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A782 • 2026

Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.

Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bailey, David, Jr.
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Reported and Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.

Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.
  • Topic: Health Infrastructure Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Transferred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

  2. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported and Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

  3. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

Official Summary Text

Revises licensure requirements for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.
Topic:
Health Infrastructure
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A782 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 782

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DAVID BAILEY, JR.

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Verrelli, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson and
Assemblyman Venezia

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises licensure requirements for residential
substance use disorders treatment facilities or programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Oversight, Reform and
Federal Relations Committee with technical review.

��

An Act
concerning residential substance use disorders
treatment facilities or programs 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.

���� �Principal� means any
individual or entity with an ownership interest of five percent or more in a
residential substance use disorders treatment facility or program.

���� �Residential substance use
disorders treatment facility or program� shall have the same meaning as defined
in

N.J.A.C.8:111-1.3 or its successor regulation.

���� 2.��� a. (1)��� The department
shall require an applicant for licensure to operate as a residential substance
use disorders treatment facility or program to submit to the department a
financial audit that is conducted by an independent, certified public
accountant, who is chosen by the department.� The applicant shall bear the cost
of the audit.� The department shall deny an application for licensure under
this section if the financial audit reveals business practices or financial
activities that are deemed improper or questionable by the department.�

���� (2) (a)�������� The department
shall require an applicant for licensure to operate as a residential substance
use disorders treatment facility or program to complete a criminal history
record background check for each owner and principal and submit to being
fingerprinted in accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules, and
regulations.� An applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record
background check, including all costs of administering and processing the
check.�

���� (b)�� For the purposes of this
section, the department is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and
receive criminal history record background information from the Division of
State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with the provisions
of applicable federal and State laws, rules, and regulations.� Upon receipt of
such notification, the department shall make a determination as to whether to
approve the application for licensure.� The department shall deny an
application for licensure under this section if the results of the criminal
background check reveal a conviction involving dishonesty or fraud.

���� (c)�� The Division of State
Police shall promptly notify the department in the event that an individual who
was the subject of a criminal history record background check conducted
pursuant to this section is convicted of a crime or offense in this State after
the date the background check was performed.� Upon receipt of that
notification, the department shall make a determination regarding the continued
eligibility for the individual to be an owner or principal of the residential
substance use disorders treatment facility or program.�

���� b.��� The department shall
establish such other requirements and standards regarding applications and
licensure for residential substance use disorders treatment facilities or
programs as deemed necessary by the department.

���� 3.��� The department shall
periodically conduct unannounced inspections of residential substance use
disorders treatment facilities or programs.

���� 4.��� The Commissioner of
Health shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with 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.

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