Sponsored by:
Senator   JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator   PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS
        Requires Director of Division of Veterans    Healthcare Services in DMVA to have prior clinical and long-term care experience.
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
        As introduced.
   
An Act concerning the Division of Veterans    Healthcare Services in the Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs and amending P.L.1987, c.444.
 
        Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
 
        1.  Section 31 of P.L.1987, c.444 (C.38A:3-2c) is amended to read as follows:
        31.   a.  The Division of Veterans' [Administrative] Services shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall be an honorably discharged veteran qualified by training and experience to direct the work of the division.   The director shall be appointed by the Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Adjutant General.
        b. The Division of Veterans    Healthcare Services in the Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs shall be under the immediate supervision of a director with prior work experience in a clinical or long-term care facility setting.  The director shall be appointed by the Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Adjutant General.
        As used in this subsection,    clinical    means directly pertaining to the observation, diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of an individual in a hospital, long-term care facility, rehabilitation center, or other similar facility and not through research; and
           long-term care facility    means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).
(cf: P.L.1987, c.444, s.31)
 
        2.       This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
STATEMENT
 
        This bill requires the Director of the Division of Veterans    Healthcare Services in the Department of Military and Veterans    Affairs to have prior work experience in a clinical or long-term care facility setting.
        As used in the bill,    clinical    means directly pertaining to the observation, diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of an individual in a hospital, long-term care facility, rehabilitation center, or other similar facility and not through research; and
           long-term care facility    means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home licensed pursuant to current law.