Bill > S590

This bill allows licensed home care services agencies to hire individuals who are certified nurse aides (CNAs) to work as homemaker-home health aides, a role that previously required specific certification as a homemaker-home health aide. This change aims to broaden the pool of qualified individuals available to provide in-home care services, as current law restricts these agencies to employing only certified homemaker-home health aides, while long-term care facilities have more flexibility in hiring both types of certified aides under certain conditions. The New Jersey Board of Nursing is authorized to create necessary rules and regulations to put this new provision into effect, which will become active 90 days after being signed into law, though the Board can begin preparatory actions sooner.

Health and Social Services

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S590