S3986 • 2026

Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Vitale, Joseph F.
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

What This Bill Does

Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
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

2026-03-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
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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S3986

SENATE, No. 3986

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires long-term care facility to post certain
information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care
Ombudsman.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning long-term care facilities and supplementing
Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.�

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:

���� "Long-term care
facility" means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive
personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home
licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).

���� b.��� A long-term care
facility shall post on its Internet website information regarding the Office of
the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, which shall include information on the
general duties of the ombudsman, the role of the ombudsman in advocating for
the residents of the long-term care facility, and the ombudsman�s contact
information.�

���� 2.��� The Commissioner of
Health may 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.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a long-term
care facility to post certain information on the facility�s Internet website.

���� Under the bill, a long-term
care facility is to post on its Internet website information regarding the Office
of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (ombudsman), which shall include
information on the general duties of the ombudsman, the role of the ombudsman
in advocating for the residents of the long-term care facility, and the
ombudsman�s contact information.�

���� The bill defines "long-term
care facility" to mean a nursing home, assisted living residence,
comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia
care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).