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A2058
ASSEMBLY, No. 2058
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Speight
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires DHS to reformat MyNJHelps web-based platform
as centralized online resource for all State administered public assistance
programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning public assistance programs and
supplementing Title 30 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.� No later than 365
days after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Human
Services, in collaboration with all applicable State agencies, shall expand the
MyNJHelps web-based application platform for SNAP, WFNJ, and NJFamilyCare to include
all State administered public assistance programs.� Compliance with this
subsection shall require the commissioner to: (1) reformat the MyNJHelps
web-based application platform as the State�s centralized online resource for
applicants to access information about, apply for benefits to, and check the
application status of all State administered public assistance programs; and
(2) design a single application, accessible on the MyNJHelps web-based
application platform, through which an applicant can apply for all State
administered public assistance programs.
���� b.��� The provisions of this
section shall not be construed to alter the administrating agency of a public
assistance program.� The platform established in accordance with subsection a.
of this section shall provide all applicable administering agencies with access
to the necessary applicant information to make eligibility determinations, as
well as access to platform functions to post information regarding application
status.
���� c.���� The commissioner shall
enter into any necessary data sharing agreements with applicable State agencies
to comply with the provisions of this section.�
���� d.��� As used in this section:
���� �Commissioner� means the
Commissioner of Human Services.
���� �Public assistance program�
means a program that provides benefits to low-income New
Jersey residents via a means-tested eligibility process.
�These types of
programs provide benefits that include, but that are not limited to:�
healthcare, pharmaceutical, food, cash, child care,
housing, and utility assistance.
���� �NJFamilyCare� means
the program established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.156
(C.30:4J-8 et al.), which includes the Children�s Health Insurance Program and
the Medicaid Program.
���� �SNAP�
means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program established pursuant
to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7
U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.).
���� �WFNJ�
means the Work First New Jersey Program established pursuant to
P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.) in accordance with authorization received
under Title IV of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-193 (8 U.S.C. s.1601 et
seq.).
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill directs the
Commissioner of Human Services (commissioner), no later than 365 days after the
effective date of the bill and in collaboration with all applicable State
agencies, to expand the MyNJHelps web-based application platform for
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
,
the Work First New Jersey Program
, and the
NJFamilyCare Program to include all State administered public assistance
programs.� In doing so, the commissioner is required to: reformat the MyNJHelps
web-based application platform as the State�s centralized online resource for
applicants to access information about, apply for benefits to, and check the
application status of all State administered public assistance programs; and
design a single application, accessible on the MyNJHelps web-based application
platform, through which an applicant can apply for all State administered
public assistance programs.� The bill defines �public assistance program� to
mean a program that provides benefits to low-income New
Jersey residents via a means-tested eligibility process.
�These types of
programs provide benefits that include, but that are not limited to:�
healthcare, pharmaceutical, food, cash, child care,
housing, and utility assistance.
���� The provisions of the bill are
not to be construed to alter the administrating agency of a public assistance
program.� Rather, the platform established under the bill is required to
provide all applicable administering agencies with access to the necessary
applicant information to make eligibility determinations, as well as access to
platform functions to post information regarding application status.� Moreover,
the bill directs the commissioner to enter into any necessary data sharing
agreements with applicable State agencies to comply with the provisions of the
bill.�