LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 3610
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: MARCH 25, 2025
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare and child care services, evaluate programs, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under programs. |
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Type of Impact: |
Annual State expenditure increase. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Department of the Treasury; Department of Human Services. |
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Office of Legislative Services Estimate |
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Fiscal Impact |
Annual |
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State Expenditure Increase |
$410,000 |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that the bill will increase annual State salary and benefits costs by approximately $410,000 in order to complete the tasks enumerated in the bill.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Department of the Treasury to work, as applicable, with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services and the Director of the Division of Family Development, both in the Department of Human Services, to annually prepare and submit two separate reports to the Governor and to the Legislature regarding NJ FamilyCare and the Child Care Subsidy Program. Each report is to: 1) identify all unencumbered or unallocated State funds that are available to be appropriated in the current fiscal year for the purposes of the respective program; and 2) evaluate the services provided under the respective program and compile a prioritized list of the 12 most urgent policy changes and legislative actions, along with the associated State funds necessary to implement those initiatives, that are required to address any quality of care deficiency identified in the evaluation.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that the bill will increase annual State salary and benefits costs by approximately $410,000 in order to prepare the report, as described in the bill. This estimate assumes that the following staff will be required to complete the tasks enumerated in the bill: 1.25 full-time equivalent employees, in a senior level fiscal analyst position, within the Department of the Treasury; and 1.25 full-time equivalent employees, in a senior level program specialist position, within the Department of Human Services. The cost primarily reflects the average salary of an employee with this experience in each department, respectively, which is about $122,500, plus benefits, in the Department of Human Services and $78,000, plus benefits, in the Department of the Treasury.
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Section: |
Human Services |
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Analyst: |
Principal Research Analyst |
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Approved: |
Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer |
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).