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NJ S684
NJ S684Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients's admission to long-term care facility.
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Introduced
01/09/2024
01/09/2024
In Committee
10/24/2024
10/24/2024
Crossed Over
12/19/2024
12/19/2024
Passed
01/30/2025
01/30/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
01/30/2025
01/30/2025
Introduced Session
2024-2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act allowing for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients' admission to certain long-term care facilities and supplementing Title 56 of the Revised Statutes.
AI Summary
This bill requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow customers to pause or cancel their service contracts if they are admitted to a long-term care facility, which includes nursing homes, assisted living facilities, dementia care homes, residential health care facilities, and comprehensive personal care homes. Service providers must allow a pause in service without additional fees, and if the customer remains in the facility for more than 90 days, the contract must be canceled without any extra charges. Customers or their authorized representatives will need to provide a standard form, potentially with a physician's attestation or proof of legal authority like a power of attorney, to request these changes, and providers can request written proof of admission. However, this bill does not excuse customers from returning equipment or paying for any purchased equipment or lawful unreturned equipment charges.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (29)
Patrick Diegnan (D)*,
William Sampson (D)*,
Bob Singer (R)*,
Lisa Swain (D)*,
Chris Tully (D)*,
Clinton Calabrese (D),
Linda Carter (D),
Herbert Conaway (D),
Joe Danielsen (D),
Wayne DeAngelo (D),
Margie Donlon (D),
Mitchelle Drulis (D),
Vicky Flynn (R),
Roy Freiman (D),
Shama Haider (D),
Jim Holzapfel (R),
Robert Karabinchak (D),
Pam Lampitt (D),
Yvonne Lopez (D),
Carmen Morales (D),
Paul Moriarty (D),
Carol Murphy (D),
Ellen Park (D),
Luanne Peterpaul (D),
Nellie Pou (D),
Alex Sauickie (R),
Gerry Scharfenberger (R),
Sterley Stanley (D),
Benjie Wimberly (D),
Last Action
Approved P.L.2025, c.3. (on 01/30/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S684 |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/S1000/684_I1.HTM |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/PL25/3_.HTM |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/AL25/3_.HTM |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/S1000/684_R1.HTM |
| Analysis - Statement ACO 10/24/24 | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/S1000/684_S2.PDF |
| Analysis - Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/S1000/684_T1.PDF |
| Analysis - Statement SCM 2/5/24 | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/S1000/684_S1.PDF |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/S1000/684_I1.HTM |
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