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34:8-45.1
LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY CHECKLIST
Compiled by the NJ State Law Library
LAWS OF:        2002    
 CHAPTER:        126
NJSA:  
 34:8-45.1           (Health Care Service Firms)
BILL NO:          S1396
 (Substituted
for A2751/2181)
SPONSOR(S):   Singer and others
DATE INTRODUCED:     March 26, 2002
COMMITTEE:                ASSEMBLY:     Health
and Human Services
 SENATE:          Health and Human Services
AMENDED DURING PASSAGE:             Yes
DATE OF PASSAGE:
 ASSEMBLY:     October 17, 2002
 SENATE:          October
31, 2002
DATE OF APPROVAL:              December
16, 2002
FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:
 FINAL TEXT OF BILL
(2nd reprint enacted)
 (Amendments during
passage denoted by superscript numbers)
 S1396
 SPONSORS
STATEMENT: (Begins on page 2 of original bill)
 Yes
 COMMITTEE
STATEMENT:                               ASSEMBLY:
 Yes
 SENATE:
 Yes
 FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:
 No
 LEGISLATIVE
FISCAL ESTIMATE:       
 No
 A2751/2181
 SPONSORS
STATEMENT (A2751): (Begins on page 2 of original bill)        Yes
 SPONSORS
STATEMENT (A2181): (Begins on page 2 of original bill)        Yes
 COMMITTEE
STATEMENT:
 ASSEMBLY:
 Yes
 Identical
to Assembly Statement to S1396
 SENATE:
 No
 FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:
 No
 LEGISLATIVE
FISCAL ESTIMATE:       
 No
 VETO
MESSAGE:        
 No
 GOVERNOR’S
PRESS RELEASE ON SIGNING:
 No

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FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:
 To check for circulating copies, contact New Jersey State Government  
Publications at the State Library (609) 278-2640 ext. 103 or 
mailto:refdesk@njstatelib.org
 REPORTS:
 No
 HEARINGS:
 No
 NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES:
 No

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EXPLANATION - Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not
enacted and intended to be omitted in the law.
Matter underlined thus is new matter.
Matter enclosed in superscript numerals has been adopted as follows:
 Senate SHH committee amendments adopted May 30, 2002.
1
 Assembly AHH committee amendments adopted October 3, 2002.
2
§§1,2 - 
C.34:8-45.1 
& 34:8-45.2
P.L. 2002, CHAPTER 126, approved December 16, 2002
Senate, No. 1396 (Second Reprint)
AN ACT concerning [employment agencies] certain providers of
1
2
home health and personal care services  and supplementing
2
2
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.).
3
4
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
5
of New Jersey:
6
7
1.  a.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary,
8
an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989,
9
c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) , or any other firm, company, business,
10
2
agency or other entity that is not a home health care agency licensed
11
pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.),  which places or
12
2
arranges for the placement of personnel to provide health care [,] or
13
1
 
1
personal care [or companion]  services in the personal residence of
14
1
 
1
a [disabled individual] person with a disability  or a senior citizen
15
1
 
 
 
  
1
age [65] 60  or older, regardless of the title by which the provider
16
1
 
1
of the health care [,] or  personal care [or companion]  services is
17
1
 
1 
 
 1
 
1
known, shall be considered a Health Care Service Firm pursuant to
18
N.J.A.C.13:45B-14.1 et seq. and shall be subject to the rules and
19
regulations governing Health Care Service Firms adopted by the
20
Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public
21
Safety.
22
As used in this subsection:
23
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the purpose
24
of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or mental health or
25
any health related services for which a license or certification is
26
required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such services;
27
"Personal care services" shall include, but not be limited to, bathing,
28
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
29
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene.
30
b.  An [employment]  agency or other entity  which places or
31
1
1 
 1
 
 
1
arranges for the placement of personnel in the personal residence of a
32
[disabled individual] person with a disability  or a senior citizen age
33
1
 
 
 
  
1
[65] 60  years or older for the exclusive purpose of providing
34
1
 
1
companion,  housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, laundry,
35
1
1
cleaning or transportation services shall not be considered a Health
36
Care Service Firm pursuant to this act.
37

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S1396 [2R]
2
2.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
1
Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to the
2
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
3
seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes
4
of this act.
5
6
3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
7
8
9
                             
10
11
Regulates certain entities as Health Care Service Firms.
12

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SENATE, No. 1396
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
210th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 26, 2002
Sponsored by: 
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Considers certain employment agencies as Health Care Service Firms.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 5/10/2002)

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S1396 SINGER, VITALE
2
AN ACT concerning employment agencies and supplementing
1
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.).
2
3
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
4
of New Jersey:
5
6
1.  a.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary,
7
an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989,
8
c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) which places or arranges for the placement
9
of personnel to provide health care, personal care or companion
10
services in the personal residence of  a disabled individual or a senior
11
citizen age 65 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of
12
the health care, personal care or companion services is known, shall be
13
considered a Health Care Service Firm pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-
14
14.1 et seq. and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing
15
Health Care Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer
16
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
17
As used in this subsection:
18
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the purpose
19
of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or mental health or
20
any health related services for which a license or certification is
21
required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such services;
22
"Personal care services" shall include, but not be limited to, bathing,
23
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
24
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene.
25
b.  An employment agency which places or arranges for the
26
placement of personnel in the personal residence of a disabled
27
individual or a senior citizen age 65 years or older for the exclusive
28
purpose of providing housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping,
29
laundry, cleaning or transportation services shall not be considered a
30
Health Care Service Firm pursuant to this act.
31
32
2.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
33
Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to the
34
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
35
seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes
36
of this act.
37
38
3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
39
40
41
STATEMENT
42
43
This bill provides that, notwithstanding any other law or regulation
44
to the contrary,  a State licensed employment agency which places or
45
arranges for the placement of personnel to provide health care,
46

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S1396 SINGER, VITALE
3
personal care or companion services in the personal residence of a
1
disabled individual or a senior citizen age 65 or older, regardless of the
2
title by which the provider of the health care, personal care or
3
companion services is known, shall be considered a Health Care
4
Service Firm (HCSF) and shall be subject to the rules and regulations
5
governing Health Care Service Firms.
6
This bill defines "health care services" as any services rendered for
7
the purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
8
mental health or any health related services for which a license or
9
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
10
services.  The bill further defines "personal care services" as
11
including, but not be being limited to, such services as bathing,
12
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
13
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene.
14
The purpose of this bill is to close an apparent loophole in the
15
regulations regarding personnel service firms whereby it has been
16
reported that certain employment agencies are sending individuals into
17
the homes of the disabled or elderly to provide health care services
18
without registering as a HCSF or following the additional regulatory
19
obligations imposed upon a HCSF.  By calling these individuals by
20
such other names as companions, friends, aides or consultants, these
21
employment agencies have been able to escape being subsumed under
22
the HCSF registration requirement and regulations.
23
As recently as February of 1999, an elderly man was murdered by
24
one such individual. That case has highlighted the fact that certain
25
employment agencies are intentionally misconstruing or circumventing
26
the regulations and sending unqualified and improperly trained or
27
supervised individuals into the personal residences of vulnerable
28
citizens of this State.  By closing this loophole, this bill would protect
29
these citizens and return a level of confidence to the home health care
30
service industry which has been badly undermined by these certain
31
employment agencies.
32

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ASSEMBLY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 1396
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 3, 2002
The Assembly Health and Human Services Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 1396 (1R).
As amended by the committee, this bill proposes to regulate, as a
Health Care Service Firm, certain entities that send individuals into the
homes of persons with disabilities or the elderly to provide health care
services.
Specifically, the bill provides that, notwithstanding any other law
or regulation to the contrary, an employment agency required to be
licensed pursuant to N.J.S.A.34:8-43 et seq., or any other firm,
company, business, agency or other entity that is not a licensed home
health care agency, which places or arranges for the placement of
personnel to provide health care or personal care services in the
personal residence of a person with disabilities or a senior citizen age
60 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of the health
care or personal care services is known, is to be considered a Health
Care Service Firm pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-14.1 et seq., and be
subject to the rules and regulations governing those entities.
The bill defines:
C
"health care services" to mean any services rendered for the
purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
mental health or any health-related services for which a license or
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
services; and
C
"personal care services" to include, but not be limited to, such
services as bathing, toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and
assistance with ambulation, exercise or other aspects of personal
hygiene.
The bill exempts, from its requirements, any agency or other entity
that places or arranges for the placement of personnel for the exclusive
purpose of providing companion, housekeeping, meal preparation,
shopping, laundry, cleaning or transportation services to persons with
disabilities or senior citizens who are 60 years or older.

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2
As reported by the committee, this bill is identical to Assembly
Bill Nos. 2751and 2181 ACS (Watson Coleman/Malone/Cottrell),
which the committee also reported on this date.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amendments to the bill expand its scope to provide
that, in addition to a State-licensed employment agency, any other
firm, company, business, agency or other entity that is not a licensed
home health care agency, which places or arranges for the placement
of personnel to provide health care or personal care services in the
personal residence of a person with disabilities or a senior citizen age
60 or older, is to be regulated as a Health Care Service Firm by the
Division of Consumer Affairs.

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SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1396
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MAY 30, 2002
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate
Bill No. 1396.
As amended by committee, this bill provides that, notwithstanding
any other law or regulation to the contrary, a State-licensed
employment agency which places or arranges for the placement of
personnel to provide health care or personal care services in the
personal residence of a person with disabilities or a senior citizen age
60 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of the health
care or personal care services is known, shall be considered a Health
Care Service Firm (HCSF) and shall be subject to the rules and
regulations governing HCSFs.
This bill defines "health care services" as any services rendered for
the purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
mental health or any health-related services for which a license or
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
services.  The bill further defines "personal care services" as
including, but not be being limited to, such services as bathing,
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
ambulation, exercise or other aspects of personal hygiene.
The bill exempts agencies and other entities that place or arrange
for the placement of personnel for the exclusive purpose of providing
companion, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, laundry,
cleaning or transportation services to persons with disabilities or
senior citizens from the requirements of this bill.
The purpose of this bill is to close an apparent loophole in the
regulations regarding personnel service firms whereby it has been
reported that certain employment agencies are sending individuals into
the homes of persons with disabilities or the elderly to provide health
care services without registering as a HCSF or following the additional
regulatory obligations imposed upon a HCSF.  By calling these
individuals by such other names as companions, friends, aides or
consultants, these employment agencies have been able to escape being

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2
subsumed under the HCSF registration requirement and regulations.
By closing this loophole, this bill would protect these citizens and
return a level of confidence to the home health care service industry
which has been badly undermined by these certain employment
agencies.
The committee amended the bill to delete references to companion
services and to limit the requirements of the bill to employment
agencies that place or arrange for the placement of personnel to
provide health care or personal care services. Other amendments
conform references to persons with disabilities and senior citizens to
the recently revised definitions for these terms in the consumer fraud
law (N.J.S.A.56:8-14.2).
This bill is similar to Assembly Bill No. 2181 (Malone/Cottrell),
which is pending before the Assembly Health and Human Services
Committee.

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2751
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
210th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 19, 2002
Sponsored by: 
Assemblywoman BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN
District 15 (Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Considers certain employment agencies as Health Care Service Firms.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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A2751 WATSON COLEMAN
2
AN ACT concerning employment agencies and supplementing
1
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.).
2
3
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
4
of New Jersey:
5
6
1.  a.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary,
7
an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989,
8
c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) which places or arranges for the placement
9
of personnel to provide health care or personal care services in the
10
personal residence of  a person with a disability or a senior citizen age
11
 60 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of the health
12
care or  personal care services is known, shall be considered a Health
13
 
Care Service Firm pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-14.1 et seq. and shall
14
be subject to the rules and regulations governing Health Care Service
15
Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department
16
of Law and Public Safety.
17
As used in this subsection:
18
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the purpose
19
of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or mental health or
20
any health related services for which a license or certification is
21
required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such services;
22
"Personal care services" shall include, but not be limited to, bathing,
23
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
24
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene.
25
b.  An agency or other entity which places or arranges for the
26
placement of personnel in the personal residence of a person with a
27
disability or a senior citizen age 60 years or older for the exclusive
28
purpose of providing companion, housekeeping, meal preparation,
29
shopping, laundry, cleaning or transportation services shall not be
30
considered a Health Care Service Firm pursuant to this act.
31
32
2.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
33
Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to the
34
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
35
seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes
36
of this act.
37
38
3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
39
40
41
STATEMENT
42
43
This bill provides that, notwithstanding any other law or regulation
44
to the contrary, a State-licensed employment agency which places or
45
arranges for the placement of personnel to provide health care or
46

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A2751 WATSON COLEMAN
3
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with
1
disabilities or a senior citizen age 60 or older, regardless of the title by
2
which the provider of the health care or personal care services is
3
known, shall be considered a Health Care Service Firm (HCSF) and
4
shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing HCSFs.
5
This bill defines "health care services" as any services rendered for
6
the purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
7
mental health or any health-related services for which a license or
8
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
9
services.  The bill further defines "personal care services" as
10
including, but not be being limited to, such services as bathing,
11
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
12
ambulation, exercise or other aspects of personal hygiene.
13
The bill exempts agencies and other entities that place or arrange
14
for the placement of personnel for the exclusive purpose of providing
15
companion, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, laundry,
16
cleaning or transportation services to persons with disabilities or
17
senior citizens from the requirements of this bill.
18
The purpose of this bill is to close an apparent loophole in the
19
regulations regarding personnel service firms whereby it has been
20
reported that certain employment agencies are sending individuals into
21
the homes of persons with disabilities or the elderly to provide health
22
care services without registering as a HCSF or following the additional
23
regulatory obligations imposed upon a HCSF.  By calling these
24
individuals by such other names as companions, friends, aides or
25
consultants, these employment agencies have been able to escape being
26
subsumed under the HCSF registration requirement and regulations.
27
By closing this loophole, this bill would protect these citizens and
28
return a level of confidence to the home health care service industry
29
which has been badly undermined by these certain employment
30
agencies.
31

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2181
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
210th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 26, 2002
Sponsored by: 
Assemblyman JOSEPH R. MALONE, III
District 30 (Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman MELVIN COTTRELL
District 30 (Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Considers certain employment agencies as Health Care Service Firms.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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A2181 MALONE, COTTRELL
2
AN ACT concerning employment agencies and supplementing
1
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.).
2
3
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
4
of New Jersey:
5
6
1.  a.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary,
7
an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989,
8
c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) which places or arranges for the placement
9
of personnel to provide health care, personal care or companion
10
services in the personal residence of  a disabled individual or a senior
11
citizen age 65 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of
12
the health care, personal care or companion services is known, shall be
13
considered a Health Care Service Firm pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-
14
14.1 et seq. and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing
15
Health Care Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer
16
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
17
As used in this subsection:
18
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the purpose
19
of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or mental health or
20
any health related services for which a license or certification is
21
required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such services;
22
"Personal care services" shall include, but not be limited to, bathing,
23
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
24
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene. 
25
b.  An employment agency which places or arranges for the
26
placement of personnel in the personal residence of a disabled
27
individual or a senior citizen age 65 years or older for the exclusive
28
purpose of providing housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping,
29
laundry, cleaning or transportation services shall not be considered a
30
Health Care Service Firm pursuant to this act.
31
32
2.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
33
Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to the
34
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
35
seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes
36
of this act.
37
38
3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
39
40
41
STATEMENT
42
43
This bill provides that, notwithstanding any other law or regulation
44
to the contrary,  a State licensed employment agency which places or
45
arranges for the placement of personnel to provide health care,
46

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A2181 MALONE, COTTRELL
3
personal care or companion services in the personal residence of  a
1
disabled individual or a senior citizen age 65 or older, regardless of the
2
title by which the provider of the health care, personal care or
3
companion services is known, shall be considered a Health Care
4
Service Firm (HCSF) and shall be subject to the rules and regulations
5
governing Health Care Service Firms.
6
This bill defines "health care services" as any services rendered for
7
the purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
8
mental health or any health related services for which a license or
9
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
10
services.  The bill further defines "personal care services" as
11
including, but not be being limited to, such services as bathing,
12
toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with
13
ambulation, exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene.  
14
The purpose of this bill is to close an apparent loophole in the
15
regulations regarding personnel service firms whereby it has been
16
reported that certain employment agencies are sending individuals into
17
the homes of the disabled or elderly to provide health care services
18
without registering as a HCSF or following the additional regulatory
19
obligations imposed upon a HCSF.  By calling these individuals by
20
such other names as companions, friends, aides or consultants, these
21
employment agencies have been able to escape being subsumed under
22
the HCSF registration requirement and regulations.
23
As recently as February of 1999, an elderly man was murdered by
24
one such individual. That case has highlighted the fact that certain
25
employment agencies are intentionally misconstruing or circumventing
26
the regulations and sending unqualified and improperly trained or
27
supervised individuals into the personal residences of vulnerable
28
citizens of this State.  By closing this loophole, this bill would protect
29
these citizens and return a level of confidence to the home health care
30
service industry which has been badly undermined by these certain
31
employment agencies.
32

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ASSEMBLY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY, Nos. 2751 and 2181
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 3, 2002
The Assembly Health and Human Services Committee reports
favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill Nos.
2751 and 2181. 
This committee substitute proposes to regulate, as a Health Care
Service Firm, certain entities that send individuals into the homes of
persons with disabilities or the elderly to provide health care services.
Specifically, the substitute provides that, notwithstanding any other
law or regulation to the contrary, an employment agency required to
be licensed pursuant to N.J.S.A.34:8-43 et seq., or any other firm,
company, business, agency or other entity that is not a licensed home
health care agency, which places or arranges for the placement of
personnel to provide health care or personal care services in the
personal residence of a person with disabilities or a senior citizen age
60 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of the health
care or personal care services is known, is to be considered a Health
Care Service Firm pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-14.1 et seq., and be
subject to the rules and regulations governing those entities.
The substitute defines:
C
"health care services" to mean any services rendered for the
purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or
mental health or any health-related services for which a license or
certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of such
services; and
C
"personal care services" to include, but not be limited to, such
services as bathing, toileting, transferring, dressing, grooming, and
assistance with ambulation, exercise or other aspects of personal
hygiene.
The substitute exempts, from its requirements, any agency or other
entity that places or arranges for the placement of personnel for the
exclusive purpose of providing companion, housekeeping, meal
preparation, shopping, laundry, cleaning or transportation services to
persons with disabilities or senior citizens who are 60 years or older.
As reported by the committee, this substitute is identical to Senate
Bill No. 1396 (1R) ACA (Singer/Vitale), which the committee also
reported on this date.
