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A4240 • 2026

Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.

Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.

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
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.

Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.
  • Topic: Health Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.
Topic:
Health
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4240

ASSEMBLY, No. 4240

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation
in health care facilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning mold inspection and supplementing Title 26
of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� "Department" means
the Department of Health.

���� "Mold" means any
form of multicellular fungi that lives on plant or animal matter and in indoor
environments.� Types of mold include, but are not limited to, Cladosporium,
Penicillium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Memnoniella, Mucor
and Stachybotrys Chartarum, often found in water-damaged building materials.

���� 2.��� a.� Within six months
after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall establish
procedures for the department to inspect any reports made to the department of
mold infestation with buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction of
the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.��

���� b.��� Within six months after
the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall establish
guidelines for preventing or removing mold from buildings or homes that are
subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the
Revised Statutes.�

���� 3.��� The Department of Health
shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative
Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Department of Health (department) to inspect reports of mold infestation in
health care facilities.

���� Under the bill, within six
months after the bill�s effective date, the department is to establish
procedures for the department to inspect any reports made to the department of
mold infestation with buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction
of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.��

���� The bill additionally provides
that, within six months after the bill�s effective date, the department is to
establish guidelines for preventing or removing mold from buildings or homes
that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of
the Revised Statutes.�

���� The bill defines
"mold" to mean any form of multicellular fungi that lives on plant or
animal matter and in indoor environments.� Types of mold include, but are not
limited to, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma,
Memnoniella, Mucor and Stachybotrys Chartarum, often found in water-damaged
building materials.