An Act concerning submission of certain mental health records to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
C.30:4-24.3a Submission of certain mental health records required.
1. In compliance with the federal NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub.L. 110-180 and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-159, the Attorney General shall direct the Superintendent of the State Police to collect, in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, such data as may be required to make a determination as to whether a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm under 18 U.S.C. s.922 or applicable State law , and to transmit such data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved August 8, 2013.