulates donation clothing bins.
Allows counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of Internet.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program"; appropriates $1,500,000.
Imposes criminal penalties for certain actions concerning disposition of decedent's body parts.
"Safe Patient Handling Act"; requires health care facilities to establish safe patient handling programs. *
Establishes as crime of the second degree unlawful possession of certain handguns. *
Requires MVC to share organ donor information with federally designated organ procurement organizations.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for contributions to support facilities construction, expansion, renovation and upgrade at New Jersey public and independent institutions of higher education.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans. *
"New Jersey Stem Cell Research Bond Act," authorizes the sale of State general obligation bonds in the amount of $450 million and appropriates $5,000. *
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Permits person covered by managed care plan to receive covered services from in-network provider without obtaining referral from primary care physician.
Clarifies licensing requirements of certain physicians' offices providing imaging or scanning services and exempts comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities from ambulatory care assessment.
Renames "Open Public Meetings Act" in honor of Senator Byron M. Baer. *
Requires Office of Legislative Services to make complete voting records of legislators available to the public in electronic form.
Authorizes certain cities to establish a municipal hospital authority.
Establishes responsibilities for owner/operators working for licensed public movers.
Requires DEP to hold local public hearing for certain major developments located in a State park of forest. *
Bars sales of aerosol dusters to persons under the age of 18. *
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
"Medicaid Program Integrity and Protection Act"; establishes Office of Medicaid Inspector General; appropriates $3 million.
Clarifies that penalties for unauthorized parking in handicapped parking space are effective even when not posted.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games. *
Provides that if an annual appropriation act is not enacted at the beginning of a State fiscal year casino gambling operations shall continue and all State employees shall be deemed essential. *
Requires certain disclosures of information on development subsidies.
Provides unemployment benefits for spouses of armed services members under certain conditions. *
Requires DHSS standards for safe building interiors; submission of documentation of investigation and remediation as a condition to issuance of construction permit for certain sites; makes changes to the "Industrial Site Recovery Act."
"Billy's Law"; requires DCF and DHS to establish regulations for out-of-State placements in residential schools and programs. **
Requires affordable housing be built to green building standards; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to issue standards.
Authorizes certain local units to develop broadband telecommunications infrastructure used for providing broadband telecommunications service via wireless community networks. *
Increases amount of State tax credits under "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Establishes procedures for operation of air ambulance services.
Includes electronic communication in definition of public school "harassment, intimidation or bullying."
Permits, rather than requires, participants in death registration process to use New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System.
Requires written notice to be provided to county health departments and local health agencies concerning contaminated sites. *
Allows authorized representative of deceased or incapacitated dentist to contract with another dentist to continue practice for one year.
Authorizes Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to establish additional air terminals.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Revises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Changes date of presidential primary from last Tuesday in February to first Tuesday after first Monday in February.
Restricts receipt of things of value by members of the Legislature and legislative staff from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents; increases certain penalty provisions. *
Establishes New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies. *
Makes it a primary offense for motorists to talk on or text message with hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving. *
Revises "Health Care Quality Act;" requires certain provisions in managed care plan contracts; clarifies certain responsibilities for ordering tests and procedures.
Requires hospitals to implement infection prevention programs.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain digital media content expenses and concerning the film production expenses credit, amending P.L.2005, c.345.
Adopts Article 15 of Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
Establishes NJ Coastal and Ocean Protection Council; appropriates $75,000.
Permits municipal board of library trustees to reduce library tax rate under certain conditions.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
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Establishes Health Care Professional Regulation Study Commission and requires certain State professional licensing boards to take certain actions.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Establishes Medication Management, Outreach and Support Program in DHS; appropriates $8 million.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from estate recovery under Medicaid.
Requires managed care carriers to provide certain health care providers with fee schedules.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Requires reporting and review of insurance carriers' health care claims processing and payment histories.
Requires managed care companies to pay health care claims based on assignment of benefits and disclosed fee schedules; requires coverage under certain conditions; authorizes civil actions against violators.
Requires certain disclosures from carriers; establishes new health care claims payment and appeals process; limits use of utilization management under certain circumstances.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Creates yellow and blue Fraternal Order of Police plates.
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
Allows a gross income tax credit for textbook purchases by full-time undergraduate students at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Prohibits black bear hunting, creates black bear study commission, authorizes issuance and sale of NJ Black Bear Stamp, establishes NJ Black Bear Stamp Account.
Requires school districts to establish plans for responding to emergencies and crises.
Requires the placement of defibrillators in public school buildings.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Requires sharing of revenues derived from major developments situated near municipal borders under certain circumstances.
Makes changes in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for employer expenditures to provide certain physical fitness benefits to employees.
Extends responsibilities of tow truck operators responding to calls for assistance from motorists.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Meadowlands Conservation Trust.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Establishes the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Allows for a deduction from gross income for certain expenses of providing parental housing in the taxpayer's home.
Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.
Allows gross income tax credit for unreimbursed hearing aid expenses.
Provides for the annual selection of six school facilities demonstration projects under the State's school construction law.
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Directs DEP to develop and implement plan for 20 percent reduction of emissions from diesel-powered vehicles over the next seven years; directs appropriate departments and MVC adopt regulations necessary for implementation of DEP plan.
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment.
Prevents tenants' property tax rebate reductions due to effects of revaluation, reassessment, or tax appeal.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires tenant rebates for municipal solid waste collection reimbursement amounts paid to landlords.
Establishes the "Workplace Violence Safety Act."
Allows PAAD recipents margin of error in estimating income.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Prevents managed care plan from denying coverage for maintenance medications for chronic conditions for covered persons solely because of change in health benefits plan or pharmacy benefits manager initiated by employer or carrier.
Requires health insurers to cover costs of tobacco use cessation services.
Revises standards for expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions.
"Electronic Waste Producer Responsibility Act."
Permits the use of project labor agreements in certain public works projects other than projects involving buildings.
Amends "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act" to address terrorist and criminal acts.
Requires retail food establishments to provide certain nutritional information for food or beverage items sold to its customers.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
Requires responsible business practices by large employers regarding wages and benefits.
Requires NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to notify and receive input from Hackensack Meadowlands District municipalities concerning certain Meadowlands complex projects.
Creates requirement and grant program for power-assisted door openers on certain public buildings; appropriates $600,000.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Revises and updates statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.
"Rail Special Transportation District Act."
Establishes public school district budget cap adjustment for energy costs.
"The Dunphy Family's Law"; establishes "ALS Research Fund."
Allocates certain excess surplus of health service corporations to hospitals for charity care subsidies.
Exempts reimbursements from Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare and allows deduction for charity care in calculation of gross receipts for purposes of assessment on ambulatory care facilities.
Makes lock-out of tenant by landlord a disorderly persons offense; requires certain notice be provided in warrant for possession.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
Provides for regulation of certain call center communications by Division of Consumer Affairs.
Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy in excess of three years and requires the payment of increments pursuant to an expired policy in certain circumstances.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Establishes special environmental prosecutor.
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
Authorizes the issuance of cigarette tax revenue bonds by the NJEDA to fund stem cell research facilities, biomedical research facilities, and State park system capital projects; designated the Capital Facilities Financing Act of 2005.
Creates Highlands Conservation Trust to preserve land in Highlands Region, and authorizes Highlands conservation license plate to raise revenue therefor.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not amend its permitting laws to conform to the Compact of 1905.
Requires charge to nonresidents for E-ZPass transponders.
"Transportation Trust Fund Renewal and Reform Act of 2005."
Adds four members to Water Supply Advisory Council.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes certain specific gambling offenses connected with animal fights under the animal cruelty laws; establishes minimum jail time for first offenders.
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
Requires the placement of defibrillators in public use airports.
Requires hearing loss sensitivity training for public school pupils and teaching staff members.
Directs school nurse to develop individual health care plan for students with diabetes and allows certain diabetic students to test blood and administer insulin in the classroom.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
"Electronic Waste Management Act."
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Prohibits trapping of cats and dogs; limits trapping to animal control officers, members of SPCA and volunteers of Trap-Neuter-Return program.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in DHSS; requires pharmacies to compile drug retail price lists.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Requires that each school district budget receive a minimum percentage of 25% State support.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Requires forfeiture of public office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher; disqualifies person from future office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher or conviction of crime involving dishonesty.
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to adopt uniform informed consent form for clinical demonstration projects approved by DHSS.
"Prescription Drug Right-to-Know Act"; establishes clinical trials registry in DHSS; requires pharmaceutical companies to publicly disclose clinical trial data.
Increases penalty for equipment violations in omnibuses.
The "New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe Preparedness and Protection Act"; creates "New Jersey Catastrophe Fund"; appropriates $10,000,000.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Eliminates inheritance rights and the right of recovery in certain civil actions for a surviving parent who abandoned a decedent child.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
Extends TDI to provide family leave benefits for workers caring for sick family members, newborn and newly adopted children.
Provides that if wireless telephone service subscriber terminates service, any applicable subscriber termination fee is to be prorated.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to purchase new cellular telephone equipment in certain cases.
Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act; establishes certain consumer protections for wireless telephone subscribers.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to pay a charge for calling emergency 9-1-1 service.
Provides "Patriots Corner" tribute in State House to New Jersey residents serving in US Armed Forces, reserve components and New Jersey National Guard.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.
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Authorizes individual boards of education to self insure for certain insurance; removes current prohibitions.
Clarifies authority of DOT to enter certain agreements with local governments.
Establishes Division of Risk Management in the Department of the Treasury; reorganizes Office of Information Technology; requires consolidation of enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points.
"Property Assessment Reform Act"; appropriates $4,000,000.