Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Permits certified nurse aides to be employed as personal care assistants.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee on June 3, 2024, with amendments.
An Act concerning certified nurse aides and personal care assistants, and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A health care facility, licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), shall be permitted to employ a certified or conditionally 1certified1 nurse aide in the capacity of a personal care assistant.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.