A4317 • 2026

Stipulates that qualifying applicant for personal assistance services who is primary caregiver of minor child is automatically eligible for services.

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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: Speight, Shanique
Last action: 2026-03-16
Official status: Reported and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Stipulates that qualifying applicant for personal assistance services who is primary caregiver of minor child is automatically eligible for services.

What This Bill Does

Stipulates that qualifying applicant for personal assistance services who is primary caregiver of minor child is automatically eligible for services.
Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature
Reported and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee

Official Summary Text

Stipulates that qualifying applicant for personal assistance services who is primary caregiver of minor child is automatically eligible for services.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4317 AHU Statement 3/16/26

ASSEMBLY AGING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 4317

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MARCH
16, 2026

����� The Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4317.

�����
This
bill stipulates that an applicant to the Personal Assistance Services Program,
or PASP, who is a primary caregiver of one or more minor children and who is
otherwise eligible for services, is to be automatically determined eligible by
the applicable county- designated agency for up to 40 hour per week of personal
assistance services based upon an assessment of the applicant�s needs.��
Personal assistance services are health and chore related tasks performed by a
personal assistant and include assistance in essential daily activities such as
bathing, dressing, and meal preparation; assistance with mobility, laundry, and
shopping; and driving or other forms of transportation.�

���� Currently
the Division of Disability Services in the Department of Human Services
administers the PASP.� Existing law provides that the program is to assist
adults with permanent physical disabilities in the performance of routine,
nonmedical tasks that are directly related to maintaining their health and
independence, in order to enable these persons to: 1) be employed; 2) receive
training or education related to employment, parenting, or volunteering; or 3)
support community-based independent living. Under the law, �community-based
independent living" means self-directed living whereby the applicant is
actively participating in community-based activities aside from employment or
education, including parenting.� This bill expands the existing law�s provisions
regarding parenting and requires automatic eligibility for a qualifying
applicant who is the primary caregiver of one or more dependents.�