Assembly Committee on Aging and Senior Services to Vote on Measures Addressing Long-Term Health Care Concerns
Assembly Committee on Aging and Senior Services to Vote on Measures Addressing Long-Term Health Care Concerns
(TRENTON)- The Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee will meet remotely on Friday, August 21 at 10:00 AM to consider the following bills:
| A-4007
Vainieri Huttle/McKnight/ Murphy
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Requires DOH to implement and oversee Isolation Prevention Project in long-term care facilities during public emergencies. |
| A-4476
Vainieri Huttle/Greenwald |
Establishes certain requirements concerning State’s preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. |
| A-4479
Vainieri Huttle/ Greenwald/Jasey |
Provides supplemental payments to long-term care facility staff providing direct care services during COVID-19 pandemic. |
| A-4481
Moen/Sumter/Quijano/ Gove |
Establishes New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety. |
| A-4482
Tucker/Giblin/Chaparro |
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care loss ratio requirements for nursing homes. |
| *A-4483
Lopez/Carter/McKnight |
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave. |
| A-4485
Vainieri Huttle/ Greenwald/Wimberly
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Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities during public health emergency. |
| A-4547
Vainieri Huttle |
Authorizes temporary rate adjustment for certain nursing facilities; appropriates $62.3 million. |
Video and audio live stream of the committee is available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp?SESSION=2020.
Full agendas can also be found here.
Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors and the public will not be allowed to attend the meeting in person. The public may view the meeting on the New Jersey Legislature home page, at https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ .
