Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Charlotte Vandervalk
Sponsored
Became law14
"FamilyCare Health Coverage Act."
"Health Data Commission Act;" appropriates $94,000.
Requires health care facilities to monitor pain as fifth vital sign in patients.
Requires Commission on Cancer Research to encourage research on cancer pain management and palliative care.
Establishes New Jersey Pain Management Policy Advisory Council.
Provides hospital patients and nursing home residents with right to expect and receive appropriate pain assessment, management and treatment as integral component of their care.
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Designated the "Community Health Care Assets Protection Act."
Reduces apostille fees in cases of adoption of a child.
Supplemental appropriation of $99,000 to DHSS for grant to HealthDecisions New Jersey to support New Jersey Comfort Care Coalition.
Clarifies enforcement authority of local health officers regarding sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors.
Clarifies provisions concerning luring or enticing a child.
Extends by six months the recovery and refund periods for the sales and use tax refunds for flood victims of Hurricane Floyd.
Permits New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority to refinance outstanding bonded indebtedness of hospitals that cease acute care operations or transition to alternative services.
Passed the General Assembly3
Permits a tax deduction under the New Jersey gross income tax for taxpayers who operate or maintain for their employees a licensed child care center or who have paid the cost of outside child care.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits under Medicaid.
Exempts intra-facility bed transfers from certificate of need requirement.
Out of committee15
Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Provides increase in cash assistance benefits as the result of the birth of a child under Work First New Jersey program. *
Limits record to be considered in hearing on denial of certificate of need application to documentary evidence presented by applicant prior to denial of application and other information used to determine denial of application.*
Requires criminal history record checks for all certified nurse aides, personal care assistants and homemaker-home health aides; requires plan for similar checks to be conducted on other providers of home care services.*
Provides for standardized protocol for autopsies performed in cases where suspected cause of death is SIDS.
Requires criminal history record background checks for child care center employees.
Updates names of DHS facilities.
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians, first responders and youth camp health directors to administer epinephrine.
Concerns the ability of professional licensing board to protect the public.
Requires DHSS to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures for health care professionals and facilities concerning postpartum depression; appropriates $50,000.
Establishes New Jersey Medical Error Reduction Study Commission; appropriates $95,000.
Prohibits smoking on school grounds.
Appropriates $5 million to the Judiciary for substance abuse programs for persons on probation.
Requires individual health benefits plan carriers to offer a new health benefits plan and permits small employer carriers to offer exclusive provider organization plan.
Requires managed care carriers to provide certain physicians with fee schedules.
In committee26
Creates a civil rape shield law.
The "Alternative Motor Fuels Promotion Act."
Authorizes special license plates for Office of Emergency Management volunteers.
Limits operation of personal watercraft in coastal wetlands.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Establishes "New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund" and provides funding to reimburse providers and patients of HIP Health Plan of New Jersey or its subcontractor and American Preferred Provider Plan; appropriates $40 million.
Clarifies the law concerning the administration of the drug epinephrine to students.
Allows persons convicted of certain drug offenses who are admitted into residential drug treatment to qualify for Work First New Jersey and other benefits.
Requires physicians and dentists to obtain State certificate to use acupuncture in their practice.
Requires State Board of Nursing to regulate unlicensed assistive personnel and Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to adopt regulations governing their use by health care facilities.
Revises certain sections of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" concerning municipal providers of utility services and rural electric cooperatives.
Requires State Health Benefits Program to provide certain mental health benefits under same terms and conditions as for other illnesses and diseases.
Provides affirmative defense against prosecution for child abandonment for parent who voluntarily delivers newborn child to emergency department of licensed general hospital.
Appropriates $140,000 for Steuben House repairs.
Permits dispensing of homeopathic drugs and dietary supplements by physicians.
Exempts physicians who exceed speed limit while responding to emergency calls from penalties.
"Medical Error Reduction Act."
Concerns certain professional boards, councils and committees.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Revises State funding formula for public education and provides funding for nonpublic school pupils and pupils being home schooled.
Expands and clarifies scope of "Retail Installment Sales Act of 1960."
Allows transfer from ABP to PERS.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
Directs DEP to establish memorial at Liberty State Park; appropriates $95,000.
Establishes Senior and Disabled Dental Care Discount Program in DHSS.
Requires owners of water supply reservoirs prone to downstream flooding to implement flood protection programs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act"; appropriates $500,000.*
Appropriates $26.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.
Establishes a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit.
Establishes new procedures for the application for services provided to the developmentally disabled.
Establishes Managed Health Care Consumer Assistance Program; appropriates $500,000. *
Allows candidate for school board to sign own nominating petition.
Provides that Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism shall be funded annually at $1.5 million.
Establishes Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program; increases penalty for commission of certain sex offenses.**
Provides school districts with additional State aid for special education pupils if costs exceed a certain amount. *
Provides enhanced benefits to survivors of certain PFRS members.
Amends "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act" regarding notification to designated persons about option to donate decedent's organs or tissues.
Establishes hepatitis C education, prevention, and screening program and requires reporting of hepatitis C directly to DHSS. ***
"Leonard Cohen's Law"; concerns hospital patient transfers.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain breast and cervical cancer-related treatment services for presumptively eligible persons under federal law.
Permits inspection of certain tax records by the Attorney General to facilitate the administration of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Removes requirement that a public utility employee's Social Security number appear on employee's identification badge.
Exempts children and victims for the payment of costs related to the maintenance and support of certain institutionalized individuals. *
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Establishes programs through NJ KidCare for State financial assistance and subsidies to purchase employer-sponsored health benefits plans for certain dependent children.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense for failure to report an incident of suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults.*
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Establishes the Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 45
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate. *
Requires all EMT's to be certified as EMT-Ds.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.*
Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic communication devises to commit harassment or stalking.
Requires insurers to notify employees if health coverage is terminated.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires licensing of genetic counselors.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Prohibits DHSS from altering State's Medicaid reimbursement system affecting nursing facilities.
Allocates handicapped parking fines to Independent Living Centers.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Revises the law concerning hazing; upgrades criminal penalties, provides certain immunities, creates civil offense and requires written policies.
Requires employer notification to employees if health benefits coverage is terminated.
Eliminates 12-month residency requirement concerning cash welfare benefits.
Requires health insurers that provide prescription drug coverage to issue standardized pharmacy identification cards. **
Creates the offense of endangering an injured victim.
Appropriates $38,154,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects; and approves funding of certain local government open space acquisition projects.
Approves State funding for certain "planning incentive" local government open space acquisition projects in northern NJ.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." *
Requires that home care services providers give advance information to patients about their employees' training.
Appropriates $50 million to the DEP for dam repair assistance and dam safety enhancement.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects.
Establishes the Office on Women's Health in DOH.
Provides for primary and comprehensive stroke centers at acute care hospitals; appropriates $14 million. *
Supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to DHSS for grant to Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey to support its Breast Cancer Awareness Project.
Establishes breast cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $90,000.
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits in retirement to certain former State employees with 25 or more years State service.
Appropriates $7.65 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Approves State funding for certain "planning incentive" local government open space acquisition projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $350,000 for New Bridge Landing Historical Site.*
Expands FamilyCare Health Coverage Program to cover single adults and couples without dependent children with incomes up to 133% of poverty level.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Makes clauses waiving right to sue in nursing home admission agreements void and unenforceable.
Provides for annual funding of Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission and appropriates $90,000.
Establishes medical assistance on-line application pilot project in DHS.
Appropriates $1 million to DEP for water supply system interconnection study. *
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula, eliminates "regular place of business" requirement to allocate less than 100% of income to New Jersey, provides airline-specific sales fraction. *
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Establishes Nursing Student Support Program.*
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active and retired employees. *
Provides debt defeasance aid to Bergen County Utilities Authority from certain landfill closure escrow accounts, appropriates up to $23.5 million. *
In committee · 44
Establishes a public school choice pilot program for pupils residing in certain school districts.
Requires BPU to initiate rate-making proceeding within 60 days.
Revises deadline for filing of property assessment appeal in first year following revaluation.
Permits certain volunteers and family members to enroll in a public institution of higher education tuition-free and revises registration requirement for all institutions.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law; appropriates $9 million in State funds and $9 million in federal funds.
Prohibits discrimination with respect to prices charged by sellers of services.
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
"The 10-20-Life Law."
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops.
Creates the Medical Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Commission.
Includes mental health expenses under lifetime limit for major medical expenses in State Health Benefits Program.
Imposes surtax on certain New Jersey wages and income of residents of a state that imposes taxes on New Jersey residents that it does not impose on its own residents.
Repeals surcharge paid by insurers of school boards not in SHBP; requires payment of surcharge amounts for FY97, FY98 and FY99 to schools boards.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Requires municipal master plans under Municipal Land Use Law to be consistent with the State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Provides immunity for volunteer licensed health care professionals and free standing clinics and creates volunteer physician license.
Establishes minimum registration fees for certain private passenger vans and noncommercial trucks equipped with wheelchair lifts.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Requires reporting of positive toxicology tests on newborn infants.
Directs DEP to establish toxic air pollutant monitoring stations in Bergen county and Passaic county; appropriates $420,000 therefor.
Directs DEP to establish risk assessment program for industry and improved monitoring of hazardous air pollutants Statewide.
The "Steep Slope Protection Act."
Requires that all newborns be tested for retinoblastoma.
Appropriates $7.5 million annually in tobacco settlement monies for cancer research.
Establishes "Adopt a Stop" program for the cleanup and maintenance of bus shelters, bus stops, and bus and train stations.
Establishes Brownfields Redevelopment Grants Program; appropriates $150 million.
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Waives hospital patient's informed consent requirement for certain emergency research activities.
Supplemental appropriation of $19 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund to DHSS for pediatric cancer treatment and research.
Expands number of disorders included in newborn screening program.
Allows certain county utilities authority employees to purchase up to 2 years PERS credit under certain circumstances.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Clarifies certain business and recordkeeping requirements for optometrists.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHS for public awareness campaign concerning "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Provides for polychorinated biphenyl contamination studies; appropriates $350,000.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.