Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Health and the New Jersey Board of Nursing to provide homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification exams in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Tagalog. It directly affects individuals seeking these certifications, particularly non-English speakers who may face language barriers during testing. The law mandates that both written and oral exams be available in these languages to ensure accessibility. The agencies can adopt additional rules under existing administrative procedures to implement this requirement, which takes effect six months after enactment.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Sep 2024
General Assembly Passage
Sep 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2024
Last action Sep 30, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Sep 26, 2024
How they voted
61–14
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 80
Sep 26, 2024
D
Democratic52
92% Yea
R
Republican28
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Sep 30, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
Sep 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (61-14-1)
lower
Sep 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
lower
3 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
P
Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Garnet Hall
DDemocratic
Co
Gary Schaer
DDemocratic
Co
Jessica Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Luanne Peterpaul
DDemocratic
Co
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
Co
Pam Lampitt
DDemocratic
Co
Shama Haider
DDemocratic
Co
Tennille McCoy
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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