Committee
New Jersey General Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A103 | Provides gross income tax credit for certain taxpayers who pay tuition costs for nurse aide in long-term care facilities training program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A111 | Requires DHS to create English and Spanish-language Internet websites to promote enrollment in affordable health care plans. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A115 | "New Jersey Disability Savings Act." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A173 | Provides for drug testing of adult recipients of Work First New Jersey program benefits. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A265 | Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A267 | Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A284 | Establishes position of Statewide Opioid Antidote Coordinator. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A294 | Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A295 | Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to attend special education programs and to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A297 | Increases fines for failing to report suspected abuse or exploitation of institutionalized elderly person. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A305 | Expands membership and responsibilities of State Council of Developmental Disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A362 | Requires infection control training for nursing home and assisted living administrator licensure and certification. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A368 | Requires county boards of health to ensure on-site COVID-19 vaccines are available to persons age 65 and older residing in certain facilities; appropriates $2 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A374 | Requires Medicaid coverage of social day care services for senior citizens. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A463 | Establishing Advisory Committee on Family Services and Communications in Division of Developmental Disabilities in DHS. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A464 | Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A555 | "Mental Health Access Act;" increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A588 | Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in nursing homes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A594 | Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A601 | Establishes Division of Advocacy for Developmentally Disabled within Office of Public Defender; designates public defender for developmentally disabled clients in criminal cases. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A621 | Establishes Fruit and Vegetable Incentives Program in DHS; appropriates $3 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A671 | Establishes two-year pilot program for certain mental health care facilities to treat additional juvenile patients. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A677 | Removes income-based limitations on gross income tax exclusion for pension and retirement income. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A691 | Restricts occupancy of dwelling unit in age-restricted community to older adults following resale. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A702 | Raises income eligibility threshold for pension and retirement income exclusion from gross income to $125,000. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A703 | Extends senior freeze benefits to certain senior citizens and disabled persons who have continuously resided in New Jersey for three years. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A754 | Authorizes special parking insignias for passenger automobiles used to transport the developmentally disabled. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A791 | Exempts senior citizens and blind or disabled persons from certain realty transfer fees. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A947 | Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1003 | Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1019 | Permits children age three through five to receive early intervention services under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1031 | Limits time continuing care retirement communities may retain refundable entrance fee. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1101 | Provides discounted hunting and trapping license, permit, and stamp fees for senior citizens. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1109 | Modifies eligibility requirements for other retirement income exclusion concerning other sources of income. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1135 | Establishes "Planning for an Aging Population Task Force." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1143 | Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1157 | Requires Medicaid preferred drug lists to provide for coverage of buprenorphine for treatment of chronic pain. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1162 | Clarifies that "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" covers elder abuse in domestic settings. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1163 | Establishes guardianship monitoring program in Office of Public Guardian for Elderly Adults. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1171 | Revises and updates membership and purpose of Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1179 | Requires Director of Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS to evaluate and report on interactions occurring between law enforcement and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1182 | Requires DOH to develop mobile senior citizen assistance program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1189 | Revises requirements concerning disqualification from registration as, and duties of, a professional guardian. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1202 | Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to employ three geriatric social workers to serve New Jersey's long-term care residents and makes appropriation. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1308 | Establishes "Long-Term Care Facility Infectious Disease Preparedness and Home Health Care Study Commission." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1325 | Requires involuntary commitment of certain individuals who have been administered opioid antidotes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1341 | Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| A1394 | Requires Commissioners of DOH and DHS to perform language needs assessment. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1409 | Requires Medicaid fee-for-service coverage of managed long term services and supports when beneficiary is pending enrollment in managed care organization. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1534 | Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1550 | Extends protected tenancy period for certain tenants who are senior citizens and certain tenants with disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1567 | Requires crisis hotline centers to employ individuals with prior experience working with military veterans. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1575 | Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1581 | Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1605 | Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to make comprehensive list of its programs available to public. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1607 | Directs certain recoveries of federal funds for services to persons with developmental disabilities be used for grants to support community infrastructure purposes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1665 | Authorizes temporary licensure of graduated nursing students; waives fees for nurse licensure applicants who work at long-term care facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1667 | Prohibits DHS from deeming certain teachers and school employees ineligible for child care subsidies due to number of hours worked when school is not in session for students. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1673 | "Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1678 | "Homeless Bill of Rights." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1702 | Requires continuing care retirement community agreements to require refund of refundable entrance fees within one year. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1728 | Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1753 | Provides for discounted resident trapping license fees for senior citizens. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1782 | Expands availability of NJ FamilyCare Advantage program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1796 | Allows licensed clinical social worker to directly bill NJ FamilyCare for covered services provided to program beneficiaries. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| A1839 | Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1842 | Excludes certain income earned from health promotion or disease prevention work from income eligibility determination under NJ FamilyCare, WFNJ, and NJ SNAP. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1847 | Requires DHS to employ Transportation Planning Coordinator to oversee provision of transportation services. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1860 | Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1862 | Requires procurement of management support and other services for certain nursing homes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1863 | Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; appropriates $1 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1865 | Establishes "Mission Critical Long-Term Care Teams"; provides for identification of and intervention at long-term care facilities at risk of operational and financial distress. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1872 | Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1888 | Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1903 | Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's mental health and substance use disorder service systems. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1905 | Requires DHS to take action to raise public awareness of privacy laws that prevent disclosure of health care enrollment information to immigration authorities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1971 | Requires long-term care facilities to annually review residents' proxy directives. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A1987 | Authorizes home care for individuals who are disabled or elderly and requires health insurance coverage therefor. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2027 | Establishes One-Year State Work First New Jersey Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Pilot Program and State Work First New Jersey Diaper Benefit Pilot Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2024 |
| A2074 | Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $89.55 to $93.10. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2075 | Establishes minimum base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate of $1,100 for special care nursing facility with neurologically impaired young adult unit. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2113 | Requires initial Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare eligibility determinations to be made not later than 21 days following application submission; provides that NJ FamilyCare coverage is terminated whenever required premium is not paid for three consecutive months. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2117 | Provides for establishment of three-year pilot program to expand provision of paratransit services in New Jersey. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2175 | Enhances requirements for applicant seeking to locate substance use disorder treatment center within 500 feet of school. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2191 | Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2198 | Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2204 | Expands Medicaid coverage regarding assistive devices for hearing impaired under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2235 | Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2268 | Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2284 | Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services by $4. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2292 | Revises inspection requirements for long-term care facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2330 | Establishes nurse aide workforce development program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2340 | Requires long-term care facilities to meet with residents and residents' families to review emergency contact information and to offer residents opportunity to update information. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2354 | Establishes Senior Citizen Transportation Grant Program in DHS; appropriates $2.5 million for grant program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2363 | Requires nursing homes to submit certain cost reports to DOH in annual financial report. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2387 | Amends definition of "participating county'' under County Option Hospital Fee Program. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| A2399 | Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2445 | Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2472 | Requires DHS to make list of drugs with "black box" warnings accessible through its website. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2486 | Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2500 | "Mental Health Access Act;" increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2591 | "Behavioral Health Crisis Mobile Response Act." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2606 | Revises requirements for assessing nursing home health, safety, and operations and for taking action against low-performing nursing homes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2612 | Exempts State residents 65 years of age and older from certain hunting, trapping, and fishing fees and license requirements. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2628 | Creates crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2744 | Requires DHS to prepare and submit report to Governor and Legislature regarding impact of Medicaid expansion on veterans and their families. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2762 | "Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2794 | Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2795 | Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2804 | Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications. | Crossed Over | 01/09/2024 |
| A2828 | Requires DOC to ensure inmates have opportunity to participate in Medicaid pre-enrollment and enrollment sessions at least 60 days prior to release; requires applicable inmates to receive Medicaid card at release. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2848 | Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2860 | Requires DHS to establish two-year Regional Community Behavioral Health Pilot Program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2864 | Requires DHS to establish five-year pilot program to facilitate coordinated provision of systemic, therapeutic, assessment, resource, and treatment (START) services to adults who have both developmental disabilities and mental illness. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2865 | Establishes "Recovery Tax Credit Program"; incentivizes hiring and continued employment of certain individuals in recovery from substance use disorder. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2868 | Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2940 | Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for pediatric special care nursing facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2957 | Requires DHS to develop or purchase electronic health record system for use by certain agencies providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2958 | Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| A2967 | Establishes Medication Management, Outreach, and Support Program in DHS; appropriates $8 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2968 | Establishes "Comprehensive Geriatric Fall Prevention Pilot Program" in DHS; appropriates $11.7 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2970 | Concerns special needs trusts for persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2972 | Authorizes payment for services rendered in excess of 40 hours per week under agency with choice self-directed employee model within self-directed services program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2973 | Requires Commissioner of Human Services to ensure coverage of respite care services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries when primary payer denies coverage of such services for any reason. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A2979 | Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DHS and expansion of program to all counties. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3001 | Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3016 | Allows follow up calls from operators of NJ Suicide Hopeline to minors at risk of committing suicide. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3038 | Clarifies that residents with mental illness or substance use disorders may be included on public safety special assistance municipal lists. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| A3087 | Increases hourly limit of reimbursable personal care assistant services under NJ WorkAbility Program. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3091 | Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to long-term care facilities that increase number of residential units reserved for single occupancy by at least five percent. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3125 | Requires prescription drug services covered under Medicaid program to be provided via fee-for-service delivery system. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3149 | Requires minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3162 | Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3166 | Makes supplemental appropriation of $8 million to DHS to increase reimbursement for funeral, burial, and crematory services provided to certain beneficiaries of Work First New Jersey and Supplemental Security Income programs. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3186 | Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3187 | Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities, during public health emergency, to develop guidance for in-person visitation at community-based residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities and require providers to allow such visitation. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3194 | Establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3207 | Provides gross income tax exclusion for minimum required distributions from qualified retirement plans. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3211 | Requires DHS to provide psychiatric service dogs to first responders, health care workers, and other frontline workers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3269 | Establishes "2020 New Jersey Burial Assistance Program;" appropriates $20 million. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3301 | Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3336 | Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| A3354 | Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills. | In Committee | 01/29/2024 |
| A3438 | Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing. | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| A3460 | Requires federal funding to be made available to Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to support Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse if needed to offset unanticipated decrease in dedicated revenues. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3462 | Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3463 | Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3477 | Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3515 | Requires Commissioner of Human Services to establish 24-hour, toll-free Mental Illness Resource Hotline and develop hotline connection system to ensure that callers are connected to other appropriate hotlines when needed. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3527 | Establishes annual cost of living adjustment, based on Consumer Price Index, to base Medicaid per diem rates for assisted living programs; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3545 | Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3547 | Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program. | In Committee | 02/05/2024 |
| A3564 | Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid and Medicaid-Medicare dually eligible enrollees under increased reimbursement rates. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3565 | Revises procedures for processing incomplete Medicaid applications; exempts asset transfers of up to $500 per month during look back period for determining eligibility for long-term care services. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3570 | Imposes minimum staffing requirements and certain reporting requirements on certain long-term care facilities. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3572 | Requires each nursing home to employ patient advocate. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3574 | Establishes Medicaid Managed Care Organization Oversight Program. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3575 | Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3588 | Provides for certain pediatric NJ FamilyCare beneficiaries to maintain private duty nursing hours when transitioning to Managed Long Term Services and Supports; codifies and expands appeals provisions for private duty nursing services. | In Committee | 02/08/2024 |
| A3599 | Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide every person engaged in raising a dog for guide or service the right to access public facilities. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3626 | Requires licensed providers of long-term skilled nursing care to establish permanent morgue for use in non-emergent periods and supplemental morgue space for use in public emergencies. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3627 | "New Jersey Predatory Alienation Prevention and Consensual Response Act." | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3631 | Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3632 | Requires State employees to be trained in disability law and etiquette. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3636 | Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3638 | Revises eligibility requirements for NJ Workability Program and Personal Assistance Services Program. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3640 | Authorizes Assistant Commissioner of Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish exception rates, and programmatic and staffing requirements, for individuals with highly acute needs. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3644 | Requires residential psychiatric and long-term care facilities to provide certain financial information to facility residents and other individuals. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3648 | Establishes three-year Medicaid demonstration project to pay for certain drugs according to value-based system. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3649 | Expands Medicaid coverage regarding assistive devices for hearing impaired under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3650 | Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3691 | Increases personal needs allowance to $100 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3699 | Authorizes health care professionals to engage in the use of remote patient monitoring devices; requires health care insurance coverage by certain insurers for remote patient monitoring devices. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3700 | Establishes pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of remote maternal health services for eligible beneficiaries. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3701 | Requires implicit bias training for physicians. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| A3708 | Revises certain requirements concerning reported cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3720 | Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3762 | Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3770 | Requires Medicaid reimbursement of mental health rehabilitation services provided via clubhouse program. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3780 | Expands purpose of Traumatic Brain Injury Fund to support transportation costs incurred by eligible individuals in accessing support group meetings. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3785 | Requires DOLWD and DHS to conduct assessment of community rehabilitation programs and community businesses. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3842 | Makes various revisions to nursing home regulations; makes appropriations. | In Committee | 02/22/2024 |
| A3898 | Expands involuntary commitment clinical testimony requirement to include wider range of mental health service providers. | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| A3902 | Requires certain nursing homes to improve quality ratings. | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| A3908 | Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities. | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| A3913 | Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to assign paid or volunteer advocates to long-term care facilities; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| A3922 | Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill. | In Committee | 03/04/2024 |
| A3937 | Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain primary and mental health care services match reimbursement rates under Medicare. | In Committee | 03/04/2024 |
| A3985 | Requires DHS and DOH, respectively, to provide information on SNAP, WFNJ, and WIC recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to replace stolen benefits; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A3995 | Establishes "Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Study Commission." | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A3996 | Revises and updates law pertaining to guardianship to encourage ethical conduct by guardians and to provide stronger protections for wards and proposed wards. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A3999 | Allows municipality to establish reserved parking zone on property adjacent to disabled person's residence. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A4000 | Establishes Office of Professional Corporate Guardians. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A4012 | Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A4021 | Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; Requires DOH to approve training and certification program for violence prevention professionals. | In Committee | 10/17/2024 |
| A4039 | Provides gross income tax deduction for senior citizens for certain medical expenses for in-home care or care in assisted living and long-term care facilities and funeral expenses. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A4040 | Requires long-term care facilities to develop person-centered care plans for residents and establishes right to certain forms of visitation for long-term care residents. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| A4087 | Increases pay for certified nurse aides; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 03/18/2024 |
| A4088 | Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board. | In Committee | 03/18/2024 |
| A4089 | The "Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Homes Staffing Support Act;" authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2024 |
| A4090 | Increases cap on personal care assistant services from 40 hours to 91 hours per week for Medicaid beneficiary determined clinically eligible for nursing facility level of care. | In Committee | 03/18/2024 |
| A4092 | Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes. | In Committee | 03/18/2024 |
| A4093 | Clarifies staff training requirements at long-term care facilities regarding care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and intersex seniors and seniors living with HIV. | In Committee | 03/18/2024 |
| A4149 | Revises infection control regulation in long-term care facilities. | In Committee | 04/04/2024 |
| A4170 | Prohibits certain surgical procedures on children born with variations in their sex characteristics. | In Committee | 04/11/2024 |
| A4193 | Requires licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care to offer and screen, upon request, pregnant patients with history of depression for postpartum depression. | In Committee | 10/17/2024 |
| A4267 | Establishes civil action for abuse, neglect, exploitation or bullying of minor or adult with disability; provides that bullying of vulnerable adult may constitute grounds for investigation by adult protective services and report to law enforcement. | In Committee | 05/02/2024 |
| A4292 | Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing. | In Committee | 05/06/2024 |
| A4321 | Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances. | In Committee | 05/10/2024 |
| A4329 | Requires court to consider certain factors in appointing guardian and to justify guardianship appointment on record. | In Committee | 05/10/2024 |
| A4339 | Increases pay for direct support professionals; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 05/10/2024 |
| A4388 | Allows court to consider previous care when granting letters of guardianship for incapacitated person. | In Committee | 05/16/2024 |
| A4401 | Establishes New Jersey Human Trafficking Criminal Registry; requires establishment of educational curricula related to human trafficking. | In Committee | 05/16/2024 |
| A4413 | Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS. | In Committee | 05/16/2024 |
| A4414 | Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to reopen programs providing functional services to persons with developmental disabilities in same manner as schools. | In Committee | 05/16/2024 |
| A4415 | Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities. | In Committee | 05/16/2024 |
| A4451 | Establishes Task Force on Aging in State of New Jersey in DOH. | In Committee | 06/03/2024 |
| A4477 | Establishes affirmative defense to prosecution for any crime committed by victim of human trafficking under certain circumstances. | In Committee | 06/03/2024 |
| A4482 | Regulates use of social care information. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4496 | Revises visitation and reporting rules for professional guardians. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4517 | Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made to nonprofit entities supported by State funds or subsides. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4518 | Requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for owners or operators of group homes providing individual support services to certain persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4519 | Establishes procedures for sale of certain State-owned properties used by agencies or organizations providing housing to adults with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4520 | Requires DHS to establish program to assist children with incarcerated non-custodial parents in enrolling in safety net programs. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| A4574 | Expands oversight and regulation of long-term care facilities; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 06/13/2024 |
| A4582 | Requires DOH to make various changes to provision of long-term care. | In Committee | 06/13/2024 |
| A4583 | Requires DHS to review, and implement certain improvements to, Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Program and to establish public-facing report card of managed care organization's coordination of program. | In Committee | 06/13/2024 |
| A4584 | Establishes long-term services and supports workforce engagement and sustainability program in DOH. | In Committee | 06/13/2024 |
| A4585 | Requires DHS to increase home and community-based services under Medicaid. | In Committee | 06/13/2024 |
| A4593 | Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly. | In Committee | 06/17/2024 |
| A4594 | Requires DOH to evaluate technology uses in long-term care settings, implements certain technological requirements within long-term care settings, and clarifies existing telehealth reimbursement parity includes long-term care settings. | In Committee | 06/17/2024 |
| A4612 | Increases resource threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups. | In Committee | 06/20/2024 |
| A4613 | Requires several State agencies to review and increase, if authorized, income eligibility standards for certain public assistance, school nutrition, and higher education student financial assistance programs; makes an appropriation. | In Committee | 06/20/2024 |
| A4616 | Expands automatic voter registration process to Medicaid applicants; provides for voter registration opt-out following receipt of registration notice. | In Committee | 06/20/2024 |
| A4622 | Increases resource threshold for certain Medicaid eligibility groups. | In Committee | 06/24/2024 |
| A4646 | Requires Medicaid coverage for self-administered hormonal contraceptives dispensed by pharmacist under standing order. | In Committee | 06/25/2024 |
| A4662 | Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization. | In Committee | 06/25/2024 |
| A4737 | "Jillian's Law", mandates institutional commitment for certain persons found not competent to stand trial. | In Committee | 09/12/2024 |
| A4761 | Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| A4807 | Establishes Children's Partial Hospitalization Pilot Program in DHS. | In Committee | 09/19/2024 |
| A4810 | Requires NJ FamilyCare reimbursement for comprehensive medication management services provided for certain children by licensed pharmacist. | In Committee | 10/17/2024 |
| A4900 | Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare, evaluate program, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under program. | In Committee | 10/17/2024 |
| A4943 | Mandates certain licensed mental health professional are qualified to provide behavioral health care supports through home and community-based services program administered by Division of Developmental Disabilities. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| A4949 | Requires DHS and DCF to employ Director of Medical Services; appropriates $480,000. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| A4950 | Mandates Division of Developmental Disabilities service providers to complete workforce survey. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| A4986 | Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DOH. | Crossed Over | 10/24/2024 |
| A4995 | Prohibits nursing homes from restricting patients from obtaining drugs through prescription drug program offered by federal Department of Veterans Affairs. | In Committee | 10/24/2024 |
| A5000 | Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments. | Crossed Over | 12/09/2024 |
| A5001 | Requires public high schools to display public awareness sign on human trafficking. | In Committee | 10/28/2024 |
| A5005 | Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 10/28/2024 |
| A5011 | Establishes pilot program providing NJ FamilyCare eligibility for children with special needs who would otherwise be ineligible due to parental income and assets, and requires DHS commissioner to conduct study. | In Committee | 11/14/2024 |
| A5032 | "Medicaid Transportation Brokerage Program Oversight and Accountability Act"; establishes vehicle, staffing, and performance standards, and review and reporting requirements for non-emergency medical transport provided under State's non-emergency medical transportation brokerage program. | In Committee | 11/14/2024 |
| A5132 | Permits clinical laboratories to provide certain patients discounts without affecting NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rates or violating NJ FamilyCare rebate prohibitions. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| A5135 | Establishes central registry for, and provides for informational outreach to, senior citizens living in New Jersey. | In Committee | 12/16/2024 |
| A5139 | Requires DHS to develop enhanced training curriculum for direct support professionals. | In Committee | 12/16/2024 |
| A5140 | Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers. | In Committee | 12/16/2024 |
| A5169 | Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A5185 | Provides for annual fellowship stipends for Direct Support Professional Career Development Program participants. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A5212 | Provides for expansion of social services supports at county colleges. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A5238 | Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to create and distribute satisfaction survey. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A5321 | Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A5354 | Increases access to substance use disorder treatment; Requires Medicaid coverage for substance use disorder services provided by community-based organizations. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A5409 | Requires NJ FamilyCare to reimburse inpatient providers for long-acting injectable antipsychotic drugs at outpatient reimbursement rate. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A5428 | Establishes a senior citizens telephone chat-line. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| A5435 | Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs. | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| A5440 | Requires State agencies that administer utility bill payment assistance or energy efficiency programs to review, and potentially increase, income thresholds for residential customers to participate in programs. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| A5441 | Requires DHS to reformat MyNJHelps web-based platform as centralized online resource for all State administered public assistance programs. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| A5468 | Allows dog owners to procure identification cards for guide or service dogs; appropriates $100,000. | In Committee | 03/17/2025 |
| A5472 | Increases income threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A5496 | Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS. | In Committee | 03/24/2025 |
| A5500 | Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues. | In Committee | 03/24/2025 |
| A5510 | Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000. | In Committee | 03/24/2025 |
| A5522 | Extends regulatory power of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to senior housing. | In Committee | 04/10/2025 |
| A5541 | Establishes certain requirements for Medicare supplement policy premiums. | In Committee | 04/10/2025 |
| A5609 | Requires health insurance carriers and Medicaid to provide coverage for planned home childbirth. | In Committee | 05/05/2025 |
| A5634 | Enhances enforcement authority over developmental disability service providers; establishes "Residential Facility Quality of Care Improvement Fund" in DHS. | In Committee | 05/08/2025 |
| A5635 | Establishes framework for appointment of receiver for provider of services to individuals with developmental disabilities. | In Committee | 05/08/2025 |
| A5637 | Establishes certain governance and service standards for developmental disability service providers; appropriates $300,000. | In Committee | 05/08/2025 |
| A5638 | Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation. | In Committee | 05/08/2025 |
| A5675 | Requires Medicaid coverage for assisted living services for individuals with serious mental illnesses. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| A5711 | Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to construct suicide prevention barriers at certain bridges or overpasses. | In Committee | 05/22/2025 |
| A5751 | Directs DHS to establish Children's Partial Hospitalization Pilot Program. | In Committee | 06/12/2025 |
| A5776 | Provides gross income tax credit to qualified caregivers for care and support expenses incurred for qualifying senior parent. | In Committee | 06/12/2025 |
| A5786 | Excuses person 70 years of age or older from jury service. | In Committee | 06/16/2025 |
| A5831 | Establishes consumer-facing portal for elevator maintenance for owners of certain buildings to provide information on elevator servicer; requires certain signage; requires DCA to establish senior housing elevator maintenance loan program. | In Committee | 06/16/2025 |
| A5877 | Revises assessment imposed on nursing homes if permissible under federal law. | Crossed Over | 06/23/2025 |
| A5951 | Establishes Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Program in DHS. | In Committee | 07/24/2025 |
| ACR12 | Proposes constitutional amendment to increase annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual limitations on annual CPI changes. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| ACR32 | Proposes constitutional amendment to exempt $60,000 of assessment on primary residence owned by senior citizens from property taxation. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| ACR34 | Proposes constitutional amendment to grant certain senior citizens property tax credit equal to 50 percent of property tax bill on primary residence. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| ACR64 | Proposes constitutional amendment granting property assessment reductions for certain improvements to dwelling houses to provide living quarters for senior citizen relatives. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| ACR106 | Proposes constitutional amendment eliminating cap on certain benefits to qualify for senior and disabled citizens' $250 property tax deduction. | In Committee | 01/29/2024 |
| ACR147 | Urges President and Congress to enact "Poverty Line Act of 2023." | In Committee | 12/19/2024 |
| AJR17 | Designates August 27 of each year as "Billy Cray Day." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| AJR19 | Designates October of each year as "Opioid Abuse Prevention Month." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| AJR56 | Designates May of each year as "Older Americans Month" in New Jersey. | Crossed Over | 01/09/2024 |
| AJR73 | Designates May of each year as "Better Hearing and Speech Month." | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| AJR86 | Designating fourth Wednesday in May of each year as "Crisis Professionals Day." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2024 |
| AJR102 | Designates September of each year as "Kinship Care Month" in New Jersey. | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| AJR103 | Designated May of each year as "Foster Care Month" in New Jersey. | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| AJR112 | Designates calendar week that includes September 10th of each year as "Suicide Prevention Week" in NJ. | Crossed Over | 02/01/2024 |
| AJR113 | Designates November of each year as "Transgender Awareness Month." | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| AJR136 | Designates December of 3rd of each year as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities." | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| AJR154 | Designates April of each year as "Autism Acceptance Month" in NJ. | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| AJR155 | Establishes "Autism and Developmental Disabilities Study Commission." | In Committee | 02/27/2024 |
| AJR170 | Designates month of April of each year as "Donate Life Month." | Crossed Over | 05/02/2024 |
| AJR182 | Designates May 30 of each year as "Stigma Free Mental Health Awareness Day" in NJ. | In Committee | 06/06/2024 |
| AJR200 | Designates first Sunday of May of each year as "National Centenarian Day" in New Jersey. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| AJR201 | Designates last full week of September of each year as "Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week" in NJ. | In Committee | 10/21/2024 |
| AR74 | Recognize contributions of Special Olympics. | In Committee | 01/09/2024 |
| AR97 | Designates first week in August as "Adult Diaper Need Awareness Week" in New Jersey. | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| AR98 | Declares week of September 22 through September 28, 2024 as "Diaper Need Awareness Week." | In Committee | 02/01/2024 |
| AR105 | Memorializes Congress to provide Medicare coverage for eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures. | In Committee | 02/12/2024 |
| AR119 | Urges Congress to fully fund programs and activities under federal Elder Justice Act. | In Committee | 03/07/2024 |
| AR130 | Urges Governor and Legislature to establish initiatives towards education of social workers. | In Committee | 05/02/2024 |
| AR131 | Urges federal government to raise federal poverty line for public assistance programs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/02/2024 |
| AR138 | Designates June 2024 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in New Jersey. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/10/2024 |
| AR145 | Urges Congress and President enact "Social Security Fairness Act." | In Committee | 06/25/2024 |
| AR168 | Urges US Congress to enact legislation allowing individuals with disabilities to retain federal disability benefits upon marriage. | In Committee | 10/28/2024 |
| AR171 | Urges President and Congress to exempt Social Security benefits from federal income tax. | In Committee | 12/16/2024 |
| S290 | Extends protected tenancy period for certain tenants who are senior citizens and certain tenants with disabilities. | Crossed Over | 01/30/2025 |
| S1016 | Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2024 |
| S1253 | Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs. | Crossed Over | 01/30/2025 |
| S1887 | Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly. | Crossed Over | 10/28/2024 |
| S1962 | Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2024 |
| S2606 | Requires Medicaid reimbursement of mental health rehabilitation services provided via clubhouse program. | Crossed Over | 10/28/2024 |
| S3610 | Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare and child care services, evaluate programs, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under programs. | Crossed Over | 03/24/2025 |
| S3934 | Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy. | Crossed Over | 02/25/2025 |
| SCR93 | Urges President and Congress to enact "Poverty Line Act of 2023." | Crossed Over | 03/18/2024 |