SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1545
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: NOVEMBER 4, 1996
The Senate Human Services Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1545.
This bill requires employees at State facilities for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled to undergo criminal history record background checks at least every two years. Currently, employees at these facilities are only required to undergo the background checks prior to employment.
This bill is one of several legislative initiatives recommended in the final report of the Senate Task Force on Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital issued in June, 1996.