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NJ A4134

Bill

Status

Engrossed

9/26/2024

Primary Sponsor

Shanique Speight

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Health to provide nursing assistant certification examinations (written and oral) in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Tagalog

  • Requires the New Jersey Board of Nursing to provide homemaker-home health aide certification examinations (written and oral) in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Tagalog

  • Authorizes the Commissioner of Health and the Board of Nursing to adopt rules and regulations to implement these language access requirements

  • Takes effect on the first day of the sixth month after enactment

Legislative Description

Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.

Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens

Last Action

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

9/30/2024

Committee Referrals

Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens9/30/2024
Appropriations6/3/2024
Regulated Professions4/4/2024

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