STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign appropriation for Salvation and Social Justice to Greater Mount Zion Community Development Corporation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act amending P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to clarify the distribution of certain Health Services funding.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following line item in section 1 of P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for State Fiscal Year 2026 is amended to read as follows:
46 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
20 Physical and Mental Health
21 Health Services
GRANTS-IN-AID
02-4220 Family Health Services ................................... $217,253,000
Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation,
Health Services.............................................. $217,253,000
Grants-in-Aid:
02 [Salvation and Social Justice] Greater Mount Zion Community Development Corporation - Restorative Maternal Health Birthing Center ($2,000,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act allocated $2 million to Salvation and Social Justice, a non-profit entity located in Trenton, New Jersey, for a restorative maternal health birthing center. This bill amends the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to reassign this funding to the Greater Mount Zion Community Development Corporation.
This bill does not alter the purpose for which the funds were appropriated. This bill also does not increase appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act.
The Greater Mount Zion Community Development Corporation is a Trenton-based non-profit entity that supports community development, historic preservation, maternal health, and workforce development initiatives to improve the quality of life in the City of Trenton.