Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3156 — State of New Jersey (December 18, 2023)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 3156, State of New Jersey, dated December 18, 2023, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. As amended, the bill requires the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety to collect data on the professions it regulates and release a report to the Governor and State Legislature six months after enactment. The data include outstanding and incomplete applications, funding spent to retain employees, reasons for applicant calls, and the percentage of completed applications over the past five years. The Attorney General, or a designee, is to develop profession-specific training for new employees and review 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;

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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