ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 3879

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 6, 2024

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3879.

      This bill requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO).

     Under the bill, the Commissioner of Health, in collaboration with the Attorney General, is to develop, prepare, and produce pamphlets and signs containing and displaying information relating to the VCCO.  The pamphlets and signs are to be clearly written and readily comprehensible, and are to provide information concerning: (1) the services and benefits offered by the VCCO; (2) contact information for the VCCO; and (3) the procedures for filing a victim’s compensation claim.  In every emergency department of a general hospital, and in every satellite emergency department licensed under current law, the commissioner is to require pamphlets to be distributed to victims of crime and signs to be posted in conspicuous locations, as necessary.