New Jersey House Bills

Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive after school programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.

Imposes minimum staffing requirements and certain reporting requirements on certain long-term care facilities.

Establishes presumption of pretrial detention for persons who commit carjacking, theft of motor vehicle, or burglary.

Requires each nursing home to employ patient advocate.

Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.

Requires health insurance carriers and Medicaid to provide coverage for planned home childbirth.

Revises infection control regulation in long-term care facilities.

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.

Establishes central registry for, and provides for informational outreach to, senior citizens living in New Jersey.

Requires health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, and NJ FamilyCare coverage for sign language interpreter services for covered individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Concerns safe operation of certain fire stations; establishes Fire Station Rehabilitation and Maintenance Code; establishes fire station, equipment, training, and maintenance fund; provides for replacement equipment for certain municipalities; and appropriates $140 million.

Concerns security measures for retirement communities and other hotels and multiple dwellings.

Requires midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery.

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.

Prohibits imposition of costs of certain realtor services on residential tenants.

Requires menopause information to be distributed under certain circumstances.

Requires DOH to maintain emergency stockpile of insulin and authorizes dispensing of emergency supply of insulin to certain patients.

Authorizes local contracting units to establish joint venture and set-aside programs.

Concerns prohibition of certain residential tenant evictions and removals due to residential foreclosure during federal government shutdown.

Establishes "Urban Wealth Fund Pilot Program."

Establishes grant program to provide thermal imaging and radio equipment to certain fire departments.

Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to provide certain students with information and assistance regarding federal financial aid application.

Establishes requirements for removal of students from public school pending mental health clearance.

Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit certain persons unless they pose danger.

Establishes Division on Marijuana and Cannabis Enforcement in DLPS.

Addresses long-term effects of COVID-19.

Allows persons who qualify under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to become law enforcement and corrections officers.

Grants children placed in resource family care right to have certain signage displayed in home.

Requires Medicaid coverage for remote stress tests for pregnant women.

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.

Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.

Requires DHS to increase home and community-based services under Medicaid.

Permits certified nurse aides to be employed as personal care assistants.

Revises eligibility criteria for adult medical day care services.

Establishes "Reproductive Health Access for Haitian Migrants Act."

Establishes Legislative Enactment Oversight Committee to ensure implementation of enacted laws and joint resolutions.

Requires Internet capable room temperature reporting device installation in certain multiple dwellings.

Prohibits certain employment of certain US Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees in certain State and local positions.

Authorizes State, county, and municipal law enforcement officers to access certain crime scenes and evidence.

Imposes 50 percent tax on gross receipts from operation of private carceral facilities in State; establishes "Immigrant Protection Fund."

Creates new level of barbering license and apprenticeships in barbering, and establishes limits to hours of instruction for certain barbering training.

Revises eligibility for Educational Opportunity Fund grants and campus-based Educational Opportunity Fund programs.

Revises out-of-State reciprocity for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's licenses.

Requires development and promulgation of tenant legal resources notice for tenants of certain multiple dwellings.

Establishes program to provide free tuition under State Tuition Aid Grant Program to certain students who are accepted to public four-year institutions of higher education and elect to attend county college for first two years.

Provides for restricted use driver's license as alternative for license suspension in municipal court.

Requires DOC to provide reunification therapy to inmates and immediate family members prior to inmate's release.

Establishes right to record law enforcement activity under certain circumstances.

Provides defendant option to disclose disability status in foreclosure proceedings.

Revises requirements for parole release and violations of parole; repeals law relating to violations committed by parolee released due to overcrowding.

Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $30 million from General Fund to Food and Hunger Programs in Department of Agriculture.

Requires notification to appropriate departments if drug court participant tests positive for marijuana or cannabis.

Requires DOC to assign transgender inmate to State correctional facility based on inmate's gender identity and use inmate's preferred gender pronoun.

Establishes "New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act."

Increases penalties imposed on juveniles and adults convicted of motor vehicle theft and related crimes.

Creates Midwifery Licensing Act; modifies regulation of midwifery.

Establishes homestead and bank account exemptions for persons in debt.

Establishes licensure requirement for wholesale transactions in real estate and certain rights of consumers in contracts for real property sold in wholesale transaction.

Reorganizes statues concerning assault and aggravated assault; adds provision concerning assault of court staff, prosecutors, and public defenders.