ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 30

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 24, 1996

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 30.

      Assembly Bill No. 30 affirms the Governor's action to expand the jurisdiction of the Department of Health by consolidating various State and federal programs serving senior citizens in the State within that department. Accordingly, the bill renames the Department of Health as the Department of Health and Senior Services and redesignates the Commissioner of Health as the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill was not certified as requiring a fiscal note.