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Resolution's goal: Improve veterans health care in southern N.J.
TRENTON - The Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee approved a resolution aimed at providing improved health care access for veterans in South Jersey.
The committee urged the federal Veterans Affairs Department to support recommendations of the state veterans Hospital Task Force, whose main recommendation is to create facilities closer to where veterans live.
Read More >Bill to exempt college students from health insurance requirement advances
TRENTON - The Senate Higher Education Committee released a bill that would eliminate the requirement for full-time students attending a center of higher education to have health insurance.
Sen. Robert Singer, (R-30), of Lakewood, raised questions about a previous move in the Assembly to treat four-year school students differently from two-year school students.
Read More >Affordable Care Act about coverage, not cost containment, analyst says
TRENTON - The Affordable Care Act that will go into full effect in 2014 might as well be a misnomer.
That’s according to one expert – Joel White, president of the Council for Affordable Health Care Coverage in Washington, D.C. – who said Wednesday that the federal health insurance law is “more about coverage than cost containment.”
Read More >Former Health commissioner says Medicaid expansion a chance to improve efficiency
TRENTON - Former Health Department Commissioner Poonam Alaigh said the expansion of Medicaid will serve as a big opportunity to not only cover millions of people around the country, but also as an opportunity to deliver medical services more efficiently and intelligently.
She said 75 percent of all patients would like to take advantage of so-called “e-visits” and telemedicine so it doesn’t take time away from work. That can also help in addressing the current shortage of the number of doctors.
Read More >Enhanced bail requirements released by Senate committee
TRENTON – Following a half-hour in which the bill was tabled in order for it to be amended, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee released bill S1133, which would add certain weapons offenses to the list of crimes with bail restrictions under current law.
Read More >Firearms theft statute of limitations bill released
TRENTON - The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee amended and released bill S2801, which would change the statute of limitations for theft of a firearm from five years to 10 years.
Under current law, theft of a firearm is a 3rd degree crime. Generally, prosecution for theft of a firearm must be commenced within five years.
Read More >Bill upgrading unlawful firearm possession penalties advances
TRENTON - The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee released bill S2804, which would upgrade the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm to a 1st degree crime.
Sen. Shirley Turner, a cosponsor, called it a “long overdue bill.”
Read More >Enhanced bail requirements bill put on hold by Senate committee
TRENTON - The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee put on hold bill S1133, which would add certain weapons offenses to the list of crimes with bail restrictions under current law.
Read More >Bill uprgrading illegal possession of firearms released
The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee unanimoulsy released bill S1279, which would upgrade the penalty for unlawfully selling, giving or transferring a firearm to an underage person from a 3rd degree crime to a 2nd degree crime.
Currently, a person who unlawfully sells, gives or transfers a firearm to an underage person is guilty of a 3rd degree crime with a mandatory minimum 3-year prison term, a $15,000 fine or both.
Under bill S1279, a person who unlawfully sells, gives or transfers a firearm to an underage person would be guilty of a 2nd degree crime with a mandatory minimum five-year prison term and a maximum $150,000 fine.
Read More >Bills on flu shots, medical marijuana, among many passed by Assembly
TRENTON - The Assembly passed numerous bills at its Monday session, focusing on such things as computer passwords, medical marijuana, precious metals, among others.
He is a list of passed bills:
Read More >The Back Room
Booker to campaign for Lesniak in LD20
Newark Mayor Cory Booker will join Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley for a meet and greet tomorrow evening for incumbent state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-20).
Read More >Wake-Up Call
Morning News Digest - May 23, 2013
PolitickerNJ.com interview: Jason O’Donnell Confident he has the votes to be the next Democratic State chairman, Jason O’Donnell said his objective will be to drive the core message of the Democratic Party. “My main objective is to bring Democrats home,” said O’Donnell, 41, an assemblyman from Bayonne. “If we...
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Time to have the talk we hope to avoid but can’t
By Tedford J. Taylor No topic is a less likely conversation-starter than our eventual deaths. Still, there is a lot to talk about. When polled, about 90 percent of people presented with end-of-life scenarios prefer the prospect of dying at home with... Read More >
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