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NJ A804
NJ A804Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
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Introduced
01/14/2020
01/14/2020
In Committee
12/07/2020
12/07/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022
01/11/2022
Introduced Session
2020-2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing. Under the bill, the Commissioner of Corrections and the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of any county correctional facility are required to offer blood testing for hepatitis B and hepatitis C to every inmate who is sentenced to a term of incarceration at a State or county correctional facility. The testing at State and county correctional facilities would be offered upon commencement of an inmate's period of confinement; however, an inmate is not to be required to submit to the testing.
AI Summary
This bill requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing upon commencement of their period of confinement, but inmates are not required to submit to the testing. The Commissioner of Corrections and the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of any county correctional facility must offer the testing, and the Commissioner of Corrections must adopt regulations to implement the requirements of the bill. The bill will take effect on the first day of the sixth month after enactment.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (11)
Lou Greenwald (D)*,
Shavonda Sumter (D)*,
Anthony Verrelli (D)*,
Ralph Caputo (D),
Annette Chaparro (D),
Herbert Conaway (D),
Gordon Johnson (D),
Yvonne Lopez (D),
Angela Mcknight (D),
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),
Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D),
Last Action
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (on 12/07/2020)
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