Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Health to create two online platforms: one for employers to list job openings for behavioral health care workers (treating mental illness, emotional disorders, or substance use) and another for employers to post internship/externship opportunities that provide academic credits for health care students. It directly affects in-state employers posting positions, behavioral health care workers seeking jobs, and health care students pursuing licensure or certification. The portals must be maintained online, with the department allowed to hire third parties to develop them. The bill defines "behavioral health care" specifically and mandates that internship postings must qualify for academic credits toward health care professional training.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
P
Jim Beach
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Diegnan
DDemocratic
Co
Vin Gopal
DDemocratic
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