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NJ A4809

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/19/2024

Primary Sponsor

Louis Greenwald

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development must establish a program to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for positions in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services

  • Identification process must evaluate training practicality, proximity of positions to the individual's residence, available transportation options, and barriers preventing immediate employment

  • Program developed in consultation with the Department of Health and healthcare stakeholders

  • $250,000 appropriated from the General Fund to support training programs and resources for eligible individuals

  • Commissioner required to promulgate rules and regulations through the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the program

Legislative Description

Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.

Appropriations

Last Action

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

10/24/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations10/24/2024
Labor9/19/2024

Full Bill Text

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