Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Hutchison, Rodriguez and Atkins
SYNOPSIS
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Victims of Crime Compensation Office and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Health, in collaboration with the Attorney General, shall develop, prepare, and produce pamphlets and signs containing and displaying information relating to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office.
b. The pamphlets and signs shall be clearly written and readily comprehensible, and shall provide information concerning:
(1) the services and benefits offered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Office;
(2) contact information for the Victims of Crime Compensation Office; and
(3) the procedures for filing a victims compensation claim.
c. In every emergency department of a general hospital, and in every satellite emergency department licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Health shall require pamphlets to be distributed to victims of crime and signs to be posted in conspicuous locations, as necessary.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO).
Under the bill, the Commissioner of Health, in collaboration with the Attorney General, is to develop, prepare, and produce pamphlets and signs containing and displaying information relating to the VCCO. The pamphlets and signs are to be clearly written and readily comprehensible, and are to provide information concerning: (1) the services and benefits offered by the VCCO; (2) contact information for the VCCO; and (3) the procedures for filing a victims compensation claim. In every emergency department of a general hospital, and in every satellite emergency department licensed under current law, the commissioner is to require pamphlets to be distributed to victims of crime and signs to be posted in conspicuous locations, as necessary.