SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3756

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 19, 2024

      The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3756.

      Under the amended bill, in any year the Division of Developmental Disabilities (division) in the Department of Human Services participates in the National Core Indicators State of the Workforce Survey or a similar survey, the division would also be required to distribute the survey to each of the division’s eligible provider of services for developmental disabilities.  The eligible provider would be required to complete the workforce survey or be subject to a fine of up to $5,000 per year of non-compliance.

      If the division participates in, and distributes, a survey other than the National Core Indicators State of the Workforce Survey, the division will be required to provide each of the division’s eligible service providers for persons with developmental disabilities a 90 days’ notice that a different survey is being utilized to meet the requirements of the bill and the notice will specify the type of survey.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments clarify the scope of the bill and that the survey will be distributed to Division of Developmental Disabilities (division) eligible services providers for persons with developmental disabilities (eligible service provider) under the bill’s provisions.

      The committee amendments provide that eligible service providers not compliant with the bill’s requirements would be subject to a fine of up to $5,000.   As introduced, all violators would be subject to a $5,000 fine.

      The committee amendments provide that if the division participates in, and distributes, a survey other than the National Core Indicators State of the Workforce Survey, the division will be required to provide eligible service providers a 90 days’ notice that a different survey is being utilized to meet the requirements of the bill and the notice will specify the type of survey.

      The committee amendments make a technical change concerning grammar.