Bill Text: NJ A1061 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-25 - Substituted by S890 (1R) [A1061 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1061-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1061

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblyman  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Chaparro, Jimenez, Lampitt, Vainieri Huttle, Murphy, McKnight, Mosquera, Lopez and Downey

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning maternal mental health and supplementing Title 26 and Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a. The Department of Health shall identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health in the State, including, but not limited to, the grant available pursuant to section 10005 of the federal "21st Century Cures Act," Pub. L. 114-255, 42 U.S.C. s.247b-13a.

     b.    No later than January 1, 2020, the department shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), concerning its efforts to secure and utilize federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

 

      2.     a.   The Department of Human Services shall identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health in the State.

      b.   No later than January 1, 2020, the department shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), concerning its efforts to secure and utilize federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on January 1, 2023.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health in New Jersey.  In the case of the Department of Health, the bill specifically provides that the department is to take steps to secure the federal grant that is available to establish, improve, or maintain programs for the screening, assessment, and treatment of maternal depression under section 10005 of the federal "21st Century Cures Act," Pub. L. 114-255, 42 U.S.C. s.247b-13a. 

     The departments will be required to report to the Legislature concerning their respective efforts to secure and utilize federal funding to support maternal mental health under the bill no later than January 1, 2020.  The bill will take effect immediately and will expire on January 1, 2023.