Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.*

S1381 1R FISCAL ESTIMATE

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1381

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

DATED: MARCH 16, 2026

SUMMARY

Synopsis:

Requires DOLWD to identify
and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities,
home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.

Type of Impact:

Time-limited State cost increase.

Agencies Affected:

Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Department
of Health.

Office of
Legislative Services Estimate

Fiscal Impact

Time-Limited Duration of the Program

State Cost Increase

Up to $250,000

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The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) determines that the bill
will increase State expenditures by up to $250,000 in the first year the bill
is in effect for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to fund
training programs and provide resources to eligible individuals in coordination
with and using existing programs administered by the department. If the full
$250,000 is not expended in the first year, the residual amount will be spent
in subsequent fiscal years until the full $250,000 is exhausted.

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In addition, the department, along with the Department of Health,
will incur costs to identify and recruit unemployed individuals to work in
healthcare facilities.

BILL DESCRIPTION

����� This bill requires the Department
of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Department of
Health and healthcare stakeholders, to establish a program and standards to
identify and recruit unemployed individuals to work in healthcare facilities,
home care services, and hospice services.� The identification process shall include:

����� (1) an evaluation of
the practicality of training an individual for a specific position;

����� (2) the proximity of
relevant positions to the individual�s residence, and an individual�s
transportation options to the position; and

����� (3) what, if any,
barriers exist preventing the individual from commencing work immediately for a
specific position, even if the position is probationary until the individual
completes relevant or required training.

����� The bill appropriates
$250,000 to fund training programs and provide resources for eligible
individuals, in coordination with and utilizing existing training programs
administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

����� None received.�

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

����� The OLS determines that the bill will increase State
expenditures by up to $250,000 in the first year the bill is in effect for the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development to fund training programs and
provide resources to eligible individuals in coordination with and using
existing programs administered by the department. �If the full $250,000 is not
expended in the first year, the residual amount will be spent in subsequent
fiscal years until the full $250,000 is exhausted. In addition, the department,
along with the Department of Health, will incur costs to identify and recruit
unemployed individuals to work in healthcare facilities.

����� The OLS also estimates that the bill may lead to an
increase in State payroll tax collections to the extent that unemployed
individuals become employed and earn income in previously vacant employment
positions.

Section:

Commerce, Labor and Industry

Analyst:

John Gaudioso

Associate
Fiscal Analyst

Approved:

Thomas Koenig

Legislative Budget and Finance Officer

This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the
Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to
respond to our request for a fiscal note.

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980,
c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).