Bill Text: NJ S126 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S126 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S126-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 126

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  RONALD L. RICE

District 28 (Essex)

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Ruiz

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on February 27, 2012, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning emergency shelters for the homeless and supplementing P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.).

 

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

 

     1.    The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency shall  allow operators of shelters for the homeless and selected local information and referral providers who place persons in the shelters to have access to real-time information about the occupancy status of shelter beds in the State as collected by the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), in order to determine the availability of shelter beds in the community or within a certain geographic area.

 

     2.    A shelter for the homeless, which is subject to regulation by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C.5:15-1.1 et seq., shall cooperate in providing any necessary information to the database, as determined by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, the Department of Community Affairs, and the Department of Human Services, as a condition of being eligible to receive funding for the shelter from the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Human Services.

 

     ¹3.   The provisions of sections 1 and 2 of P.L.       , c.      (C.       ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall not apply to domestic violence shelters and sexual assault shelters.¹

 

     ¹[3.] 4.¹     This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.