(TRENTON) – Legislation to improve and extend Urban Enterprise Zones, overturn Gov. Christie’s efforts to weaken gun safety regulations, authorize medical marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder, significantly expand lead hazard testing for residential properties and combat suicides on college campuses top Thursday’s Assembly committee hearings.
The meetings are slated to begin at 10 a.m. and will be streamed live at:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
· A-1996 (Prieto/Mazzeo/Pintor Marin/Quijano/Schaer/Andrzejczak) – Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund. 1:30 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-2576 (Gusciora/Muoio/Caputo) – Extends urban enterprise zone designation in all qualifying municipalities for additional 10 years. 1:30 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-3689 (Greenwald) – Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun, and ACR-175 (Greenwald) – Determines that State Police rule to expand definition of justifiable need for purpose of handgun carry permit is inconsistent with legislative intent. 2 p.m. Law and Public Safety.
· A-1426 (Johnson/Vainieri Huttle/Eustace) – Requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns. 2 p.m. Law and Public Safety.
· A-457 (Mazzeo/Eustace/Gusciora) – Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. 2 p.m. Regulatory Oversight.
· A-3685 (Muoio/Gusciora/Schaer/Spencer) – Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspections results to State; A-3611 (Muoio/Spencer) – Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards; and A-3706 (Conaway) – Requires owners of residential rental property to conduct lead hazard inspections in certain situations. 2 p.m. Housing and Community Development.
· A-1613 (Lagana/Giblin/Danielsen) – “Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act”; requires institutions of higher education to have health care professionals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day. 10 a.m. Higher Education.
· A-2297 (Vainieri Huttle/Spencer/Sumter) – Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 12 months. 10 a.m. Financial Institutions and Insurance.
· A-2665 (Lampitt/Vainieri Huttle/Pinkin) – Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant. 10 a.m. Financial Institutions and Insurance.
· A-3464 (Coughlin) – Requires EDA to establish program offering low-interest loan to certain financial institutions and personal data businesses to protect business’s information technology system from customer personal information disclosure. 10 a.m. Financial Institutions and Insurance.
· A-1443 (Lampitt/Lagana/Mukherji/Sumter) – Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare. 10 a.m. Health and Senior Services.
· A-1833 (Conaway/Benson/Pinkin/Wimberly) – Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties. 10 a.m. Health and Senior Services.
· A-3831 (Conaway) – Requires electronic health records systems to meet requirements to accept, process, and transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled dangerous substances. 10 a.m. Health and Senior Services.
· A-3337 (Gusciora/Coughlin/Muoio) – Requires hospitals and certain health care facilities to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals. 10 a.m. Health and Senior Services.
· A872 (Quijano) – Requires fantasy sports provider to adopt policy prohibiting its employees from playing fantasy sports. 10 a.m. Tourism, Gaming and the Arts.
· A1697 (Burzichelli/Caputo) – Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races. 10 a.m. Tourism, Gaming and the Arts.
· A2464 (Eustace) – Establishes State park passport to promote outdoor recreation, education, and visitation to State parks, forests, and historic sites. 10 a.m. Tourism, Gaming and the Arts.
· A-328 (Singleton) – Modifies certain provisions of EDA incentive programs; requires EDA to provide report with review and analysis of those programs. 1 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-384 (Benson/DeAngelo/Quijano/Lampitt/Giblin) – Creates “New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge” program. 1:30 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-2215 (Lagana/Eustace/Houghtaling) – Establishes a small business job creation and preservation account program to incentivize small business workforce expansion in New Jersey with income tax exclusions for interest. 1:30 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-2516 (DeAngelo/Pinkin/Tucker/Andrzejczak/Conaway/Land) – Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations. 1:30 p.m. Commerce and Economic Development.
· A-462 (Mazzeo/Andrzejczak) – Establishes “Atlantic City Growth Tax Credit Program” to grant tax credits to promote the development of non-rental housing in Atlantic City. 2 p.m. Housing and Community Development.
