John Azzariti

Establishes nurse aide workforce development program.

Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.

Establishes EMT Workforce Development Partnership in DOH.

Requires DHS to review, and implement certain improvements to, Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Program and to establish public-facing report card of managed care organization's coordination of program.

Requires DOH to revise emergency response plan for pandemic influenzas.

Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree nursing programs.

Prohibits SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid from denying coverage for maintenance medications for chronic conditions for covered persons solely because of change in health benefits plan or pharmacy benefits manager.

Increases scope of practice for licensed practical nurses and patient care technicians under certain circumstances.

Provides for licensure of emergency medical responders and emergency medical technicians and certification of mobility assistance vehicle operators; revises requirements for delivery of emergency medical and patient transportation services.

Requires NJ FamilyCare payment for multiple medical encounters per day for enrollee at federally qualified health center.

Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.

Requires NJ FamilyCare reimbursement for pediatric medication management services provided for certain children by licensed pharmacist.

Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.

Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices.

Requires NJT to publish certain performance-related information.

Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.

Authorizes use of campaign funds for security expenses of candidate, officeholder, staff, and certain family members.

Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Designates month of September each year as "Deaf Awareness Month" in New Jersey.

Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.

Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.

"New Jersey History Day Act."

Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University.

Allows certain limited liability companies to terminate alternate names before end of five-year registration period.

Honors contributions of US Postal Service and its employees to American democracy.

Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ.

Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.

Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.

Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program.

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support public humanities programming in NJ.

Modifies definition of "aquaculture" throughout State law to include construction of facilities and appurtenant structures.

Prohibits surcharge on transportation network company riders for certain paratransit service.

Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council.

Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program.

Requires DVA promote Veterans History Project at Library of Congress.

Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.

Designates accounting as STEM subject for various educational and other programs.

Requires construction permit for certain work involving asbestos on single-family home, duplex, or townhouse.

Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers.

Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism.

Urges prohibition of targeted gambling advertisements to individuals exhibiting signs of problem gambling or addiction.

Designates September 22 as "John Basilone Day."

Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA.

Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.

Allows rounding for cash transactions.

Allows use of Green Acres funds to fully fund certain projects on State-owned land by certain nonprofit organizations.

Establishes Statewide dashboard to compile data for certain permits.

Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers.

Requires NJ FamilyCare coverage for healthy food prescriptions for certain enrollees.

Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan.

Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan.

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

Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program.

Increases personal needs allowance for certain individuals by annual rate of inflation.

Requires DOH to evaluate technology uses in long-term care settings, implements certain technological requirements within long-term care settings, and clarifies existing telehealth reimbursement parity includes long-term care settings.

Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.

Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.

Authorizes dual employment by certain employees of Rutgers University and affiliated contracting entities.

Establishes School-based Partnerships for Access and Resilience for Kids program in DCF; requires school districts to develop mental health support and partnership programs.

Requires transmission owners to join regional transmission organizations approved by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.