Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 1814 (State of New Jersey, May 13, 2024)

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Senate Commerce Committee statement to Senate, No. 1814, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated May 13, 2024. The committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 1814, which as amended requires the New Jersey Board of Nursing to defer consideration or withhold the certification of a homemaker-home health aide under certain circumstances. The statement says this applies when the board has received notification of a charge or complaint by a law enforcement agency alleging abuse, neglect, or violence inflicted on a patient, or credible evidence supporting such an allegation. It says the committee amended the bill to remove language designating the bill as “Maria’s Law.”

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

                   SENATE, No. 1814
                    with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: MAY 13, 2024

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 1814.
    As amended, this bill requires the New Jersey Board of Nursing to
defer consideration or withhold the certification of a homemaker-home
health aide under certain circumstances.
    Homemaker-home health aides are persons certified by the board
who perform certain nursing tasks delegated through the authority of a
duly licensed registered professional nurse and are employed by a
home care services agency. Homemaker-home health aides work in a
variety of assisted living residences, as well as the homes of individual
patients. Current law requires criminal history record background
checks for all certified homemaker-home health aides and disqualifies
any certified person, or any applicant for certification, if the person is
found to have been convicted of certain crimes and offenses.
    The bill requires the board to defer consideration or withhold the
approval of a certification or conditional certification with respect to
any person who is a certified homemaker-home health aide or is an
applicant for certification and for whom the board has received the
following:
    (1) notification of a charge or complaint filed against the person by
a law enforcement agency that alleges abuse, neglect, or violence
inflicted by the person on a patient; or
    (2) credible evidence supporting an allegation of abuse, neglect, or
violence inflicted by the person on a patient.
    The deferred consideration or withholding of approval of a
certification or conditional certification pursuant to the provisions of
this bill must remain in effect pending the final disposition of any
inquiry or investigation conducted by the board, or pending the final
disposition of any civil or criminal proceedings resulting from a court
action, except that the deferred consideration or withholding of
approval shall not exceed 120 days unless the charge or complaint
remains pending or is extended for other good cause shown.
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   This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2024-2025 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to remove language designating
the bill as “Maria’s Law.”


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