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A1126
ASSEMBLY, No. 1126
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
���� Provides for preparation and distribution of written
notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity
theft.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the distribution of information
on fraud and identity theft
to senior
citizens
and supplementing Title 30 and Title
52 of the Revised Statutes
.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
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1.��� a.�
The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and
Public Safety shall prepare a notice that, at a minimum:
���� (1)�� provides information to
alert senior citizens about the different ways in which senior citizens may be
contacted for, or lured into providing, information or funds for a fraudulent
purpose; and
���� (2)�� advises senior citizens
of ways to prevent the loss of funds or identity theft.
���� b.��� The notice prepared
pursuant to this section shall be:
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���� (1)�� regularly revised and
updated by the director, as appropriate, to reflect the most current
information on fraud and identity theft; and
���� (2)�� annually distributed to
senior citizens pursuant to section 2 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).
���� 2.��� a.� The Commissioner of
Human Services shall
annually disseminate the notice on fraud and identity theft
that is prepared by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 1 of
P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).� At a minimum, the notice shall be
distributed to:�
���� (1)�� members of the public,
upon request; and
���� (2)�� each organization
that is
contracted by or receives State funding from the Department of Human Services and
that provides services to senior citizens 60 years of age or older, for
dissemination by the organization to senior citizens in the course of
business.�
���� b.��� The commissioner shall
annually post an updated copy of the notice on fraud and identity theft that is
prepared by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department
of Law and Public Safety pursuant to section 1 of
P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill) on the Internet website of the Department
of Human Services.�
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Human Services to annually disseminate, to appropriate parties,
a notice on fraud and identity theft that is to be prepared by the Director of
the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
���� At a minimum, the notice
prepared by the director is to provide information necessary to alert senior
citizens about the different ways in which senior citizens may be contacted
for, or lured into providing, information or funds for a fraudulent purpose,
and the ways to prevent the loss of funds or identity theft.� The director will
be required to regularly review and update the notice to ensure that it contains
the most current information on fraud and identity theft.
���� The bill requires the
Commissioner of Human Services, at a minimum, to distribute the notice to:� 1)
members of the public, upon request; and 2) each organization that is
contracted by or receives State funding from the Department of Human Services
(DHS) and that provides services to senior citizens 60 years of age or older,
for dissemination by the organization to senior citizens in the course of
business.� The bill further requires the commissioner to post a copy of the
notice on the DHS website.