S 3296 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.

This bill requires all New Jersey counties to establish crisis intervention services programs providing mental health support for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers following critical incidents. The programs must offer up to 12 counseling sessions (with up to 24 additional sessions possible within a year) for eligible personnel, including volunteer firefighters and 9-1-1 dispatchers, while prohibiting employers from requiring employees to use accrued leave for counseling sessions. The bill expands the definition of "critical incidents" to include witnessing death or maiming, dangerous child crime investigations, and life-threatening rescue situations, and requires counties to compile data on program usage with the state reimbursing counties for program costs.
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May 2024
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Introduced May 20, 2024 Last action May 20, 2024
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May 20, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
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