The bill allows licensed home health care services agencies in New Jersey to employ certified nurse aides as homemaker-home health aides, which is a change from current law that restricts these agencies to employing only certified homemaker-home health aides. This amendment aims to expand the workforce available to home care services, aligning their employment capabilities more closely with those of long-term care facilities, which can already employ both types of aides under specific conditions.

Additionally, the bill empowers the New Jersey Board of Nursing to adopt necessary rules and regulations to facilitate the implementation of this new provision. The act is set to take effect 90 days after its enactment, although the Board of Nursing is permitted to take anticipatory administrative actions to prepare for its implementation.