NJ A2419

Assisted living residences, boarding homes, residential health care facilities, psychiatric community homes for children, and residential child care facilities must be equipped with standby emergency power generators.

Community residences for the developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and persons with head injuries, along with State psychiatric facilities, are also required to have emergency generators.

Existing facilities must install generators within 90 days of the law's effective date, while newly licensed facilities must have generators from the start.

Generators must be checked, tested, and serviced according to generally accepted engineering practices as prescribed by the Commissioners of Health, Community Affairs, Children and Families, and Human Services.

The law takes effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.