Bill Text: NJ A3463 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Updates references to DOC and DHS and refers to persons receiving services from DHS.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-21 - Approved P.L.2017, c.164. [A3463 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3463-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Updates references to DOC and DHS and refers to persons receiving services from DHS.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Departments of Corrections and Human Services and amending P.L.1938, c.380.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The chief executive officer of any institution coming within the jurisdiction of the [Department of Institutions and Agencies] Departments of Corrections or Human Services is hereby empowered to deposit and maintain the funds of any inmate or person receiving services from the Department of Human Services, as applicable, in a special fund for the use and benefit of [said] the inmate or person, or for the payment of [his] the inmate's or person's maintenance in [said] the institution, as a court of competent jurisdiction may by order direct. A general ledger shall be maintained in the office of each institution which shall contain a separate account for each inmate or person and indicate the amount on deposit for [him] the inmate or person.
Any interest paid by a bank or trust company wherein [said] the fund is maintained may be utilized by the board of managers of [said] the institution for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the inmate population as a whole or for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the person receiving services from the Department of Human Services, as applicable.
(cf: P.L.1938, c. 380, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends P.L.1938, c.380 (C.30:4-67.1) to update language and references of the former Department of Institutions and Agencies to the Departments of Corrections (DOC) and Human Services (DHS).
The provisions of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-1 et seq.) established DOC and transferred specific functions, powers, and duties of the Department of Institutions and Agencies to DOC (the custody, care, and discipline of adult offenders committed to State correctional institutions or on parole; the treatment and training of adult offenders in local correctional and detention facilities; and cooperation with the other law enforcement to encourage a more unified system of criminal justice).
The provisions of P.L.1976, c.98 also provide that the functions, powers, and duties of the Department of Institutions and Agencies were continued, and the department was renamed DHS. This bill amends the law to reflect the establishment of the new departments.
The bill also amends P.L.1938, c.380 to refer to an "inmate" or "a person receiving services from DHS", rather than using the term "inmate" to refer to both categories of individuals for whom DOC and DHS are empowered to deposit and maintain funds for the person's use and benefit, or to pay for the person's maintenance.
