Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care support staff and security guards at health care facilities and human services and veterans' facilities.

This bill (S 2370) upgrades penalties for assaulting specific healthcare and facility workers in New Jersey by reclassifying such assaults as "aggravated assault" under state law. It directly affects healthcare support staff (not providing direct patient care), security guards, and direct care workers at licensed healthcare facilities, psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers, and veterans' facilities - when they are clearly identifiable in their roles. The key change adds these workers to the list of protected individuals under aggravated assault, increasing penalties for attacks that would otherwise be simple assault. The law requires the assailant to know the victim is performing their duties (e.g., in uniform or visibly on the job) to trigger the higher penalty. This is a policy change to strengthen legal protections for frontline staff, not a new law creating services.