Bill Text: NJ A655 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A655 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A655-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 655

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen McKnight and N.Munoz

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.  

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee on March 5, 2020, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the distribution of information ¹on fraud and identity theft¹ to ¹[a]¹ senior ¹[citizen] citizens¹ and supplementing Titles 30 and 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall prepare a notice that, at a minimum:

     (1)   provides information to alert a senior citizen about the different ways in which the senior citizen may be contacted for, or lured into providing, information or funds for a fraudulent purpose; and

     (2)   advises a senior citizen of ways to prevent the loss of funds or identity theft.

     b.    The notice prepared pursuant to this section shall be¹: 

     (1)   regularly revised and updated by the director, as appropriate, to reflect the most current information on fraud and identity theft; and

     (2)   annually¹ distributed ¹to senior citizens¹ pursuant to section 2 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

 

     2.    ¹a.¹  The Commissioner of Human Services shall ¹[ensure the distribution of] annually disseminate¹ the notice ¹on fraud and identity theft that is¹ prepared by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 1 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) ¹[, by requiring an].  At a minimum, the notice shall be distributed to:  (1) members of the public, upon request; and (2) each¹ organization¹[, which] that is contracted by or¹ receives State funding from the Department of Human Services ¹[and sends a printed or electronic communication to a senior citizen] and that provides services to senior citizens¹ 60 years of age or older¹[, to include with the communication the notice that is prepared pursuant to section 1 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) concerning the ways in which a senior citizen may be contacted for, or lured into providing, information or funds for a fraudulent purpose, and the ways to prevent the loss of funds or identity theft], for dissemination thereby to senior citizens in the course of business.  The commissioner shall also annually post an updated copy of the notice on the Internet website of the Department of Human Services¹. 

 

     3.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment.