Bill Text: NJ S2114 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee [S2114 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2114-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2114

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  HOLLY T. SCHEPISI

District 39 (Bergen)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators A.M.Bucco, Corrado and O'Scanlon

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits.

 

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

 

     1.    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an unemployed individual who is otherwise eligible shall not be deemed ineligible to receive unemployment benefits because the individual was terminated or voluntarily left employment as a result of non-compliance with Executive Order 283 of 2022.

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply retroactively to any claims after January 19, 2022.  This act shall expire on the 365th day next following enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill concerns vaccine mandates and the eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.

     Specifically, the bill provides that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an unemployed individual who is otherwise eligible may not be deemed ineligible to receive unemployment benefits because the individual was terminated or voluntarily left employment as a result of non-compliance with Executive Order 283 of 2022.

     Executive Order 283 of 2022 requires healthcare facilities and high-risk congregate settings to adopt and implement policies requiring covered workers at covered settings to receive and be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations.