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34:8-45.1 & 45:11-23 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST 
Compiled by the NJ State Law Library 
 
LAWS OF: 
2019 
 
CHAPTER: 
48 
 
NJSA: 
34:8-45.1 & 45:11-23 (Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides.) 
 
BILL NO: 
S2773  
(Substituted for A4043) 
 
SPONSOR(S) Nellie Pou and others 
 
DATE INTRODUCED: 6/21/2018 
 
COMMITTEE:  
ASSEMBLY: 
--- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SENATE: 
Commerce 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMENDED DURING PASSAGE: 
No 
 
 
DATE OF PASSAGE: 
 
ASSEMBLY: 
1/31/2019 
 
 
 
 
 
SENATE: 
10/29/2018 
 
DATE OF APPROVAL:  
3/18/2019  
 
FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE: 
                                                                                                 
 
FINAL TEXT OF BILL (Introduced bill enacted) 
 
 
 
Yes 
 
 
 
 
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SPONSOR’S STATEMENT:  (Begins on page 6 of introduced bill) Yes 
  
 
 
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: 
 
 
ASSEMBLY: 
No 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SENATE: 
Yes 
 
 
(Audio archived recordings of the committee meetings, corresponding to the date of the committee statement, may possibly 
be found at www.njleg.state.nj.us) 
 
 
 
FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENT: 
 
 
 
No 
 
 
 
 
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: 
 
 
 
No 
 
 
 
 
A4043 
 
 
 
SPONSOR’S STATEMENT:  (Begins on page 6 of introduced bill) Yes 
  
 
 
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: 
 
 
ASSEMBLY: 
Yes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SENATE: 
No 
 
 
(Audio archived recordings of the committee meetings, corresponding to the date of the committee statement, may possibly 
be found at www.njleg.state.nj.us) 
 
 
 
FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENT: 
 
 
 
No 
 
 
 
 
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: 
 
 
 
No 
 
 
 
 
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 EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is 
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. 
 
 Matter underlined thus is new matter. 
 
 
 
P.L. 2019, CHAPTER 48, approved March 18, 2019 
Senate, No. 2773 
 
AN ACT concerning health care service firms and homemaker-home 
1 
health aides, and amending P.L.2002, c.126 and P.L.1947, c.262. 
2 
 
3 
 
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 
4 
of New Jersey: 
5 
 
6 
 
1. Section 1 of P.L.2002, c.126 (C.34:8-45.1) is amended to 
7 
read as follows: 
8 
 
1. a. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the 
9 
contrary, an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to 
10 
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), or any other firm, company, 
11 
business, agency, or other entity that is not a home health care 
12 
agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) or 
13 
a hospice licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.78 (C.26:2H-79 et seq.), 
14 
which employs, places [or] , arranges for the placement of 
15 
[personnel] , or in any way refers, an individual to provide 
16 
companion services, health care services, or personal care services 
17 
in the personal residence of a person with a disability or [a senior 
18 
citizen] who is age 60 or older, regardless of the title by which the 
19 
provider of the services is known, shall be registered as a Health 
20 
Care Service Firm [pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq.] and 
21 
shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing Health Care 
22 
Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
23 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  The Division of Consumer 
24 
Affairs is authorized to enforce the health care service firm 
25 
registration requirement, and the provisions of P.L.1989, c.331 
26 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), upon any person whose operations are subject to 
27 
this section, whether the operations include the direct employment 
28 
of individuals, the use of an Internet website or application, or any 
29 
other process or business model.  
30 
 
As used in this section: 
31 
 
"Companion services" means non-medical, basic supervision and 
32 
socialization services which do not include assistance with activities 
33 
of daily living, and which are provided in the individual's home. 
34 
Companion services may include the performance of household 
35 
chores. 
36 
 
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the 
37 
purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or 
38 
mental health or any health-related services, and for which a license 
39 
or certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of 
40 
such services. 
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"Personal care services" means services performed by licensed or 
1 
certified personnel for the purpose of assisting an individual with 
2 
activities of daily living that may involve physical contact.  
3 
Services include, but are not limited to, bathing, toileting, 
4 
transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with ambulation, 
5 
exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene. 
6 
 
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2014, c.29) 
7 
 
c. 
As a condition of being registered under P.L.1989, c.331 
8 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), a health care service firm shall obtain within 12 
9 
months of registration accreditation from an accrediting body that is 
10 
recognized by the Commissioner of Human Services as an 
11 
accrediting body for homemaker agencies participating in the 
12 
Medicaid program, as set forth at N.J.A.C.10:60-1.2.  For purposes 
13 
of accreditation pursuant to this subsection, the accrediting body 
14 
shall apply the standards set forth in N.J.A.C.13:37-14.1 et seq. and 
15 
N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq., as applicable. 
16 
 
d. As a condition of registration under P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-
17 
43 et al.), every health care service firm shall submit to the director 
18 
an audit the third calendar year after registration and every third 
19 
year thereafter.  The audit shall be conducted by a certified public 
20 
accountant licensed by the State of New Jersey and shall encompass 
21 
an examination of the subject firm's financial records, financial 
22 
statements, the general management of its operations, and its 
23 
internal control systems.  The audit shall include an audit report 
24 
with an unqualified opinion and shall be accompanied by any 
25 
management letters prepared by the auditor in connection with the 
26 
audit commenting on the internal controls or management practices 
27 
of the health care service firm. The audit shall be divided into two 
28 
components: compliance and financial.  The compliance component 
29 
of the audit shall evaluate the firm's compliance with relevant laws 
30 
and regulations governing health care service firms.  The financial 
31 
component shall include an audit of the financial statements and 
32 
accompanying notes, as specified in the Statements on Auditing 
33 
Standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public 
34 
Accountants.   
35 
 
e. 
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person 
36 
shall be liable for a penalty of $500 per day for each day that the 
37 
person continues to operate a firm without registering as required 
38 
under this section.  The penalty shall be collected by the Director of 
39 
the Division of Consumer Affairs in a summary proceeding in 
40 
accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, 
41 
c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). 
42 
(cf: P.L.2014, c.29, s.1) 
43 
 
44 
 
2. Section 1 of P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23) is amended to 
45 
read as follows: 
46 
 
1. As used in this act: 
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a. 
The words "the board" mean the New Jersey Board of 
1 
Nursing created by this act. 
2 
 
b. The practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse is 
3 
defined as diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or 
4 
potential physical and emotional health problems, through such 
5 
services as casefinding, health teaching, health counseling, and 
6 
provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, 
7 
and executing medical regimens as prescribed by a licensed or 
8 
otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist. Diagnosing in the 
9 
context of nursing practice means the identification of and 
10 
discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and 
11 
symptoms essential to effective execution and management of the 
12 
nursing regimen within the scope of practice of the registered 
13 
professional nurse.  Such diagnostic privilege is distinct from a 
14 
medical diagnosis.  Treating means selection and performance of 
15 
those therapeutic measures essential to the effective management 
16 
and execution of the nursing regimen.  Human responses means 
17 
those signs, symptoms, and processes which denote the individual's 
18 
health need or reaction to an actual or potential health problem. 
19 
 
The practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse is defined as 
20 
performing tasks and responsibilities within the framework of 
21 
casefinding; reinforcing the patient and family teaching program 
22 
through health teaching, health counseling and provision of 
23 
supportive and restorative care, under the direction of a registered 
24 
nurse or licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or 
25 
dentist. 
26 
 
The terms "nursing," "professional nursing," and "practical 
27 
nursing" as used in this act shall not be construed to include nursing 
28 
by students enrolled in a school of nursing accredited or approved 
29 
by the board performed in the prescribed course of study and 
30 
training, nor nursing performed in hospitals, institutions and 
31 
agencies approved by the board for this purpose by graduates of 
32 
such schools pending the results of the first licensing examination 
33 
scheduled by the board following completion of a course of study 
34 
and training and the attaining of age qualification for examination, 
35 
or thereafter with the approval of the board in the case of each 
36 
individual pending results of subsequent examinations; nor shall 
37 
any of said terms be construed to include nursing performed for a 
38 
period not exceeding 12 months unless the board shall approve a 
39 
longer period, in hospitals, institutions or agencies by a nurse 
40 
legally qualified under the laws of another state or country, pending 
41 
results of an application for licensing under this act, if such nurse 
42 
does not represent or hold himself or herself out as a nurse licensed 
43 
to practice under this act; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
44 
include the practice of nursing in this State by any legally qualified 
45 
nurse of another state whose engagement made outside of this State 
46 
requires such nurse to accompany and care for the patient while in 
47 
this State during the period of such engagement, not to exceed six 
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months in this State, if such nurse does not represent or hold 
1 
himself or herself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State; 
2 
nor shall any of said terms be construed to include nursing 
3 
performed by employees or officers of the United States 
4 
Government or any agency or service thereof while in the discharge 
5 
of his or her official duties; nor shall any of said terms be construed 
6 
to include services performed by nurses aides, attendants, orderlies 
7 
and ward helpers in hospitals, institutions and agencies or by 
8 
technicians, physiotherapists, or medical secretaries, and such 
9 
duties performed by said persons aforementioned shall not be 
10 
subject to rules or regulations which the board may prescribe 
11 
concerning nursing; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
12 
include first aid nursing assistance, or gratuitous care by friends or 
13 
members of the family of a sick or infirm person, or incidental care 
14 
of the sick by a person employed primarily as a domestic or 
15 
housekeeper, 
notwithstanding 
that 
the 
occasion 
for 
such 
16 
employment may be sickness, if such incidental care does not 
17 
constitute professional nursing and such person does not claim or 
18 
purport to be a licensed nurse; nor shall any of said terms be 
19 
construed to include services rendered in accordance with the 
20 
practice of the religious tenets of any well-recognized church or 
21 
denomination which subscribes to the art of healing by prayer.  A 
22 
person who is otherwise qualified shall not be denied licensure as a 
23 
professional nurse or practical nurse by reason of the circumstances 
24 
that such person is in religious life and has taken a vow of poverty. 
25 
 
c. 
"Homemaker-home health aide" means a person who is 
26 
employed by a home care services agency and who is performing 
27 
delegated nursing regimens or nursing tasks delegated through the 
28 
authority of a duly licensed registered professional nurse.  No 
29 
homemaker-home health aide shall follow a delegated nursing 
30 
regimen or perform tasks which are delegated unless the 
31 
homemaker-home health aide is under the supervision of a duly 
32 
licensed registered professional nurse provided by the home care 
33 
services agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health 
34 
aide. "Home care services agency" means home health agencies, 
35 
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, 
36 
assisted living programs or alternate family care sponsor agencies 
37 
licensed by the Department of Health [and Senior Services] 
38 
pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), nonprofit 
39 
homemaker-home health aide agencies, and health care service 
40 
firms regulated by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs 
41 
in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Attorney 
42 
General pursuant to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) and 
43 
P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) respectively, which are engaged in 
44 
the business of procuring or offering to procure employment for 
45 
homemaker-home health aides, where a fee may be exacted, 
46 
charged or received directly or indirectly for procuring or offering 
47 
to procure that employment.   
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d. "Advanced practice nurse" means a person who holds a 
1 
certification in accordance with section 8 or 9 of P.L.1991, c.377 
2 
(C.45:11-47 or 45:11-48). 
3 
 
e. 
"Collaborating physician" means a person licensed to 
4 
practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of 
5 
the Revised Statutes who agrees to work with an advanced practice 
6 
nurse. 
7 
 
Nothing in this act shall confer the authority to a person licensed 
8 
to practice nursing to practice another health profession as currently 
9 
defined in Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. 
10 
(cf: P.L.2004, c.122, s.1) 
11 
 
12 
 
3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
13 
 
14 
 
15 
STATEMENT 
16 
 
17 
 
This bill clarifies the definition of health care service firms and 
18 
homemaker-home health aides. 
19 
 
Current law provides that firms that place or arrange for the 
20 
placement of personnel to provide companion services, health care 
21 
services, or personal care services must register as a health care 
22 
service firm with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
23 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  However, there are firms 
24 
operating that indirectly, using an Internet website or other online 
25 
application, refer or arrange for individuals to provide companion 
26 
services, health care services, or personal care services in the homes 
27 
of patients, but are not registering as health care service firms.   
28 
 
This bill revises the current law to clarify that any firm that 
29 
employs, places, arranges the placement of, or in any way refers, an 
30 
individual to provide companion services, health care services, or 
31 
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a 
32 
disability or who is age 60 or older must register as a health care 
33 
service firm.  The bill further stipulates that the Division of 
34 
Consumer Affairs is authorized to take enforcement measures upon 
35 
any person who operates a firm that is subject to this health care 
36 
service firm registration requirement, whether the operations 
37 
include the direct employment of individuals, the use of an Internet 
38 
website or application, or any other process or business model. 
39 
 
The bill also provides that, in addition to any other penalty 
40 
provided by law, a person is liable for a penalty of $500 per day for 
41 
each day that the person continues to operate a firm without 
42 
registering as a health care service firm as required. 
43 
 
Finally, the bill clarifies that certified homemaker-home health 
44 
aides must work under the supervision of a duly licensed registered 
45 
professional nurse, which is provided by the home care services 
46 
agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health aide 
47 
when following a delegated nursing regimen. 
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2 
 
Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-
3 
home health aides.  
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(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 2/1/2019) 
SENATE, No. 2773  
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
218th LEGISLATURE 
   
INTRODUCED JUNE 21, 2018 
 
 
Sponsored by: 
Senator  NELLIE POU 
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) 
Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD 
District 6 (Burlington and Camden) 
Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ 
District 19 (Middlesex) 
Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE 
District 37 (Bergen) 
 
Co-Sponsored by: 
Senators Cardinale, Cruz-Perez, Singleton, Assemblywomen Murphy, 
Mosquera and Reynolds-Jackson 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS 
 
Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health 
aides.  
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT  
 
As introduced. 
    

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 EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is 
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. 
 
 Matter underlined thus is new matter. 
 
AN ACT concerning health care service firms and homemaker-home 
1 
health aides, and amending P.L.2002, c.126 and P.L.1947, c.262. 
2 
 
3 
 
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 
4 
of New Jersey: 
5 
 
6 
 
1. Section 1 of P.L.2002, c.126 (C.34:8-45.1) is amended to 
7 
read as follows: 
8 
 
1. a. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the 
9 
contrary, an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to 
10 
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), or any other firm, company, 
11 
business, agency, or other entity that is not a home health care 
12 
agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) or 
13 
a hospice licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.78 (C.26:2H-79 et seq.), 
14 
which employs, places [or] , arranges for the placement of 
15 
[personnel] , or in any way refers, an individual to provide 
16 
companion services, health care services, or personal care services 
17 
in the personal residence of a person with a disability or [a senior 
18 
citizen] who is age 60 or older, regardless of the title by which the 
19 
provider of the services is known, shall be registered as a Health 
20 
Care Service Firm [pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq.] and 
21 
shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing Health Care 
22 
Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
23 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  The Division of Consumer 
24 
Affairs is authorized to enforce the health care service firm 
25 
registration requirement, and the provisions of P.L.1989, c.331 
26 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), upon any person whose operations are subject to 
27 
this section, whether the operations include the direct employment 
28 
of individuals, the use of an Internet website or application, or any 
29 
other process or business model.  
30 
 
As used in this section: 
31 
 
"Companion services" means non-medical, basic supervision and 
32 
socialization services which do not include assistance with activities 
33 
of daily living, and which are provided in the individual's home. 
34 
Companion services may include the performance of household 
35 
chores. 
36 
 
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the 
37 
purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or 
38 
mental health or any health-related services, and for which a license 
39 
or certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of 
40 
such services. 
41 
 
"Personal care services" means services performed by licensed or 
42 
certified personnel for the purpose of assisting an individual with 
43 
activities of daily living that may involve physical contact.  
44 
Services include, but are not limited to, bathing, toileting, 
45 

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transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with ambulation, 
1 
exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene. 
2 
 
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2014, c.29) 
3 
 
c. 
As a condition of being registered under P.L.1989, c.331 
4 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), a health care service firm shall obtain within 12 
5 
months of registration accreditation from an accrediting body that is 
6 
recognized by the Commissioner of Human Services as an 
7 
accrediting body for homemaker agencies participating in the 
8 
Medicaid program, as set forth at N.J.A.C.10:60-1.2.  For purposes 
9 
of accreditation pursuant to this subsection, the accrediting body 
10 
shall apply the standards set forth in N.J.A.C.13:37-14.1 et seq. and 
11 
N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq., as applicable. 
12 
 
d. As a condition of registration under P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-
13 
43 et al.), every health care service firm shall submit to the director 
14 
an audit the third calendar year after registration and every third 
15 
year thereafter.  The audit shall be conducted by a certified public 
16 
accountant licensed by the State of New Jersey and shall encompass 
17 
an examination of the subject firm's financial records, financial 
18 
statements, the general management of its operations, and its 
19 
internal control systems.  The audit shall include an audit report 
20 
with an unqualified opinion and shall be accompanied by any 
21 
management letters prepared by the auditor in connection with the 
22 
audit commenting on the internal controls or management practices 
23 
of the health care service firm. The audit shall be divided into two 
24 
components: compliance and financial.  The compliance component 
25 
of the audit shall evaluate the firm's compliance with relevant laws 
26 
and regulations governing health care service firms.  The financial 
27 
component shall include an audit of the financial statements and 
28 
accompanying notes, as specified in the Statements on Auditing 
29 
Standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public 
30 
Accountants.   
31 
 
e. 
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person 
32 
shall be liable for a penalty of $500 per day for each day that the 
33 
person continues to operate a firm without registering as required 
34 
under this section.  The penalty shall be collected by the Director of 
35 
the Division of Consumer Affairs in a summary proceeding in 
36 
accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, 
37 
c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). 
38 
(cf: P.L.2014, c.29, s.1) 
39 
 
40 
 
2. Section 1 of P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23) is amended to 
41 
read as follows: 
42 
 
1. As used in this act: 
43 
 
a. 
The words "the board" mean the New Jersey Board of 
44 
Nursing created by this act. 
45 
 
b. The practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse is 
46 
defined as diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or 
47 
potential physical and emotional health problems, through such 
48 

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services as casefinding, health teaching, health counseling, and 
1 
provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, 
2 
and executing medical regimens as prescribed by a licensed or 
3 
otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist. Diagnosing in the 
4 
context of nursing practice means the identification of and 
5 
discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and 
6 
symptoms essential to effective execution and management of the 
7 
nursing regimen within the scope of practice of the registered 
8 
professional nurse.  Such diagnostic privilege is distinct from a 
9 
medical diagnosis.  Treating means selection and performance of 
10 
those therapeutic measures essential to the effective management 
11 
and execution of the nursing regimen.  Human responses means 
12 
those signs, symptoms, and processes which denote the individual's 
13 
health need or reaction to an actual or potential health problem. 
14 
 
The practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse is defined as 
15 
performing tasks and responsibilities within the framework of 
16 
casefinding; reinforcing the patient and family teaching program 
17 
through health teaching, health counseling and provision of 
18 
supportive and restorative care, under the direction of a registered 
19 
nurse or licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or 
20 
dentist. 
21 
 
The terms "nursing," "professional nursing," and "practical 
22 
nursing" as used in this act shall not be construed to include nursing 
23 
by students enrolled in a school of nursing accredited or approved 
24 
by the board performed in the prescribed course of study and 
25 
training, nor nursing performed in hospitals, institutions and 
26 
agencies approved by the board for this purpose by graduates of 
27 
such schools pending the results of the first licensing examination 
28 
scheduled by the board following completion of a course of study 
29 
and training and the attaining of age qualification for examination, 
30 
or thereafter with the approval of the board in the case of each 
31 
individual pending results of subsequent examinations; nor shall 
32 
any of said terms be construed to include nursing performed for a 
33 
period not exceeding 12 months unless the board shall approve a 
34 
longer period, in hospitals, institutions or agencies by a nurse 
35 
legally qualified under the laws of another state or country, pending 
36 
results of an application for licensing under this act, if such nurse 
37 
does not represent or hold himself or herself out as a nurse licensed 
38 
to practice under this act; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
39 
include the practice of nursing in this State by any legally qualified 
40 
nurse of another state whose engagement made outside of this State 
41 
requires such nurse to accompany and care for the patient while in 
42 
this State during the period of such engagement, not to exceed six 
43 
months in this State, if such nurse does not represent or hold 
44 
himself or herself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State; 
45 
nor shall any of said terms be construed to include nursing 
46 
performed by employees or officers of the United States 
47 
Government or any agency or service thereof while in the discharge 
48 

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of his or her official duties; nor shall any of said terms be construed 
1 
to include services performed by nurses aides, attendants, orderlies 
2 
and ward helpers in hospitals, institutions and agencies or by 
3 
technicians, physiotherapists, or medical secretaries, and such 
4 
duties performed by said persons aforementioned shall not be 
5 
subject to rules or regulations which the board may prescribe 
6 
concerning nursing; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
7 
include first aid nursing assistance, or gratuitous care by friends or 
8 
members of the family of a sick or infirm person, or incidental care 
9 
of the sick by a person employed primarily as a domestic or 
10 
housekeeper, 
notwithstanding 
that 
the 
occasion 
for 
such 
11 
employment may be sickness, if such incidental care does not 
12 
constitute professional nursing and such person does not claim or 
13 
purport to be a licensed nurse; nor shall any of said terms be 
14 
construed to include services rendered in accordance with the 
15 
practice of the religious tenets of any well-recognized church or 
16 
denomination which subscribes to the art of healing by prayer.  A 
17 
person who is otherwise qualified shall not be denied licensure as a 
18 
professional nurse or practical nurse by reason of the circumstances 
19 
that such person is in religious life and has taken a vow of poverty. 
20 
 
c. 
"Homemaker-home health aide" means a person who is 
21 
employed by a home care services agency and who is performing 
22 
delegated nursing regimens or nursing tasks delegated through the 
23 
authority of a duly licensed registered professional nurse.  No 
24 
homemaker-home health aide shall follow a delegated nursing 
25 
regimen or perform tasks which are delegated unless the 
26 
homemaker-home health aide is under the supervision of a duly 
27 
licensed registered professional nurse provided by the home care 
28 
services agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health 
29 
aide. "Home care services agency" means home health agencies, 
30 
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, 
31 
assisted living programs or alternate family care sponsor agencies 
32 
licensed by the Department of Health [and Senior Services] 
33 
pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), nonprofit 
34 
homemaker-home health aide agencies, and health care service 
35 
firms regulated by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs 
36 
in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Attorney 
37 
General pursuant to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) and 
38 
P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) respectively, which are engaged in 
39 
the business of procuring or offering to procure employment for 
40 
homemaker-home health aides, where a fee may be exacted, 
41 
charged or received directly or indirectly for procuring or offering 
42 
to procure that employment.   
43 
 
d. "Advanced practice nurse" means a person who holds a 
44 
certification in accordance with section 8 or 9 of P.L.1991, c.377 
45 
(C.45:11-47 or 45:11-48). 
46 
 
e. 
"Collaborating physician" means a person licensed to 
47 
practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of 
48 

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S2773 POU 
6 
 
 
the Revised Statutes who agrees to work with an advanced practice 
1 
nurse. 
2 
 
Nothing in this act shall confer the authority to a person licensed 
3 
to practice nursing to practice another health profession as currently 
4 
defined in Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. 
5 
(cf: P.L.2004, c.122, s.1) 
6 
 
7 
 
3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
8 
 
9 
 
10 
STATEMENT 
11 
 
12 
 
This bill clarifies the definition of health care service firms and 
13 
homemaker-home health aides. 
14 
 
Current law provides that firms that place or arrange for the 
15 
placement of personnel to provide companion services, health care 
16 
services, or personal care services must register as a health care 
17 
service firm with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
18 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  However, there are firms 
19 
operating that indirectly, using an Internet website or other online 
20 
application, refer or arrange for individuals to provide companion 
21 
services, health care services, or personal care services in the homes 
22 
of patients, but are not registering as health care service firms.   
23 
 
This bill revises the current law to clarify that any firm that 
24 
employs, places, arranges the placement of, or in any way refers, an 
25 
individual to provide companion services, health care services, or 
26 
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a 
27 
disability or who is age 60 or older must register as a health care 
28 
service firm.  The bill further stipulates that the Division of 
29 
Consumer Affairs is authorized to take enforcement measures upon 
30 
any person who operates a firm that is subject to this health care 
31 
service firm registration requirement, whether the operations 
32 
include the direct employment of individuals, the use of an Internet 
33 
website or application, or any other process or business model. 
34 
 
The bill also provides that, in addition to any other penalty 
35 
provided by law, a person is liable for a penalty of $500 per day for 
36 
each day that the person continues to operate a firm without 
37 
registering as a health care service firm as required. 
38 
 
Finally, the bill clarifies that certified homemaker-home health 
39 
aides must work under the supervision of a duly licensed registered 
40 
professional nurse, which is provided by the home care services 
41 
agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health aide 
42 
when following a delegated nursing regimen. 
43 

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE 
 
STATEMENT TO  
 
SENATE, No. 2773  
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
 
DATED:  OCTOBER 15, 2018 
 
 
The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill 
No. 2773. 
 
This bill clarifies the definition of health care service firms and 
homemaker-home health aides. 
 
Current law provides that firms that place or arrange for the 
placement of personnel to provide companion services, health care 
services, or personal care services must register as a health care 
service firm with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  However, there are firms 
operating that indirectly, using an Internet website or other online 
application, refer or arrange for individuals to provide companion 
services, health care services, or personal care services in the homes 
of patients, but are not registering as health care service firms.   
 
This bill revises the current law to clarify that any firm that 
employs, places, arranges the placement of, or in any way refers, an 
individual to provide companion services, health care services, or 
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a 
disability or who is age 60 or older must register as a health care 
service firm.  The bill further stipulates that the Division of 
Consumer Affairs is authorized to take enforcement measures upon 
any person who operates a firm that is subject to this health care 
service firm registration requirement, whether the operations 
include the direct employment of individuals, the use of an Internet 
website or application, or any other process or business model. 
 
The bill also provides that, in addition to any other penalty 
provided by law, a person is liable for a penalty of $500 per day for 
each day that the person continues to operate a firm without 
registering as a health care service firm as required. 
 
Finally, the bill clarifies that certified homemaker-home health 
aides must work under the supervision of a duly licensed registered 
professional nurse, which is provided by the home care services 
agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health aide 
when following a delegated nursing regimen. 

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(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 2/1/2019) 
ASSEMBLY, No. 4043  
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
218th LEGISLATURE 
   
INTRODUCED MAY 24, 2018 
 
 
Sponsored by: 
Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD 
District 6 (Burlington and Camden) 
Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ 
District 19 (Middlesex) 
Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE 
District 37 (Bergen) 
 
Co-Sponsored by: 
Assemblywomen Murphy, Mosquera and Reynolds-Jackson 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS 
 
Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health 
aides.  
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT  
 
As introduced. 
    

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A4043 GREENWALD, LOPEZ 
2 
 
 EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is 
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. 
 
 Matter underlined thus is new matter. 
 
AN ACT concerning health care service firms and homemaker-home 
1 
health aides, and amending P.L.2002, c.126 and P.L.1947, c.262. 
2 
 
3 
 
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 
4 
of New Jersey: 
5 
 
6 
 
1. Section 1 of P.L.2002, c.126 (C.34:8-45.1) is amended to 
7 
read as follows: 
8 
 
1. a.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the 
9 
contrary, an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to 
10 
P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), or any other firm, company, 
11 
business, agency, or other entity that is not a home health care 
12 
agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) or 
13 
a hospice licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.78 (C.26:2H-79 et seq.), 
14 
which employs, places [or] , arranges for the placement of 
15 
[personnel] , or in any way refers, an individual to provide 
16 
companion services, health care services, or personal care services 
17 
in the personal residence of a person with a disability or [a senior 
18 
citizen] who is age 60 or older, regardless of the title by which the 
19 
provider of the services is known, shall be registered as a Health 
20 
Care Service Firm [pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq.] and 
21 
shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing Health Care 
22 
Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
23 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  The Division of Consumer 
24 
Affairs is authorized to enforce the health care service firm 
25 
registration requirement, and the provisions of P.L.1989, c.331 
26 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), upon any person whose operations are subject to 
27 
this section, whether the operations include the direct employment 
28 
of individuals, the use of an Internet website or application, or any 
29 
other process or business model.  
30 
 
As used in this section: 
31 
 
"Companion services" means non-medical, basic supervision and 
32 
socialization services which do not include assistance with activities 
33 
of daily living, and which are provided in the individual's home. 
34 
Companion services may include the performance of household 
35 
chores. 
36 
 
"Health care services" means any services rendered for the 
37 
purpose of maintaining or restoring an individual's physical or 
38 
mental health or any health-related services, and for which a license 
39 
or certification is required as a pre-condition to the rendering of 
40 
such services. 
41 
 
"Personal care services" means services performed by licensed or 
42 
certified personnel for the purpose of assisting an individual with 
43 
activities of daily living that may involve physical contact.  
44 
Services include, but are not limited to, bathing, toileting, 
45 

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3 
 
 
transferring, dressing, grooming, and assistance with ambulation, 
1 
exercise, or other aspects of personal hygiene. 
2 
 
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2014, c.29) 
3 
 
c. 
As a condition of being registered under P.L.1989, c.331 
4 
(C.34:8-43 et al.), a health care service firm shall obtain within 12 
5 
months of registration accreditation from an accrediting body that is 
6 
recognized by the Commissioner of Human Services as an 
7 
accrediting body for homemaker agencies participating in the 
8 
Medicaid program, as set forth at N.J.A.C.10:60-1.2.  For purposes 
9 
of accreditation pursuant to this subsection, the accrediting body 
10 
shall apply the standards set forth in N.J.A.C.13:37-14.1 et seq. and 
11 
N.J.A.C.13:45B-13.1 et seq., as applicable. 
12 
 
d. As a condition of registration under P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-
13 
43 et al.), every health care service firm shall submit to the director 
14 
an audit the third calendar year after registration and every third 
15 
year thereafter.  The audit shall be conducted by a certified public 
16 
accountant licensed by the State of New Jersey and shall encompass 
17 
an examination of the subject firm's financial records, financial 
18 
statements, the general management of its operations, and its 
19 
internal control systems.  The audit shall include an audit report 
20 
with an unqualified opinion and shall be accompanied by any 
21 
management letters prepared by the auditor in connection with the 
22 
audit commenting on the internal controls or management practices 
23 
of the health care service firm. The audit shall be divided into two 
24 
components: compliance and financial.  The compliance component 
25 
of the audit shall evaluate the firm's compliance with relevant laws 
26 
and regulations governing health care service firms.  The financial 
27 
component shall include an audit of the financial statements and 
28 
accompanying notes, as specified in the Statements on Auditing 
29 
Standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public 
30 
Accountants.   
31 
 
e. 
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person 
32 
shall be liable for a penalty of $500 per day for each day that the 
33 
person continues to operate a firm without registering as required 
34 
under this section.  The penalty shall be collected by the Director of 
35 
the Division of Consumer Affairs in a summary proceeding in 
36 
accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, 
37 
c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). 
38 
(cf: P.L.2014, c.29, s.1) 
39 
 
40 
 
2. Section 1 of P.L.1947, c.262 (C.45:11-23) is amended to 
41 
read as follows: 
42 
 
1. As used in this act: 
43 
 
a. 
The words "the board" mean the New Jersey Board of 
44 
Nursing created by this act. 
45 
 
b. The practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse is 
46 
defined as diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or 
47 
potential physical and emotional health problems, through such 
48 

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A4043 GREENWALD, LOPEZ 
4 
 
 
services as casefinding, health teaching, health counseling, and 
1 
provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, 
2 
and executing medical regimens as prescribed by a licensed or 
3 
otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist. Diagnosing in the 
4 
context of nursing practice means the identification of and 
5 
discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and 
6 
symptoms essential to effective execution and management of the 
7 
nursing regimen within the scope of practice of the registered 
8 
professional nurse.  Such diagnostic privilege is distinct from a 
9 
medical diagnosis.  Treating means selection and performance of 
10 
those therapeutic measures essential to the effective management 
11 
and execution of the nursing regimen.  Human responses means 
12 
those signs, symptoms, and processes which denote the individual's 
13 
health need or reaction to an actual or potential health problem. 
14 
 
The practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse is defined as 
15 
performing tasks and responsibilities within the framework of 
16 
casefinding; reinforcing the patient and family teaching program 
17 
through health teaching, health counseling and provision of 
18 
supportive and restorative care, under the direction of a registered 
19 
nurse or licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or 
20 
dentist. 
21 
 
The terms "nursing," "professional nursing," and "practical 
22 
nursing" as used in this act shall not be construed to include nursing 
23 
by students enrolled in a school of nursing accredited or approved 
24 
by the board performed in the prescribed course of study and 
25 
training, nor nursing performed in hospitals, institutions and 
26 
agencies approved by the board for this purpose by graduates of 
27 
such schools pending the results of the first licensing examination 
28 
scheduled by the board following completion of a course of study 
29 
and training and the attaining of age qualification for examination, 
30 
or thereafter with the approval of the board in the case of each 
31 
individual pending results of subsequent examinations; nor shall 
32 
any of said terms be construed to include nursing performed for a 
33 
period not exceeding 12 months unless the board shall approve a 
34 
longer period, in hospitals, institutions or agencies by a nurse 
35 
legally qualified under the laws of another state or country, pending 
36 
results of an application for licensing under this act, if such nurse 
37 
does not represent or hold himself or herself out as a nurse licensed 
38 
to practice under this act; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
39 
include the practice of nursing in this State by any legally qualified 
40 
nurse of another state whose engagement made outside of this State 
41 
requires such nurse to accompany and care for the patient while in 
42 
this State during the period of such engagement, not to exceed six 
43 
months in this State, if such nurse does not represent or hold 
44 
himself or herself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State; 
45 
nor shall any of said terms be construed to include nursing 
46 
performed by employees or officers of the United States 
47 
Government or any agency or service thereof while in the discharge 
48 

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A4043 GREENWALD, LOPEZ 
5 
 
 
of his or her official duties; nor shall any of said terms be construed 
1 
to include services performed by nurses aides, attendants, orderlies 
2 
and ward helpers in hospitals, institutions and agencies or by 
3 
technicians, physiotherapists, or medical secretaries, and such 
4 
duties performed by said persons aforementioned shall not be 
5 
subject to rules or regulations which the board may prescribe 
6 
concerning nursing; nor shall any of said terms be construed to 
7 
include first aid nursing assistance, or gratuitous care by friends or 
8 
members of the family of a sick or infirm person, or incidental care 
9 
of the sick by a person employed primarily as a domestic or 
10 
housekeeper, 
notwithstanding 
that 
the 
occasion 
for 
such 
11 
employment may be sickness, if such incidental care does not 
12 
constitute professional nursing and such person does not claim or 
13 
purport to be a licensed nurse; nor shall any of said terms be 
14 
construed to include services rendered in accordance with the 
15 
practice of the religious tenets of any well-recognized church or 
16 
denomination which subscribes to the art of healing by prayer.  A 
17 
person who is otherwise qualified shall not be denied licensure as a 
18 
professional nurse or practical nurse by reason of the circumstances 
19 
that such person is in religious life and has taken a vow of poverty. 
20 
 
c. 
"Homemaker-home health aide" means a person who is 
21 
employed by a home care services agency and who is performing 
22 
delegated nursing regimens or nursing tasks delegated through the 
23 
authority of a duly licensed registered professional nurse.  No 
24 
homemaker-home health aide shall follow a delegated nursing 
25 
regimen or perform tasks which are delegated unless the 
26 
homemaker-home health aide is under the supervision of a duly 
27 
licensed registered professional nurse provided by the home care 
28 
services agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health 
29 
aide.  "Home care services agency" means home health agencies, 
30 
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, 
31 
assisted living programs or alternate family care sponsor agencies 
32 
licensed by the Department of Health [and Senior Services] 
33 
pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), nonprofit 
34 
homemaker-home health aide agencies, and health care service 
35 
firms regulated by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs 
36 
in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Attorney 
37 
General pursuant to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et seq.) and 
38 
P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) respectively, which are engaged in 
39 
the business of procuring or offering to procure employment for 
40 
homemaker-home health aides, where a fee may be exacted, 
41 
charged or received directly or indirectly for procuring or offering 
42 
to procure that employment.   
43 
 
d. "Advanced practice nurse" means a person who holds a 
44 
certification in accordance with section 8 or 9 of P.L.1991, c.377 
45 
(C.45:11-47 or 45:11-48). 
46 
 
e. 
"Collaborating physician" means a person licensed to 
47 
practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of 
48 

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A4043 GREENWALD, LOPEZ 
6 
 
 
the Revised Statutes who agrees to work with an advanced practice 
1 
nurse. 
2 
 
Nothing in this act shall confer the authority to a person licensed 
3 
to practice nursing to practice another health profession as currently 
4 
defined in Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. 
5 
(cf: P.L.2004, c.122, s.1) 
6 
 
7 
 
3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
8 
 
9 
 
10 
STATEMENT 
11 
 
12 
 
This bill clarifies the definition of health care service firms and 
13 
homemaker-home health aides. 
14 
 
Current law provides that firms that place or arrange for the 
15 
placement of personnel to provide companion services, health care 
16 
services, or personal care services must register as a health care 
17 
service firm with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the 
18 
Department of Law and Public Safety.  However, there are firms 
19 
operating that indirectly, using an Internet website or other online 
20 
application, refer or arrange for individuals to provide companion 
21 
services, health care services, or personal care services in the homes 
22 
of patients, but are not registering as health care service firms.   
23 
 
This bill revises the current law to clarify that any firm that 
24 
employs, places, arranges the placement of, or in any way refers, an 
25 
individual to provide companion services, health care services, or 
26 
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a 
27 
disability or who is age 60 or older must register as a health care 
28 
service firm.  The bill further stipulates that the Division of 
29 
Consumer Affairs is authorized to take enforcement measures upon 
30 
any person who operates a firm that is subject to this health care 
31 
service firm registration requirement, whether the operations 
32 
include the direct employment of individuals, the use of an Internet 
33 
website or application, or any other process or business model. 
34 
 
The bill also provides that, in addition to any other penalty 
35 
provided by law, a person is liable for a penalty of $500 per day for 
36 
each day that the person continues to operate a firm without 
37 
registering as a health care service firm as required. 
38 
 
Finally, the bill clarifies that certified homemaker-home health 
39 
aides must work under the supervision of a duly licensed registered 
40 
professional nurse, which is provided by the home care services 
41 
agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health aide 
42 
when following a delegated nursing regimen. 
43 

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ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE 
 
STATEMENT TO  
 
ASSEMBLY, No. 4043  
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
 
DATED:  JUNE 14, 2018 
 
 
The Assembly Human Services Committee reports favorably 
Assembly Bill No. 4043. 
 
This bill clarifies the definition of health care service firms and 
homemaker-home health aides. 
 
Current law provides that firms that place or arrange for the 
placement of personnel to provide companion services, health care 
services, or personal care services must register as a health care service 
firm with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law 
and Public Safety.  However, there are firms operating that indirectly, 
using an Internet website or other online application, refer or arrange 
for individuals to provide companion services, health care services, or 
personal care services in the homes of patients, but are not registering 
as health care service firms.   
 
This bill revises the current law to clarify that any firm that 
employs, places, arranges the placement of, or in any way refers, an 
individual to provide companion services, health care services, or 
personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a 
disability or who is age 60 or older must register as a health care 
service firm.  The bill further stipulates that the Division of Consumer 
Affairs is authorized to take enforcement measures upon any person 
who operates a firm that is subject to this health care service firm 
registration requirement, whether the operations include the direct 
employment of individuals, the use of an Internet website or 
application, or any other process or business model. 
 
The bill also provides that, in addition to any other penalty 
provided by law, a person is liable for a penalty of $500 per day for 
each day that the person continues to operate a firm without registering 
as a health care service firm as required. 
 
Finally, the bill clarifies that certified homemaker-home health 
aides must work under the supervision of a duly licensed registered 
professional nurse, which is provided by the home care services 
agency that directly employs the homemaker-home health aide when 
following a delegated nursing regimen. 

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TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed the following bills into law 
AJR-149 (Schepisi, Jasey, Johnson/Pou, T. Kean) – Designates September of each year as “Brain Aneurysm
Awareness Month” in New Jersey. 
AJR-164 (Benson, Zwicker, Lampitt/Diegnan, T. Kean) – Establishes "New Jersey Advanced Autonomous
Vehicle Task Force." 
A-591 (Moriarty, Reynolds-Jackson, Jimenez/Pou, Cruz-Perez) – Prohibits discrimination against cash-paying
consumers. 
A-1400 (A.M. Bucco, Caputo, DeCroce, Johnson/A.R. Bucco, Gopal) – Revises law governing Class Three
special law enforcement officer. 
A-4073 (Holley, Carter, Kennedy, Quijano/Scutari, Cryan) – Designates portion of State Highway Route 27 in
Union County as "Jerry Green Memorial Highway." 
A-4177 (Pintor Marin, Mukherji, Downey/Singleton, Ruiz) – Allows county homelessness trust funds to be used
for code blue emergency shelter services. 
A-4701 (Spearman, Chiaravalloti, Mukherji, Quijano/Ruiz, Cunningham) – Requires DHS to establish electronic
portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers. 
A-4734 (Land, Taliaferro, Mukherji/Beach, C.A. Brown) – Appropriates $1,190,349 from constitutionally dedicated
CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for historic site management grants to certain historic preservation projects and
associated administrative expenses. 
S-121 (Weinberg, Gill/McKeon, Bramnick, Vainieri Huttle) – Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive
rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims. 
S-641 (Beach, Bateman/Munoz, Thomson, Lampitt) – Upgrades penalty for failing to report act of sexual abuse
against child. 
S-746 (Diegnan, Cruz-Perez/Vainieri Huttle, Pinkin, Chiaravalloti) – Permits certain audiologists to dispense and
fit hearing aids. 
S-1073 (Smith, Bateman, Codey, Greenstein/McKeon, Pinkin, Tucker) – Authorizes municipalities, counties, and
certain authorities to establish stormwater utilities. 
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S-1773 (Diegnan, Gopal/Calabrese, Chiaravalloti, Tully) – Requires display of identifying information on rear of
school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct. 
S-2454 (Madden/Murphy, Houghtaling, Downey) – Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
S-2712 (Ruiz, Madden/Lampitt, Murphy) – Mandates certain training for DOE arbitrators. 
S-2714 (Ruiz, Madden/Lampitt, Armato, Murphy) – Requires school districts to notify State Board of Examiners
when teaching staff member fails to report child abuse for determination of revocation or suspension of certificate. 
S-2715 (Madden, Ruiz/Lampitt, Reynolds-Jackson) – Requires Attorney General to develop protocol for retaining
footage from school surveillance system. 
S-2773 (Pou/Greenwald, Lopez, Vainieri Huttle) – Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-
home health aides. 
S-2922 (Vitale, O'Scanlon/Vainieri Huttle, DiMaso) – Revises standard for presence of medical examiner during
removal of anatomical gift from decedent. 
Governor Murphy also announced that he has conditionally vetoed the following bills:  
A-4904 (Mukherji, Quijano, Mazzeo/Cryan, Sweeney) – Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property
owned by certain federal employees or contractors under certain circumstances. 
Copy of Statement on A-4904 
S-2129 (Cruz-Perez, Turner/Wimberly, Armato, Lopez, Mazzeo) – Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas
utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues be paid to Statewide nonprofit
energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
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