STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Muoio, Jasey, McKnight, Pinkin, Jones, Chaparro, Tucker, Quijano, Caride, Assemblymen Greenwald, Coughlin, Eustace, Lagana, Taliaferro, Caputo, Burzichelli, Houghtaling, Kennedy, Conaway, Zwicker, Wimberly, Johnson, Mukherji, Assemblywoman Murphy and Assemblyman Armato
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved , 2017 (P.L.2017, c. ).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2017, c. , the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2018, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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46 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 20 Physical and Mental Health 21 Health Services GRANTS-IN-AID |
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02-4220 Family Health Services ...................................................... |
$7,453,000 |
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Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, |
$7,453,000 |
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Health Services .......................................................... |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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02 Family Planning Services…………………... |
($7,453,000) |
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Of the funds hereinabove appropriated for Family Planning Services, no
monies shall be expended on abortion procedures.
2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
STATEMENT
This bill proposes to supplement the Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriations act by making an appropriation of $7,453,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Health for Family Planning Services grants.
Appropriations for these grants were eliminated in Fiscal Year 2011, and have not been reinstated. The elimination of this funding resulted in both the closing of centers that provide family planning services and a reduction in the availability of such services, as the remaining sources of federal and private funding for the family planning centers were insufficient to maintain existing services.
This bill restores State funding for family planning centers to previous levels, thereby increasing the availability of family planning services.
The bill specifies that the funding may not be used for abortion procedures.