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A2162 • 2026

Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.

Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.

Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
  • Topic: Health Infrastructure Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Topic:
Health Infrastructure
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2162

ASSEMBLY, No. 2162

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Bergen, Spearman, DiMaio, Scharfenberger,
Assemblywomen Flynn, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen DePhillips, Azzariti Jr.,
Barlas, Assemblywomen Park and Peterpaul

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10
million for Public Health Priority Funding.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning Public Health Priority Funding and
supplementing P.L.1966, c.36.

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

���� 1.��� Commencing on July 1
following the effective date of
P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill)
, and annually thereafter,
there shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health a
minimum amount of $10,000,000 for Public Health Priority Funding in accordance
with this act.�

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill supplements the
�Public Health Priority Funding Act of 1977� and requires a minimum annual
State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding, thereby
reinstating New Jersey�s only State appropriated, unrestricted fund for local
health departments.�

���� From 1966 to 2010, under the
�State Health Aid Act� and later amended as the �Public Health Priority Funding
Act of 1977,� the State provided local health departments with flexibility to
address local needs, emerging threats, and other priorities via the
appropriation of dedicated funds.� The State eliminated Public Health Priority
Funding in the FY 2011 Appropriations Act, undermining the ability of local
health departments to operate as the front line service ensuring health of the
public.� For context, in FY 2010, Public Health Priority Funding amounted to
approximately 15 percent of the total funding for local health departments.�

���� Currently, local health
departments in New Jersey are funded via local property taxes and State and
federal funding that is designated for specific purposes, such as vaccines or
environmental health services.�
The
re-establishment of dedicated,
Public Health Priority Funding
is critical to allowing local health
departments to plan for operational expenses and support core local public
health programs.