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A1614
ASSEMBLY, No. 1614
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
���� Permits certain adult day care centers and group
homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction
policies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning adult day care centers and group homes and
supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:
���� "Adult day care
center" means an adult day health care services facility licensed pursuant
to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which provides preventive, diagnostic,
therapeutic, and rehabilitative services under medical and nursing supervision
to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult participants for a period of
time that does not exceed 12 hours during any calendar day.� �Adult day care
center� shall include any center that provides a community-based group program
designed to meet the needs of functionally or cognitively impaired adults
through an individual plan of care structured to provide a variety of health,
social, and related support services in a protective setting during any part of
a day but less than 24 hours.
���� "Group home" means a
living arrangement that is operated in a residence or residences leased or
owned by a licensee; which provides the opportunity for individuals with
developmental disabilities to live together in a home, sharing in chores and
the overall management of the residence; and in which staff provide
supervision, training, or assistance in a variety of forms and intensity as
required to assist the individuals as they move toward independence.
���� b.��� An adult day care center
or a group home that provides services to individuals with disabilities shall
be permitted to suspend or temporarily or permanently restrict physical access
to the facility with respect to an individual, who is a caretaker, a guardian,
or an employee of the facility, if the individual violates the facility�s food
restriction policy.�
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill permits certain
adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who
violate food restriction policies.
���� Under the bill, an adult day
care center or a group home that provides services to individuals with
disabilities is to be permitted to suspend or temporarily or permanently
restrict physical access to the facility with respect to an individual, who is
a caretaker, a guardian, or an employee of the facility, if the individual
violates the facility�s food restriction policy.�
���� The bill defines "adult
day care center" to mean an adult day health care services facility
licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which provides
preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services under medical and
nursing supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult
participants for a period of time that does not exceed 12 hours during any
calendar day.� �Adult day care center� is to include any center that provides a
community-based group program designed to meet the needs of functionally or
cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care structured to
provide a variety of health, social, and related support services in a
protective setting during any part of a day but less than 24 hours.� "Group
home" means a living arrangement that is operated in a residence or
residences leased or owned by a licensee; which provides the opportunity for
individuals with developmental disabilities to live together in a home, sharing
in chores and the overall management of the residence; and in which staff
provide supervision, training, or assistance in a variety of forms and
intensity as required to assist the individuals as they move toward
independence.