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NJ A2406
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Erik Simonsen
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AI Summary
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Adds veterans as a designated target population for community mental health programs in New Jersey, expanding the state's public policy on mental health services to explicitly include services for veterans
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Requires state reimbursement and advancement grants for mental health services to be used to initiate or expand services for veterans in need of mental health care
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Prohibits county mental health programs from denying services to eligible veterans solely based on their veteran status or their eligibility for VA services
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Requires county mental health programs to continue serving veterans while they await determination of eligibility or availability of VA mental health services
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Mandates county programs to advise potentially VA-eligible veterans of their presumed eligibility and refer them to county veterans' affairs offices, while permitting counties to contract with community-based veterans' mental health organizations
Legislative Description
Encourages expansion of community mental health programs to include mental health services to veterans; prohibits veterans from being denied county mental health services.
Health
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
1/9/2024