Bill > S2955

Introduced Session

This bill directs the Commissioner of Human Services to require a county welfare agency located in the State to: provide financial planning services when requested by a client, free of charge and during the agency's operating hours, via a qualified staff member; in the event that the qualified staff member required under the bill is not available, to direct the client to the Department of the Treasury's free personal finance web-based platform, known as NJ FinLit, or any subsequent platform provided by that department or the State; and promote the availability of financial planning services provided at the agency, as well as the NJ FinLit platform or any subsequent platform provided by the Department of the Treasury or the State, on the agency's website and in the agency's physical office. The bill also appropriates from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services such sums of money as are necessary to allocate to county welfare agencies in order to fulfill the provisions of the bill.

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Raj Mukherji (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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