Permits Department of Human Services to appoint persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.

A1828

ASSEMBLY, No. 1828

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits Department of Human Services to appoint
persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

concerning the Department of Human Services and
civil service eligible lists, and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 11A of the
New Jersey Statutes.�

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

���� 1.� � Notwithstanding any
other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when the Department of Human
Services requests a certified eligible list from the Civil Service Commission
for the purpose of hiring an American Sign Language interpreter to provide
interpretation services, and a list is not provided within 60 days or an appointment
does not result from the list, the department may appoint an otherwise
qualified candidate for the position.� The department, with the written
authorization of the Commissioner, or a designee, shall sign a waiver designed
and authorized by the Civil Service Commission exempting the candidate from the
civil service hiring process.�

���� Upon accepting appointment,
the candidate shall satisfactorily complete the working test period to be
considered by the commission as qualified for the position and to have civil
service status.�

���� The Civil Service Commission
shall not require the department to replace the candidate upon issuance of a subsequent
certified eligible list.� This provision shall apply regardless of whether or
not the candidate is listed on the certified eligible list.�

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the second month next following enactment, except
the Civil Service Commission may take any anticipatory administrative action in
advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.�

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, when the
Department of Human Services requests an eligible list of hires from the Civil
Service Commission for the purpose of hiring an American Sign Language
interpreter to provide interpretation services, it may take several months to
receive the eligible list, and in the meantime, positions go unfilled.� In
addition, there are times when the list is received and either there are no
suitable persons, or the persons on the list do not accept the position.� This
bill will permit the waiving of the commission hiring requirements, enabling
the department to fill vacancies.�

���� Under the bill, when the department
requests a certified eligible list from the commission for the purpose of
hiring an American Sign Language interpreter to provide interpretation
services, and a list is not provided within 60 days, or an appointment does not
result from the list, the department may hire an otherwise qualified candidate
for the position.� The department, with the written authorization of the
Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, must sign a waiver designed
and authorized by the Civil Service Commission exempting the candidate from the
civil service hiring process.�

���� Upon accepting appointment,
the candidate must satisfactorily complete the working test period to be
considered by the commission as qualified for the position and to have civil
service status.�

���� The commission will not
require the department to replace the candidate upon issuance of a subsequent certified
eligible list.�

���� This bill will help reduce the
number of vacancies within the Department of Human Services.�