SENATE, No. 2955
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury’s personal finance web-based platform.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on May 11, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning county welfare agencies and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Human Services shall require 1[a] each1 county welfare agency located in the State to :
a. 1[provide financial planning services when requested by a client, free of charge and during the agency’s operating hours, via a qualified staff member;
b. in the event that the qualified staff member required under subsection a. of this section is not available to provide financial planning services upon the request of a client, to]1 direct 1[the client] clients1 to 1, and promote the use of,1 the Department of the Treasury’s free personal finance web-based platform, or any subsequent platform provided by that department or the State; and
1[c.] b.1 promote the availability of financial planning services provided at the agency 1, if offered1 , as well as the availability of the Department of the Treasury’s free personal finance web-based platform or any subsequent platform provided by that department or the State, on the agency’s website and in the agency’s physical office.
1[2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services such sums of money as are necessary to allocate to county welfare agencies in order to fulfill the provisions of section 1 of this act.]1
1[3.] 2.1 This act shall take effect immediately.