Bill Text: NJ A3010 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-05-31 - Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recom. [A3010 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A3010-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3010

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

District 37 (Bergen)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Schaer, Assemblywomen McKnight, Quijano, Murphy, Jasey, Assemblyman Johnson, Assemblywoman Lopez, Senators Weinberg, Pou, Gordon, Ruiz, Stack and Cunningham

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended on May 17, 2018 by the General Assembly pursuant to the Governor's recommendations.

  

An Act concerning nutrition and energy assistance and supplementing Title 44 of the Revised Statutes. 

 

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

 

     1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, every household in the State that is eligible to receive benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) established pursuant to the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.) shall ¹[receive a minimum annual energy assistance payment of $21 in order to qualify the household]  be referred to the applicable Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantee for evaluation to verify if the household qualifies¹ for a heating and cooling standard utility allowance under the SNAP program, in accordance with 7 U.S.C. s.2014(e)(6)(C) ¹[, unless a standard utility allowance would have been unavailable to the household under the State and federal criteria for SNAP and any applicable energy assistance programs that were in place as of July 1, 2013].  Every qualifying household shall receive a minimum annual energy assistance payment of $21¹. This annual payment shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of the ¹[Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), established pursuant to Pub.L.97-35, Title XXVI (42 U.S.C. s.8621 et seq.) or other energy assistance program for which the household is eligible, as applicable] LIHEAP¹. Any costs associated with increasing LIHEAP payments shall first be charged to the unexpended balance of federal funds available for the LIHEAP program, to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Community Affairs, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] 60 days after enactment¹.