Bill Text: NJ A2854 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes FY 2012 supplemental appropriation of $65,000 to Main Street Counseling Center in West Orange, New Jersey.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee [A2854 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2854-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2854

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 10, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN F. MCKEON

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes FY 2012 supplemental appropriation of $65,000 to Main Street Counseling Center in West Orange, New Jersey.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act supplementing the Fiscal Year 2012 annual appropriations act, P.L.2011, c.85.

 

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

 

     1.    In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2011, c.85, the annual appropriations act for State fiscal year 2012, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

46  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES 20  Physical and Mental Health 23  Mental Health Services 7700  Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services GRANTS-IN-AID
08-7700  Community Services .........................................................		$65,000
Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, Division of Mental      Health and Addiction Services ..................................		$65,000
Grants-in-Aid:
08   Main Street Counseling Center, West Orange .....	($65,000)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill supplements the fiscal year 2012 appropriations act in providing $65,000 to the Main Street Counseling Center in West Orange, New Jersey. 

     The Main Street Counseling Center provides effective, affordable individual, couple, and family mental health therapy services.  The center also offers group and individual counseling services in several schools and after-school programs.  It accepts most insurance plans and Medicare.  If a patient does not have insurance or cannot afford the center's standard rate, the center will set fees on a sliding scale based on the patient's income. 

     The public benefits of offering lower-income residents an opportunity to receive much-needed mental health treatment are self-evident and more than justify some State support.