Provides cancer and cardiovascular screenings to law enforcement officers; establishes fund; appropriates $20 million.

A1057

ASSEMBLY, No. 1057

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides cancer and cardiovascular screenings to law
enforcement officers; establishes fund; appropriates $20 million.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
providing cancer and cardiovascular screenings for law
enforcement officers, amending R.S.39:5-41, supplementing Title 52 of the
Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.39:5-41 is amended
to read as follows:

���� 39:5-41. a. All fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected under authority of law for any
violations of R.S.39:4-63 and R.S.39:4-64 shall be forwarded by the judge to
whom the same have been paid to the proper financial officer of a county, if
the violation occurred within the jurisdiction of that county's central
municipal court, established pursuant to N.J.S.2B:12-1 et seq. or the
municipality wherein the violation occurred, to be used by the county or
municipality to help finance litter control activities in addition to or
supplementing existing litter pickup and removal activities in the
municipality.

���� b.��� Except as otherwise
provided by subsection a. of this section, all fines, penalties and forfeitures
imposed and collected under authority of law for any violations of the
provisions of this Title, other than those violations in which the complaining
witness is the chief administrator, a member of his staff, a member of the
State Police, a member of a county police department and force, a county park
police system, or a sheriff's office in a county that has established a central
municipal court, an inspector of the Board of Public Utilities, or a law
enforcement officer of any other State agency, shall be forwarded by the judge
to whom the same have been paid as follows: one-half of the total amount
collected to the financial officer, as designated by the local governing body,
of the respective municipalities wherein the violations occurred, to be used by
the municipality for general municipal use and to defray the cost of operating
the municipal court; and one-half of the total amount collected to the proper
financial officer of the county wherein they were collected, to be used by the
county as a fund for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair
of roads and bridges, snow removal, the acquisition and purchase of
rights-of-way, and the purchase, replacement and repair of equipment for use on
said roads and bridges therein.� Up to 25% of the money received by a
municipality pursuant to this subsection, but not more than the actual amount
budgeted for the municipal court, whichever is less, may be used to upgrade
case processing.

���� All fines, penalties and
forfeitures imposed and collected under authority of law for any violations of
the provisions of this Title, in which the complaining witness is a member of a
county police department and force, a county park police system, or a county
sheriff's office in a county that has established a central municipal court,
shall be forwarded by the judge to whom the same have been paid to the
financial officer, designated by the governing body of the county, for all
violations occurring within the jurisdiction of that

court, to be used for general
county use and to defray the cost of operating the central municipal court.

���� Whenever any county has
deposited moneys collected pursuant to this section in a special trust fund in
lieu of expending the same for the purposes authorized by this section, it may
withdraw from said special trust fund in any year an amount which is not in
excess of the amount expended by the county over the immediately preceding
three-year period from general county revenues for said purposes. Such moneys
withdrawn from the trust fund shall be accounted for and used as are other
general county revenues.

���� c.��� (Deleted by amendment,
P.L.1993, c.293.)

���� d.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $1 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected through a court under
authority of any law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes or any other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State
and shall be forwarded by the person to whom the same are paid to the State
Treasurer.� In addition, upon the forfeiture of bail, $1 of that forfeiture
shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall annually
deposit those moneys so forwarded in the "Body Armor Replacement"
fund established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1997, c.177 (C.52:17B-4.4).�
Beginning in the fiscal year next following the effective date of this act, the
State Treasurer annually shall allocate from those moneys so forwarded an
amount not to exceed $400,000 to the Department of the Treasury to be expended
exclusively for the purposes of funding the operation of the "Law Enforcement
Officer Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline established and
maintained under the provisions of sections 115 and 116 of P.L.2008, c.29
(C.26:2NN-1 and C.26:2NN-2).

���� e.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $1 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected through a court under
authority of any law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes or any other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State
and shall be forwarded by the person to whom the same are paid to the State
Treasurer.� The State Treasurer shall annually deposit those moneys so
forwarded in the "New Jersey Spinal Cord Research Fund" established
pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.201 (C.52:9E-9).� In order to comply with
the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the State
Constitution, a municipal or county agency which forwards moneys to the State
Treasurer pursuant to this subsection may retain an amount equal to 2% of the
moneys which it collects pursuant to this subsection as compensation for its
administrative costs associated with implementing the provisions of this
subsection.

���� f.���� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $1 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected through a court under
authority of any law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes or any other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State
and shall be forwarded by the person to whom the same are paid to the State
Treasurer.� The State Treasurer shall annually deposit those moneys so
forwarded in the "Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund"
established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.144 (C.30:6D-62.2).

���� g.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $3 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected by a court under
authority of any law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes or any other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State
and shall be forwarded by the person to whom the same are paid to the State
Treasurer.� The State Treasurer shall annually deposit those moneys so
forwarded in the "New Jersey Forensic DNA Laboratory Fund"
established pursuant to P.L.2003, c.183.� Prior to depositing the moneys into
the fund, the State Treasurer shall forward to the Administrative Office of the
Courts an amount not to exceed $475,000 from moneys initially collected pursuant
to this subsection to be used exclusively to establish a collection mechanism
and to provide funding to update the Automated Traffic System Fund created
pursuant to N.J.S.2B:12-30 to implement the provisions of this subsection.

���� h.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $1 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected under authority of any
law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or any
other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State and shall be forwarded
by the person to whom the same are paid to the State Treasurer.� The State
Treasurer shall annually deposit those moneys so forwarded in the "New
Jersey Brain Injury Research Fund" established pursuant to section 9 of
P.L.2003, c.200 (C.52:9EE-9). The Administrative Office of the Courts may
retain an amount equal to $475,000 from the moneys which it initially collects
pursuant to this subsection, prior to depositing any moneys in the "New
Jersey Brain Injury Research Fund," in order to meet the expenses
associated with utilizing the Automated Traffic System Fund created pursuant to
N.J.S.2B:12-30 to implement the provisions of this subsection and serve other statutory
purposes.

���� i.���� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, all fines and penalties
imposed and collected under authority of law for any violation related to the
unlawful operation or the sale of a vehicle under section 1 of P.L.1955, c.53 (C.39:3-17.1)
shall be forwarded by the judge to whom the same have been paid to the State
Treasurer, if the complaining witness is the chief administrator, a member of
his staff, a member of the State Police, an inspector of the Board of Public
Utilities, or a law enforcement officer or other official of any other State
agency; or, if the complaining witness is not one of the foregoing, one-half to
the chief financial officer of the county and one-half to the chief financial
officer of the municipality wherein the violation occurred.

����
j.���� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, $10 shall be added to the
amount of each fine and penalty imposed and collected through a court under
authority of any law for any violation of the provisions of Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes or any other motor vehicle or traffic violation in this State and
shall be forwarded by the person to whom the same are paid to the State
Treasurer.� The State Treasurer shall annually deposit those moneys so
forwarded in the �SHBP Law Enforcement Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
Screenings Fund� established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.��� , c.�� �(C.�������
).

(cf: P.L.2018, c.47, s.4)

���� 2.��� (New Section)� a. A law
enforcement officer employed as a full-time paid employee of a law enforcement
agency or law enforcement unit of this State or a political subdivision of this
State, shall be provided a cancer and cardiovascular disease screening
examination conducted by a physician not less than three years after the start
of the law enforcement officer�s employment as a law enforcement officer and
every three years thereafter during the course of the law enforcement officer�s
employment.� The examination shall include screening for, at a minimum and when
applicable, the following cancers:

���� (1)� colon;

���� (2)� lung;

���� (3)� bladder;

���� (4)� oral;

���� (5)� thyroid;

���� (6)� skin;

���� (7)� blood;

���� (8)� breast;

���� (9)� cervical

���� (10)� testicular; and

���� (11)� prostate.

���� b.��� Subsection a. of this
section shall apply to a law enforcement officer enrolled in the State Health
Benefits Program as occupational coverage.� For the purpose of this subsection,
employment as a full-time paid employee of a law enforcement agency or unit of
this State or a political subdivision of this State shall be a pre-existing
condition.

���� c. (1) Notwithstanding the
provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, beginning
January 1, 2026 and for each plan year thereafter, a public employer that does
not participate in the State Health Benefits Program shall provide health care
benefits coverage for its employees that offers screening examinations
consistent with the requirement of subsection a. of this section.� A public
employer that does not participate in the State Health Benefits Program shall
be eligible for payment from the State for the cost of providing benefits
coverage for such examinations upon proof satisfactory to the Department of the
Treasury that the examination has been performed by a physician; provided,
however, at no time shall the cost being remitted to the public employer by the
State for the full examination required under subsection a. of this section
exceed $2,500 per three-year period for each law enforcement officer.

���� (2)� Beginning January 1, 2026
and for each plan year thereafter, a public employer that participates in the
State Health Benefits Program shall also provide coverage for cardiovascular
disease screening examinations consistent with the requirements of subsection
a. of this section for an employee who is eligible for other health care
coverage and waives coverage under the State Health Benefits Program to which
the employee is entitled by virtue of employment with the employer.� Such
public employer shall be eligible for payment from the State for the cost of
providing such examinations upon proof satisfactory to the Department of the
Treasury that the examination has been performed by a physician; provided,
however, at no time shall the cost being remitted to the public employer by the
State for the full examination required under subsection a. of this section exceed
$2,500 per three-year period for each law enforcement officer.

���� (3)� No co-payment,
deductible, coinsurance, or out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such
examinations as provided for by this subsection.

���� A public employer shall
maintain adequate records to facilitate the reimbursement authorized pursuant
to this subsection.

���� For the purpose of this
subsection, employment as a full-time paid employee of a law enforcement agency
or unit of this State or a political subdivision of this State shall be a
pre-existing condition.� There shall be an appropriation from the State General
Fund in each annual appropriations act of such funds as necessary for the
purposes of this section.

���� d.��� As used in this section,
�law enforcement agency� means a department, division, bureau, commission,
board, or other authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof
which has by statute or ordinance the responsibility of detecting and enforcing
the general criminal laws of this State;

���� �law enforcement officer�
shall have the same meaning as provided in subsection l. of N.J.S.2C:39-6 and
shall also mean any other law enforcement officer as recognized by the Attorney
General; and

���� �law enforcement unit� shall
have the same meaning as provided in P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.).

���� 3.��� (New section) a. There
is established in the General Fund a dedicated, non-lapsing fund to be known as
the �SHBP Law Enforcement Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Screenings Fund.�

���� b.��� The fund shall be the
depository of a $10 motor vehicle summons surcharge collected pursuant to
subsection j. of R.S.39:5-41.

���� c.��� Monies in the fund shall
be used to offset the cost of the cancer and cardiovascular disease screenings
provided to law enforcement officers pursuant to section 2 of P.L.��� , c. (C. )(pending
before the Legislature as this bill).

���� 4.��� There is appropriated
from the State General Fund to the Department of the Treasury the sum of $20
million for the purposes of section 2 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� )(pending
before the Legislature as this bill).� The monies appropriated shall be
deposited into the �SHBP Law Enforcement Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
Screenings Fund.�

���� 5.��� This act shall take
effect on January 1, 2026.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides cancer and
cardiovascular disease screenings to law enforcement officers.� The screenings
will be conducted by a physician not less than three years after the start of
the law enforcement officer�s employment as a law enforcement officer and every
three years thereafter during the course of the law enforcement officer�s
employment. �The screenings will be for colon, lung, bladder, oral, thyroid,
skin, blood, breast, cervical, testicular, and prostate cancers.

���� The bill also provides
reimbursement to public employers of up to $2,500 for law enforcement officers
who are enrolled in a healthcare plan other than SHBP through their public
employer.

���� The bill establishes a dedicated,
non-lapsing fund called the �SHBP Law Enforcement Cancer and Cardiovascular
Disease Screenings Fund� to offset the costs of the cancer and cardiovascular
screenings for law enforcement officers provided for in the bill.�������� The
bill establishes a $10 motor vehicle summons surcharge to be applied to each
motor vehicle fine and penalty imposed and collected through a court under
authority of any motor vehicle or traffic violation in the State.� The $10
surcharge will be deposited in the law enforcement fund. �The bill also
appropriates $20 million to be deposited into the law enforcement fund.