Bill Text: NJ A4937 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading [A4937 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4937-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4937

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JANUARY 17, 2019

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblyman  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Chaparro, Jimenez, Lampitt, Vainieri Huttle and Murphy

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2019, with amendments.

 


An Act concerning maternal mental health and supplementing Title 26 1and Title 301 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The Department of Health shall identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health in the State, including, but not limited to, the grant available pursuant to section 10005 of the federal "21st Century Cures Act," Pub. L. 114-255, 42 U.S.C. s.247b-13a.

     b.    No later than January 1, 2020, the department shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), concerning its efforts to secure and utilize federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

 

      12.   a.   The Department of Human Services shall identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health in the State.

      b.   No later than January 1, 2020, the department shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), concerning its efforts to secure and utilize federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health pursuant to subsection a. of this section.1

 

     1[2.]  3.1    This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on January 1, 2023.

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