New Jersey Sen. Fred H. Madden Jr. (D)

NJ - Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens (Senate)

Title:

Vice-chair

NJ - Labor (Senate)

Title:

Chair

NJ - S4015 Requires health care facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke via use of smoke evacuation system.

NJ - S561 Creates Task Force on Driver Distractions.

NJ - S2127 Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.

NJ - S1775 Requires Medicaid preferred drug lists to provide for coverage of buprenorphine for treatment of chronic pain.

NJ - S1650 Requires health benefits coverage for buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone for pain treatment without step therapy or fail-first protocols.

NJ - S1777 Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.

NJ - S1774 Allows corporation business tax credit for full cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.

NJ - S3921 Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.

NJ - S2128 Authorizes South Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Association license plates with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management operations.

NJ - S4016 Provides for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any removal or eviction proceeding.

NJ - S576 Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.

NJ - S1825 Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.

NJ - S565 Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."

NJ - S1776 Establishes annual sales tax holiday during first weekend of August for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.

NJ - S1615 Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.

NJ - SJR18 Designates November of each year as "Caregivers Awareness Month."

NJ - S574 Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.

NJ - S1675 Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.

NJ - S567 Requires health insurance coverage for certain student athlete physical examinations.

NJ - S560 Eliminates eligibility time limit on tuition benefits for spouses of certain public safety workers killed in performance of their duties.

NJ - S564 Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.

NJ - S569 Requires DEP to establish certification program for septic system inspectors.

NJ - S1674 Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.

NJ - S575 Establishes process for independent informal dispute resolution hearings in DOH.

NJ - S572 Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.

NJ - S571 Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears and requires school district to communicate about arrearages to parent and not to student.

NJ - S568 Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.

NJ - S579 Requires State employees to be trained in disability law and etiquette.

NJ - S3844 Concerns sign fabrication and prevailing wage requirements.

NJ - S1771 Expressly prohibits invasive examination of unconscious patient by health care practitioner without patient's prior informed written consent.

NJ - S1939 Aligns contracting standards of Stockton University for its Atlantic City campus with those governing State public research universities.

NJ - S562 Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.

NJ - S1772 Authorizes issuance of Rowan University alumni license plates.

NJ - S563 Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.

NJ - S3011 Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.

NJ - S573 Requires evaluation for, and abatement of, mold hazards in school buildings.

NJ - S578 Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

NJ - S570 Requires DOE to collect information on certain teacher misconduct and report to Legislature.

NJ - S1743 Permits county police department and force to provide police services to municipalities.

NJ - S3781 Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.

NJ - S1773 Requires psychological examination when parent loses custody of child and wants to regain custody of child who is in care or custody of grandparent.

NJ - S3922 Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.

NJ - S3920 Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.

NJ - SJR17 Establishes "Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizen Transportation Services Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning ways to improve transportation services for persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

NJ - S2707 Increases Fiscal Year 2020 appropriation for Extended Employment services by $2.5 million to ensure rate stability.

NJ - S3943 Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.

NJ - S1860 Revises eligibility criteria for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."

NJ - S3954 Provides partial pension and retirement income exclusion for taxpayers with income between $100,000 and $150,000.

NJ - S1194 Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $16.5 million for direct support professional wage increase.

NJ - S4001 Removes Fire Museum and Fallen Firefighters Memorial from auspices of DEP and establishes museum as independent organization; makes $200,000 supplemental appropriation.

NJ - S2504 Excludes unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus pandemic state of emergency from calculation of employer unemployment contributions and payments in lieu of contributions.

NJ - S3344 Requires financial institutions to release records to adult protective services when suspecting fraud of vulnerable adult or senior customer; allows adult protective services to release same records to law enforcement agency if necessary.

NJ - S3295 "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film production, and makes an appropriation.

NJ - S94 Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.

NJ - S3385 Establishes animal abuser registry.

NJ - S526 Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.

NJ - S3348 Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.

NJ - S2687 Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."

NJ - S438 Requires medical testing for certain persons in circumstances when first responders may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens.

NJ - S957 Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.

NJ - S281 Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.

NJ - S2189 Transfers authority over special nutrition assistance programs from DOH to DHS.

NJ - S628 Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in places of religious worship; requires nonpublic security aid be used for Class Three officers upon request of nonpublic school.

NJ - S3189 Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications under certain circumstances.

NJ - S732 Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.

NJ - S2161 Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.

NJ - S3333 Authorizes Assistant Commissioner of Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish exception rates, and programmatic and staffing requirements, for individuals with highly acute needs.

NJ - S506 Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid hepatitis C testing.

NJ - S2492 Establishes public awareness campaign concerning programs and services for first responders, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and their families experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.

NJ - S1683 Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.

NJ - S3188 Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.

NJ - S2490 Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers, first responders, and other frontline workers for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.

NJ - S687 "Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.

NJ - S1422 Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.

NJ - S1461 Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.

NJ - S2231 Requires person taking written examination for permit to watch video of rights and responsibilities of driver stopped by law enforcement.

NJ - S718 Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.

NJ - S2294 Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.

NJ - S520 Establishes "Comprehensive Geriatric Fall Prevention Pilot Program" in DHS; appropriates $11.7 million.

NJ - S3633 Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $10,000.

NJ - S3357 Addresses certain landlord expenses in response to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $350 million.

NJ - S2414 Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.

NJ - S2447 Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.

NJ - S2475 Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.

NJ - S198 Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.

NJ - S446 Permits counties to share county tax administrators.

NJ - S585 Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.

NJ - S695 Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.

NJ - SCR30 Proposes constitutional amendment to make State trustee of public natural resources and guarantee to the people other environmental rights.

NJ - SR13 Urges Cuba to extradite Joanne Chesimard to U.S.

NJ - SR78 Supports continued funding of homestead benefit program and homestead property tax reimbursement program.

NJ - SR106 Strongly condemns President Trump and extremist protesters who breached United States Capitol and urges his removal from office.

NJ - SR122 Honors 100th anniversary of New Jersey State Police.