Bill Text: NJ A2865 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-07 - Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Singleton) [A2865 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2865-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2865

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 16, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblywoman  PATRICIA EGAN JONES

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  ADAM J. TALIAFERRO

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman  RAJ MUKHERJI

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly State and Local Government Committee on April 4, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning emergency shelters for the homeless and supplementing P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.).

 

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

 

     1.    The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency shall allow operators of shelters for the homeless and selected local information and referral providers who place persons in the shelters to have access to real-time information about the occupancy status of shelter beds in the State as collected by the Homeless Management Information System, in order to determine the availability of shelter beds in the community or within a certain geographic area.  ¹The provisions of this section shall not apply to shelters for victims of domestic violence.¹

 

     2.    A shelter for the homeless, ¹except a shelter for victims of domestic violence,¹ which is subject to regulation by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C.5:15-1.1 et seq., shall cooperate in providing any necessary information to the database, as determined by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, the Department of Community Affairs, and the Department of Human Services, as a condition of being eligible to receive funding for the shelter from the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Human Services.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.