Requires child abuse reporting hotline maintained by DCPP to provide information on resources available to victims and families.
This bill requires New Jersey's Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) to ensure its child abuse reporting hotline provides callers with information about available support resources for victims and their families. The hotline, which currently handles abuse reports, will now also share details on community services such as counseling, parenting programs, and substance abuse treatment. This change mandates that all hotline interactions include referrals to these assistance programs, directly helping families seeking immediate support after reporting abuse. The amendment applies to the emergency hotline maintained by DCPP and takes effect immediately.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Sep 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2024
Last action Sep 19, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
77–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 80
Jun 28, 2024
D
Democratic52
100% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Sep 19, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (77-0-0)
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
lower
3 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
P
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
P
Tennille McCoy
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Katz
DDemocratic
Co
Carmen Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Cody Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Gabe Rodriguez
DDemocratic
Co
Luanne Peterpaul
DDemocratic
Co
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
Co
Mitchelle Drulis
DDemocratic
Co
Rosy Bagolie
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
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