Bill Text: NJ S2331 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concerns contracting and licensing procedures for certain organizations under contract with DHS and DCF.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-23 - Substituted by A2366 (1R) [S2331 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2331-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JENNIFER BECK
District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)
Senator BARBARA BUONO
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns contracting and licensing procedures for certain organizations under contract with DHS and DCF.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning contracting for social services and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioners of Human Services and Children and Families, or their designees, shall, to the extent practicable, collaborate to establish:
a. uniform contracting requirements for social service organizations that contract with the Departments of Human Services or Children and Families, or both, to provide services to clients of the departments. The requirements shall include, but not be limited to, uniform reporting procedures and uniform audit schedules;
b. centralized licensing review procedures in which the Department of Human Services or Children and Families, as appropriate, shall review the credentials of a social service organization for the purpose of licensing the organization to provide specified services to clients of the applicable department, which review shall serve as the basis for issuing or renewing one or more licenses required by the Departments of Human Services or Children and Families, or both, to provide other services to clients of the departments; and
c. a multi-year contract to a social service organization that has exhibited a good compliance record with contracting requirements and licensing standards, as determined by the Commissioner of Human Services or Children and Families, as applicable.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the second month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioners of Human Services and Children and Families, or their designees, to collaborate to establish, to the extent practicable, uniform contracting requirements and centralized licensing review procedures for social service organizations that provide services to clients of the Departments of Human Services (DHS) or Children and Families (DCF), or both.
Specifically, the bill requires uniform contracting requirements for social service organizations that contract with DHS or DCF, or both. The requirements would include, but not be limited to, uniform reporting procedures and uniform audit schedules.
Additionally, DHS or DCF, as appropriate, would review the credentials of a social service organization for the purpose of licensing the organization to provide specified services to clients of the applicable department, which review would serve as the basis for issuing or renewing one or more licenses required by DHS or DCF, or both, to provide other services to clients of the departments.
DHS and DCF also would issue multi-year contracts (rather than one-year contracts) to a social service organization that has exhibited a good compliance record with contracting requirements and licensing standards, as determined by the Commissioner of Human Services or Children and Families.
The bill has a delayed effective date of one month following the date of enactment.
This legislation is based on a recommendation, in the Final Report of the Governor's Transition Subcommittee for the Departments of Human Services and Children and Families, and is designed to streamline licensing and contracting procedures for the two departments.
