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Statement to Senate No. 3931 — Senate Commerce Committee, State of New Jersey (May 22, 2025)

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Statement to Senate No. 3931 with committee amendments, dated May 22, 2025, from the Senate Commerce Committee of the State of New Jersey. The committee reports favorably on Senate Bill No. 3931, which as amended updates current law regulating occupational therapists. The statement says the bill requires the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Occupational Therapy Advisory Council, to develop continuing competence and professional development requirements for license renewal. It says the council would meet at least four times annually. The committee amended the bill to remove environmental and climate sustainability and add disaster preparedness and emergency management as a possible issue area.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                   STATEMENT TO

                 SENATE, No. 3931
                  with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                     DATED: MAY 22, 2025

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3931.
    As amended, this bill updates current law regulating
occupational therapists. Specifically, under the bill, there is
established a requirement for the Director of the Division of
Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Occupational Therapy
Advisory Council, to develop continuing competence and
professional development requirements in order for licensed
occupational therapists and licensed occupational therapy assistants
to renew licenses. Additionally, the bill adds a definition of
“occupational therapy services” and expands the types of issues in
which occupational therapy may be sought to include, among other
items, parental health; disaster preparedness and emergency
management; and population health management. The bill will also
allow members of the council to serve a maximum of three
consecutive sessions and for the council to meet at least four times
annually.     Examinations required in current law will be
administered by the National Board for Certification in
Occupational Therapy.       Lastly, references in current law to
submissions to the director of proof of fieldwork completion are
deleted for redundancy because the submission is already required
as part of the presentation of evidence of completing an accredited
program in occupational therapy.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to remove environmental and
climate sustainability and add disaster preparedness and emergency
management as a possible issue area for which occupational therapy
services may be sought.

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