Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Durr and Holzapfel
SYNOPSIS
Requires adult day care centers to provide reasonable accommodations for certain persons.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on December 15, 2022, with amendments.
An Act concerning adult day care centers and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this act:
"Adult day care center" means 1an adult day health care services facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services under medical and nursing supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult participants for a period of time that does not exceed 12 hours during any calendar day. “Adult day care center” shall also include any center that provides1 a community-based group program designed to meet the needs of functionally or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care structured to provide a variety of health, social, and related support services in a protective setting during any part of a day but less than 24 hours.
b. To the extent that it is within its capacity, an adult day care center shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the religious dietary needs of individuals who are in the care of the adult day care center 1[, including, but not limited to, individuals who practice the Hindu religion]1 .
2. This act shall take effect immediately.