A2772 • 2026

Requires Division of Child Protection and Permanency to develop suicide screening and crisis response training for caseworkers.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Katz, Andrea
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires Division of Child Protection and Permanency to develop suicide screening and crisis response training for caseworkers.

What This Bill Does

Requires Division of Child Protection and Permanency to develop suicide screening and crisis response training for caseworkers.
Topic: Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-07 New Jersey Legislature
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Division of Child Protection and Permanency to develop suicide screening and crisis response training for caseworkers.
Topic:
Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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A2772 ACF Statement 5/7/26

ASSEMBLY CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FOOD SECURITY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 2772

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MAY 7,
2026

����� The Assembly Children, Families and Food Security
Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2772.

�����
This
bill requires the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (the division) to
develop a training course and curriculum on suicide screening and crisis
response planning.� The training course and curriculum developed is to be on:

���� (1)
recognizing warning signs, risk factors, and protective factors for suicide in
children and adolescents through hands-on use of validated suicide prevention
tools such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale;

���� (2)
establishing protocols for responding when a child is identified as at risk,
including immediate de-escalation techniques; and

���� (3)
coordinating care with mental health professionals, schools, resource parents,
and community supports.

���� The
division is to ensure that:

���� (1)
the training course is part of each caseworker�s initial training and,
biennially, as part of the in-service training provided to each caseworker, as
appropriate; and

���� (2)
every caseworker hired by the division prior to the effective date of this
bill, within 24 months of the effective date of this bill, is to satisfactorily
complete the training course developed and adopted.

���� The
Division is to periodically review the training course and curriculum
established pursuant to this bill, and is to update the course and curriculum
as necessary.

����� This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.