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S3915 • 2026

Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.

Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.

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 nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.

Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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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 nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
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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S3915

SENATE, No. 3915

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff
in behavioral health issues.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning training in nursing homes and supplementing
Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Commissioner of
Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, shall
establish a training program for nursing home staff, as described in subsection
b. of this section, in the care of nursing home residents who have behavioral health
issues.� The training program shall include, but not be limited to:�
sensitivity to behavioral health issues among residents of nursing homes;
information about depression and other psychiatric disorders, as appropriate;
and the use of medication to treat those disorders.

���� b.��� A nursing home shall
annually provide training specified in subsection a. of this section to a
certified nurse aide, licensed practical nurse, registered professional nurse,
and other health care professionals, as appropriate, who provide direct care to
a resident in the nursing home.

���� 2.��� Pursuant to the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
the Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human
Services, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this
act.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of
enactment, but the Commissioners of Health and Human Services may take such
anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for
the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human
Services, to establish a training program for nursing home staff (certified
nurse aides, licensed practical nurses, registered professional nurses, and
other health care professionals who provide direct care to nursing home
residents) in the care of residents who have behavioral health issues.

���� The training program would
include, but not be limited to: sensitivity to behavioral health issues among
residents of nursing homes; information about depression and other psychiatric
disorders, as appropriate; and the use of medication to treat those disorders.
The bill requires nursing homes to provide the training annually.