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S3892 • 2026

Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.

Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McKnight, Angela V.
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.

Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3892

SENATE, No. 3892

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be
distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning the Victims of Crime Compensation Office and
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Commissioner of
Health, in collaboration with the Attorney General, shall develop, prepare, and
produce pamphlets and signs containing and displaying information relating to the
Victims of Crime Compensation Office.

���� b.��� The pamphlets and signs
shall be clearly written and readily comprehensible, and shall provide
information concerning:

���� (1)�� the services and
benefits offered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Office;

���� (2)�� contact information for
the Victims of Crime Compensation Office; and

���� (3)�� the procedures for
filing a victim�s compensation claim.

���� c.���� In every emergency
department of a general hospital, and in every satellite emergency department
licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of
Health shall require pamphlets to be distributed to victims of crime and signs
to be posted in conspicuous locations, as necessary.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires signs to be
posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding Victims of
Crime Compensation Office.

���� Under the bill, the
Commissioner of Health (commissioner), in collaboration with the Attorney
General, is to develop, prepare, and produce pamphlets and signs containing and
displaying information relating to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office
(VCCO).� The pamphlets and signs are to be clearly written and readily
comprehensible, and are to provide information concerning: (1)������ the
services and benefits offered by the VCCO; (2) contact information for the
VCCO; and (3) the procedures for filing a victim�s compensation claim.� In
every emergency department of a general hospital, and in every satellite
emergency department licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.),
the commissioner is to require pamphlets to be distributed to victims of crime
and signs to be posted in conspicuous locations, as necessary.