New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S3463: Health care service firms-make certain changes to regulation
Status: Signed into law, July 22, 2026
Makes certain changes to regulation of health care service firms.
What the bill says
An Act concerning health care service firms and amending P.L.2002, c.126. Jersey: 1. Section 1 of P.L.2002, c.126 (C.34:8-45.1) is amended to read as follows: 1. a. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), or any other firm, company, business, agency, or other entity that is not a home health care agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) or a hospice licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.78 (C.26:2H-79 et seq.), which employs, places, arranges for the placement of.
From the chaptered text, July 22, 2026:
An Act concerning health care service firms and amending P.L.2002, c.126. Jersey: 1. Section 1 of P.L.2002, c.126 (C.34:8-45.1) is amended to read as follows: 1. a. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, an employment agency required to be licensed pursuant to P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), or any other firm, company, business, agency, or other entity that is not a home health care agency licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) or a hospice licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.78 (C.26:2H-79 et seq.), which employs, places, arranges for the placement of, or in any way refers, an individual to provide companion services, health care services, or personal care services in the personal residence of a person with a disability or who is age 60 or older, regardless of the title by which the provider of the services is known, shall be registered as a Health Care Service Firm and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing Health Care Service Firms adopted by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The Division of Consumer Affairs is authorized to enforce the health care service firm registration requirement, and the provisions of P.L.1989, c.331 (C.34:8-43 et al.), upon any person whose operations are subject to this section, whether the operations include …