Bill Text: NJ S3441 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Senate Bill 3441 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires DHS to establish payment programs for purchase of transportation services from private sector and government transportation service providers.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-20 - Substituted by A5336 (1R) [S3441 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S3441-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3441

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Sponsored by:

Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators T.Kean, Cunningham, Stack, Gopal and Ruiz

SYNOPSIS

Requires DHS to establish payment programs for purchase of transportation services from private sector and government transportation service providers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on December 6, 2021, with amendments.

An Act concerning ¹[Division of Developmental Disabilities] Department of Human Services¹ funding for transportation services for persons with ¹[developmental] certain¹ disabilities and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

1. a. The ¹[Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department] Commissioner¹ of Human Services shall develop a payment program utilizing existing ¹[division] department¹ transportation funding that provides persons with ¹[developmental disabilities] diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities¹ individual monthly budgets for personal travel.

b. The program shall establish a method to allow individuals to use their personal budget to pay for travel on: (1) motorbus regular route service, rail passenger service, and light rail service operated by or under contract to the New Jersey Transit Corporation; (2) pay-per-ride trips provided by county transportation agencies that participate in the "Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act," P.L.1983, c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.); and (3) individual trips with taxi services and transportation network companies with drivers that have completed the Community Transportation Association of America's (CTAA) Passenger Assistance, Safety, and Sensitivity (PASS) driver training program.

c. The ¹[director] comissioner¹ shall develop rules and regulations that encourage the utilization of existing county transportation agency services for travel to and from day programs and employment sites. If day programs and employment sites are not currently accessible through county transportation agency services, the ¹[division] department¹ shall coordinate with county transportation agencies to establish these services.