Assembly Panels to Consider Measures to End School Lunch Shaming, Review Bills Capping Insulin Prescription Costs on Thursday
Assembly Panels to Consider Measures to End School Lunch Shaming, Review Bills Capping Insulin Prescription Costs on Thursday
Also, Agriculture Committee Considers Legislation Allowing Special Events at Wineries and on Preserved Farmland; Bills to Make False Public Alarms Bias Intimidation Crime, Immunize First Responders from Civil Liability on Tap in Judiciary Committee
(TRENTON) – The Assembly Education Committee and the Assembly Financial Institution and Insurance Committee are set to take up bills on school meal debt and insulin prescription costs among other legislation being considered on Thursday, February 13.
The committees will meet at 10:00 AM in Committee Room 16 and Committee Room 11 on the 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, New Jersey, respectively.
Also to meet, the Assembly Agriculture Committee at 10:00 AM in Committee Room 15 and the Assembly Judiciary Committee at 1:00 PM in Committee Room 12, both on the 4th Floor, State House Annex in Trenton, New Jersey.
Full Assembly committee agendas can be found here.
Committees with begin at 10:00 AM.
Highlights include:
| A-2773
Mazzeo |
Allows certain preserved farms to hold 14 special occasion events per year; imposes further event restrictions on residentially-exposed preserved farms. | ||||
| A-377
Danielsen/McKeon |
Creates certain protections for insurers engaging in business of insurance in connection with cannabis-related businesses. | ||||
| A-653
Armato/Mazzeo |
Places cap of $100 on amount paid by covered persons for purchase of insulin. | ||||
| A-954
Karabinchak/Lampitt |
Places $100 cap on amount paid by covered persons for purchase of insulin drugs; requires Division of Consumer Affairs to investigate insulin prices. | ||||
| A-1669
Quijano/Freiman/ Vainieri Huttle |
Requires health insurers to limit copayments for insulin. | ||||
| A-1263
Schaer |
Prohibits act, practice or arrangement constituting stranger-originated life insurance. | ||||
| A-1630
Lampitt/Greenwald/ Timberlake |
Clarifies that school district is not required to restrict access to school meals if school meal bill is in arrears. | ||||
| A-1631
Lampitt/Jasey/ Downey |
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduce priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees. | ||||
| A-1632
Lampitt/Reynolds-Jackson/Caputo |
Requires school district to establish “School Meal Fund” to assist students with school meal bill in arrears. | ||||
| A-717
Johnson/Schaer/Vainieri Huttle/Schepisi/ Downey |
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey. | ||||
| A-1400
Lopez/Mukherji/ McKnight
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Includes certain armed security officers regulated by “Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law” in crimes of assault and disarming an officer. | ||||
Audio live stream is available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
