Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3156 (December 18, 2023)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to Senate, No. 3156, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated December 18, 2023. As amended, the bill requires the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety to review and collect data on the professions and occupations it regulates and to report to the Governor and State Legislature six months after the bill is enacted. The data include outstanding and incomplete applications, funding expended to retain employees, reasons for applicant calls, and completion rates over the past five years. The Attorney General, or a designee, is to develop training for new employees and review the feasibility of outsourcing phone call intake. The bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4621 (1R).

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 3156
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: DECEMBER 18, 2023

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3156.
    As amended, this bill requires the Division of Consumer Affairs
in the Department of Law and Public Safety to review and collect
certain information and data on the professions and occupations
regulated by the division, or a board, committee or other entity
within the division, and compile a report on the findings to be
released, six months after the bill is enacted, to the Governor and
State Legislature. The information and data to be reviewed and
collected include 1) the number of outstanding applications each
profession and occupation has for initial licensure or other type of
credential; 2) the number of incomplete applications received; 3)
funding expended to retain employees; 4) categorization, if
possible, of the reasons for calls from applicants and how many
calls come in under each category; and 5) the calculation of the
percentage of completed applications for initial licensure or other
credential over the past five years, to include a calculation of the
number of applications that have taken at least twice as long to process
in comparison to the average time to process an application.
    Additionally, the Attorney General, or a designee, is to 1)
develop and administer training specific to a profession and
occupation to new employees hired to process initial applications
for licensure in the profession or occupation; and 2) review the
feasibility of outsourcing phone call intake and response to
businesses or associations that assist individuals seeking a license in
a specific profession or occupation.
    As amended and reported by the committee, Senate Bill No. 3156
is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4621 (1R), which was also reported
by the committee on this date.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to:
    1) clarify that other types of credentials aside from licenses may
be issued by an entity and that an applicant may receive a call from an
entity regarding an incomplete application;
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    2) require, if possible to calculate, a categorization of the reasons
for calls from applicants and how many calls come in under each
category; and
    3) require the calculation of the percentage of completed
applications for initial licensure or other credential over the past five
years, to include a calculation of the number of applications that have
taken at least twice as long to process in comparison to the average
time to process an application.


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