Reformats MyNJHelps web-based platform as centralized online resource for all State administered public assistance programs.*

The responsible official for expanding and reformatting the MyNJHelps platform was changed from the Commissioner of Human Services to the State Chief Technology Officer of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology. This shifts implementation authority from a human services agency to the state's IT office.

The definition of 'Commissioner' (meaning the Commissioner of Human Services) was deleted, consistent with removing that official's role from the bill.

In the definition of 'public assistance program,' commas in the list of benefit types were changed to semicolons (healthcare; pharmaceutical; food; cash; child care; housing; and utility assistance). This is a punctuation/technical change with no substantive policy impact.

The explanatory Statement section (a non-binding summary of the bill's provisions) was removed, which is standard practice when a bill advances from introduction to committee report.

Senator McKnight was added as a co-sponsor of the bill.