Assembly Democrats


BURZICHELLI INTRODUCES BILL TO REQUIRE INSURERS TO COVER ANESTHESIA FOR COLONOSCOPIES

Assemblyman John Burzichelli has introduced legislation to require health insurers to cover the costs of anesthesiology services for a patient undergoing a colonoscopy when a physician deems such pain-killing measures as medically necessary. For More

OLIVER/QUIGLEY/GREENSTEIN BILL TO PROTECT ROADSIDE EMERGENCY WORKERS ADVANCES

Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver Legislation sponsored by Assemblywomen Sheila Y. Oliver, Joan M. Quigley, and Linda Greenstein that would require New Jersey motorists to take specific safety precautions when approaching roadside emergency vehicles on the state's highways was released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

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WISNIEWSKI, LAMPITT BILL TO ADD DRIVER DISTRACTIONS TO POLICE ACCIDENT REPORTS CLEARS COMMITTEE

Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski Legislation Assembly members John S. Wisniewski and Pamela R. Lampitt sponsored to require police accident reports to include whether or not drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents were preoccupied by in-car distractions at the time of an accident was released by an Assembly committee today.

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ASSEMBLY PANEL RELEASES CONAWAY MEASURE TO LICENSE TATTOO, BODY-PIERCING ARTISTS

The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee today released legislation Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., MD sponsored to require licensing of tattoo and body piercing artists operating businesses in New Jersey. Under the Conaway measure (A-2433), the state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) would be required to establish standards for licensing and practicing invasive procedures such as tattooing and body piercing. Tattooing an body piercing currently are unregulated. For More

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS PACKAGE OF BILLS TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY

Assemblyman Herb Conaway, MD The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released a multi-bill legislative package aimed at stabilizing the long-term financial health of the state's hospital industry to stave-off future hospital closings.

The measures are sponsored by Assembly members Herb Conaway, MD, Ralph R. Caputo, Albert Coutinho, Jerry Green, Linda Greenstein, Gary Schaer, Grace Spencer, Connie Wagner, and Bonnie Watson Coleman.

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CHIVUKULA BILL FOR PAPERLESS ELECTRIC, WATER BILLING RELEASED BY ASSEMBLY UTILITIES COMMITTEE

The Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities panel today released legislation Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula sponsored to give electric and water utility customers the option of paperless billing. “Paperless billing and electronic payments are the smart choice in terms of cost, convenience and minimizing the impact of paper bills on the environment,” said Chivukula (D-Somerset). For More

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE CLEARS BILL TO CREATE AN ADVOCATE FOR AUTISTIC NEW JERSEYANS

Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released legislation Assembly members Joan Voss, Vincent Prieto and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. sponsored to establish an Office of the Advocate for Persons with Autism (OAPA).

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CRUZ-PEREZ/MORIARTY/GUSCIORA/COHEN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS LEMON LAW ADVANCES

Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee today released legislation Assembly members Nilsa Cruz-Perez, Paul D. Moriarty, Reed Gusciora, and Neil M. Cohen sponsored to extend the consumer protections of the state's stringent automotive lemon law to consumer-electronic products such as televisions, iPods, and home entertainment systems.

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PAID FAMILY LEAVE BECOMES LAW

Legislation Assembly members Nelson Albano, Sheila Oliver, Linda Greenstein, and Wayne DeAngelo sponsored to provide workers across the state access to up to six weeks paid benefits when taking leave from their jobs to care for a pressing family need was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

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WATSON COLEMAN: NEW BIO-RESEARCH FACILITY WILL GROW JOBS, FIND CURES IN EWING TOWNSHIP

Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) today welcomed the announcement that a California-based bio-medical company, Stemcyte, will open a new research facility in Ewing Township. For More

CHIVUKULA: CONSUMERS DROWNING IN HIGH GAS, FOOD PRICES SHOULD NOT BE OVERBURDENED WITH WATER RATE INCREASES

Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula, chairman of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, today announced he will hold hearings to examine the sharp rate increases of up to 93 percent proposed by several New Jersey water utilities at a time New Jersey residents are facing record high gas and food prices. For More

COHEN APPLAUDS LATEST ADDITION TO NJ'S GROWING STEM CELL RESEARCH MARKET

Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen today praised the decision by California-based stem cell research company StemCyte - one of the world's largest umbilical cord blood stem cell banks - to open a research facility in Ewing.


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ROBERTS: DOE DRAFT SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REGS A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS REDUCING COSTS

Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr., today commended the release of draft accountability regulations by the state Department of Education (DOE) designed to create a uniform method of reducing administrative overhead and wasteful spending in New Jersey's 617 school districts.

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ROBERTS: GIVE MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATION COMMISSION 'TEETH'

Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. Seeking to address the problem of New Jersey's fractured and parochial governmental structure - one factor behind the state's highest-in-the-nation property taxes - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., today proposed granting the state's Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization and Consolidation Commission (LUARCC) the powers it needs to recommend and effectuate municipal and county cost saving measures.

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ROBERTS COMMENDS MENENDEZ ON AUTISM EFFORT

Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today applauded US Senator Robert Menendez on his sponsorship and introduction of federal legislation to heighten public awareness of autism and provide greater assistance to families of loved ones living with autism.

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