SENATE, No. 1863

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 1997

By Senator SINAGRA

A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 28, 1996 (P.L.1996, c.42).

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.1996, c.42, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

            2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

      This bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to the Department of Health and Senior Services for a grant to Interfaith Health Services (IHS), a nonprofit health services organization whose mission is to reduce morbidity and mortality from common diseases in medically underserved areas in northern New Jersey. IHS currently provides screenings at various church sites for high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer and breast cancer and expects to provide additional screenings, including dental, vision, podiatry and gynecological examinations and vaccinations, in the future. Since its inception in 1994, IHS has screened more than 950 people. This grant will allow IHS to continue and expand the scope and number of medical screenings it provides to foster health promotion and health risk reduction in the State.

Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 from the General Fund to DHSS for a grant to "Interfaith Health Services."