ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS
COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 3879
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: DECEMBER 16, 2024
The Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3879.
As reported by the committee, this bill requires signs to be posted
in emergency rooms regarding the Victims of Crime Compensation
Office (VCCO).
Under the bill, the Commissioner of Health, in collaboration
with the Attorney General, is to develop, prepare, and produce signs
containing and displaying information relating to the VCCO. The
signs are to be clearly written and readily comprehensible, and are
to provide information concerning: (1) the services and benefits
offered by the VCCO; (2) contact information for the VCCO; and
(3) the procedures for filing a victim’s compensation claim. In
every emergency department of a general hospital, and in every
satellite emergency department licensed under current law, the
commissioner is to require signs to be posted in conspicuous
locations. Electronic signs may also be utilized.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to:
1) remove the requirement for the Commission of Health to
develop, prepare, and produce pamphlets concerning information
relating to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office;
2) remove the requirement for the pamphlets to be distributed to
victims of crime; and
3) provide that electronic signs may be utilized in addition to the
requirement to post signs.