ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3340

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 6, 2025

      The Assembly Health Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3340 (1R).

      This bill allows an advanced practice nurse and a physician assistant to provide the required written determination documenting a student’s need for confinement at the student’s residence or other treatment setting in order for a school district to provide home instruction due to the student’s temporary or chronic health condition or need for treatment.  Under State Board of Education regulations, this documentation may only be provided by the student’s physician.  The bill’s provisions are in addition to any other State Board of Education requirements in regard to a student’s receipt of home instruction from the school district