S 3862 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services.

This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Children and Families (DCF) to expand the existing NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder awareness, prevention, and counseling services for students in grades K-12. Regional hubs (15 service providers contracted by DCF) must first assess community needs for eating disorder services and determine if current services meet student needs. Based on this assessment, hubs must develop policies to provide tiered services - ranging from universal workshops (Tier 1) to clinical support (Tier 3) - tailored to student needs. The DCF must adopt implementing rules, and the changes take effect three months after enactment.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 18, 2024 Last action Jan 12, 2026
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Committee
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Jan 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Nov 18, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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