Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Flynn, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Katz, Assemblyman G.Rodriguez, Assemblywoman Donlon, Assemblymen Freiman, Miller, Assemblywomen Drulis, Bagolie, Peterpaul, Morales, Assemblyman Karabinchak and Assemblywoman Fantasia
SYNOPSIS
Requires child abuse reporting hotline maintained by DCPP to provide information on resources available to victims and families.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning the child abuse reporting hotline maintained by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency and amending P.L.1971, c.437.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 5 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.12) is amended to read as follows:
5. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency shall maintain, at all times, an emergency telephone service for the receipt of calls involving a report, complaint, or allegation of child abuse or neglect. This emergency telephone service shall also provide information on resources available to the victims of child abuse or neglect and their families.
(cf: P.L.2012, c.16, s.25)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.