LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
SENATE, No. 1421
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
DATED: JULY 13, 2026
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Requires municipalities to provide basic life support services; establishes basic life support as essential. |
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Type of Impact: |
Local expenditure and revenue increases. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Municipalities. |
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Office of Legislative Services Estimate |
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Fiscal Impact |
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Local Expenditure Increase |
Indeterminate |
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Local Revenue Increase |
Indeterminate |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) finds that the bill would result in indeterminate annual spending increases for those municipalities that would need to newly provide basic life support services. The manner in which municipalities would provide these services would vary across local governments in accordance with the different options presented in the bill; and so the fiscal impact is indeterminate.
· A municipality that enters into a mutual aid agreement to provide basic life support services for another municipality would receive an indeterminate amount of revenue based on the terms of the agreement.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill would establish basic life support service, as defined in the bill, as an essential service and require the governing body of each municipality to provide these services to meet the needs of its population. The provision of these services may be arranged by 1) providing a license or franchise to a private company; 2) contracting with a public, private, or nonprofit entity; 3) entering into a mutual aid agreement with one or more municipalities; 4) entering into an agreement with a hospital; and 5) providing fire department and emergency medical services or public safety based basic life support service throughout the State, county, fire district, joint meeting, regional service agency of municipality, political subdivision, instrumentality or agency.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS finds that the bill would result in indeterminate annual spending increases for those municipalities that would need to newly provide basic life support services. The manner in which municipalities would provide these services would vary across local governments in accordance with the different options presented in the bill; and so the fiscal impact is indeterminate.
A municipality that enters into a mutual aid agreement to provide basic life support services for another municipality would receive an indeterminate amount of revenue based on the terms of the agreement while incurring the costs to provide these services.
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Section: |
Local Government |
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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.).