Sheila Oliver

OLIVER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENSURE QUALITY PRENATAL CARE FOR ALL WOMEN

Measure Crafted In Response to Report Issued By NJDHSS Prenatal Task Force Report

(EAST ORANGE) – Assembly Human Services Committee Chairwoman Sheila Y. Oliver today announced the introduction of legislation that would ensure the continued availability of obstetric services at health care facilities throughout New Jersey.

The measure (A-3369) was introduced in response to findings issued in a report last month by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Prenatal Task Force which highlighted serious disparities among the quality of care for women, especially among minorities and young women who have unplanned pregnancies.

ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS COMMENTARY ON HELPING NEW JERSEY WORKERS, BUSINESSES AMID FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

(TRENTON) - Assembly Democrats today issued the following multimedia package on Governor Jon S. Corzine's address to a joint session of the Legislature on the global financial crisis.

The Assembly already has advanced 19 bills to help revamp state business taxes and incentives, help struggling homeowners, promote jobs through alternative energy technology, protect consumers from financial fraud and help low-income seniors and the disabled heat their homes.

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC MELTDOWN ON SOCIAL SERVICES TO BE FOCUS OF MONDAY ASSEMBLY JOINT HEARING
Assembly Health and Senior Services and Human Services Panels to Examine How Crisis Could Affect Seniors and Low Income Residents

Measuring the potential impact the national economic crisis could have on services the state's most vulnerable residents rely on will be the focus of a Monday joint meeting of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee and Assembly Human Services

OLIVER COMMITS TO ENSURING QUALITY PRENATAL CARE FOR ALL NEW JERSEY WOMEN

(NEWARK) – Assembly Human Services Chairwoman Sheila Oliver today said a report issued by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Prenatal Task Force reveals serious disparities among the quality of care for women, especially among minorities and young women who have unplanned pregnancies.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS BILLS TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY, SAFETY AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
Measure Would Establish Strict Training Programs, Drug Testing and Reporting Standards; Bills Stem from Reports of Poor Conditions, Unreported Deaths at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
    
(TRENTON) - A three-bill package of legislation Assembly members Sheila Oliver, Pamela Lampitt, and Assemblyman Louis Greenwald sponsored in response to problems uncovered at South Jersey's Ancora Psychiatric Hospital was released today by an Assembly committee.

Rob Andrews today picked up the support of Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) for his Senate campaign.

Oliver, who represents parts of Essex and Passaic Counties, is one of a handful of northern legislators who have jumped on with Andrews since he decided to primary incumbent Frank Lautenberg last month.

Andrews is also backed by a few members of the Newark City Council, although Newark Mayor Cory Booker supports Lautenberg.

OLIVER/QUIGLEY/GREENSTEIN BILL TO PROTECT ROADSIDE EMERGENCY WORKERS ADVANCES

(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assemblywomen Sheila Y. Oliver, Joan M. Quigley, and Linda Greenstein that would require New Jersey motorists to take specific safety precautions when approaching roadside emergency vehicles on the state's highways was released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

PAID FAMILY LEAVE BECOMES LAW

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Nelson Albano, Sheila Oliver, Linda Greenstein, and Wayne DeAngelo sponsored to provide workers across the state access to up to six weeks paid benefits when taking leave from their jobs to care for a pressing family need was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

ASSEMBLY PASSES PAID FAMILY LEAVE BILL

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Nelson Albano, Sheila Oliver, Linda Greenstein, and Wayne DeAngelo sponsored to provide workers across the state access to up to six weeks paid benefits when taking leave from their jobs to take care of pressing family needs was passed today by the General Assembly.

OLIVER: SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AT ANCORA WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO CORRECT

(TRENTON) - Following a hearing on the concerns over the health, safety, and oversight of patients and employees at New Jersey's largest mental institution - Ancora Psychiatric Hospital - Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex), chairwoman of the Assembly Human Services Committee, issued the following statement: