STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes use of county inmate welfare funds for certain reentry services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning inmate welfare funds and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection k. of section 18 of P.L.1971, c.384 (C.30:4-1.1), a county correctional facility may expend inmate welfare funds to provide or coordinate reentry services for incarcerated inmates. These services may include, but shall not be limited to, paying salaries of employees of the facility whose duties include coordinating access to federal, State, or any other available benefits or services that will assist inmates in successfully reintegrating into the community upon release.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment.