SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1380
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JUNE 24, 1996
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1380.
Senate Bill No. 1380 authorizes counties of the first class with substantial welfare populations, subject to the prior approval of the Department of Human Services, to enter into multi-year contracts for the administration of their welfare services and programs in order to improve performance and increase efficiency in the administration of such services and programs and to accordingly safeguard taxpayer dollars.
As reported, this bill is identical to Assembly, No. 29 of 1996 (Kavanaugh).
FISCAL IMPACT
This bill has not been certified as requiring a fiscal note.