Bill Text: NJ A4202 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain hotline for persons with disability for use during emergency of disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-10 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4202 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4202-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Sumter
SYNOPSIS
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain hotline for persons with disability for use during emergency or disaster.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Labor Committee on August 10, 2020, with amendments.
An Act concerning a 1[Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services]1 hotline for people with disabilities and supplementing Title 1[34] 301 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the 1[Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the]1 Department of 1[Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with State Centers for Independent Living,] Human Services1 shall establish and maintain a toll-free telephone hotline available, at a minimum, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. which shall provide 1resources and1 information 1[and referral services]1 to 1[people] persons1 with 1[disabilities] a disability during emergencies and disasters1.
b. 1As an alternative to the department establishing a hotline pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department may contract out services to operate the hotline.
c.1As used in this act:
1["Centers for Independent Living" are community-based, consumer-driven organizations run by the Statewide Independent Living Council that provide information and referral, peer counseling, skills training, advocacy and a variety of services based on individual needs.]1
"1[Person] Persons1 with a disability" means any 1[individual] individuals1 who 1[is] are1 unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is of a long-continued or indefinite duration or which can be expected to result in death.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
