Bill Text: NJ A2956 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-01-29 - Lost in the Assembly AVOR (43-21-7) (Mosquera) [A2956 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2956-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2956

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 24, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  VINCENT PRIETO

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

Assemblyman  GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen McKeon, Benson and Assemblywoman Tucker

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Human Services Committee on June 12, 2014, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning nutrition and energy assistance and supplementing Title 44 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, every household in the State that is eligible to receive low-income home energy assistance benefits issued under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), established pursuant to Pub.L. 97-35, Title XXVI (42 U.S.C. s.8621 et seq.), shall receive a minimum annual payment of $21¹[, or such amount as required by federal law,]¹ in order to qualify the household for a standard utility allowance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) established pursuant to Pub. L. ¹[95-113] 110-246¹, Title XIII (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.) and administered by the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services.  This annual payment shall be disbursed by the Department of Community Affairs in accordance with the provisions of the LIHEAP program.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Community Affairs, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.