ASSEMBLY OVERSIGHT, REFORM AND FEDERAL
RELATIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 3980
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MAY 13, 2024
The Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3980.
This bill requires the Commissioner of Human Services to
establish a process to ensure that any funding distributed by the
Division of Family Development or a county welfare agency to a
provider of substance use disorder treatment or housing for support
services rendered to a beneficiary of General Assistance cash benefits
ceases on the date in which the beneficiary is discharged from the
provider or is otherwise no longer receiving services from the
provider. Under the bill, the commissioner is authorized to: contact a
provider or a beneficiary to determine the date on which services
ceased to be provided to the beneficiary and on which funding for
services provided by the division or a county welfare agency are to
discontinue; and require a provider to repay the division or a county
welfare agency for any funding received by the provider for a
beneficiary that was discharged from the provider or was otherwise no
longer receiving services from the provider.