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Conaway, Singleton & Greenwald Bill to Boost Survivor Benefits for Children of Law Enforcement & Firefighters Advances
An Assembly panel on Thursday approved legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, Jr., M.D., Troy Singleton and Majority Leader Louis Greenwald that would significantly boost survivor benefits for children of State Police Officers and police and firefighters who die in the line of duty.
NO NEW FUNDING FOR PROGRAM THAT PAIRS PSYCHIATRISTS, PEDIATRICIANS
Collaboration helps bridge traditional gap between treating kids’ physical and emotional distress
Mental Health: Why Funding Can Save Lives
I had a conversation recently with a friend about mental health and the continuing need for funding to help those that require assistance. He felt that funding for mental health seems to lack the emotional attachment linked to physical health issues. If you see a person on crutches who walks with some visible disability, you take notice and often feel some degree of empathy. If you have a heart and you witness something similar, it tugs at your emotions because it is compelling. But you could pass 100 people on the street, many of whom might seem friendly or preoccupied, and not know that 20 of them are suffering. They ache emotionally inside, yet there is often no tell-tale sign of mental illness unless a degree of unusual behavior emerges.
STATE DELAYS MOVE TO NEW MEDICAID PAYMENT MODEL FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Some providers still worried that fee schedule is too low to support behavioral health, substance-abuse programs for poorest residents
Hefty Surprise Medical Bills Can Be a Burden for Families
When Sienna D'Andrea was just two months old, her mother Raquel got the shock of her life.
"The cardiologist said, 'Go home, pack your bags, your daughter needs surgery today.'"
Congress can no longer ignore N.J.'s aging water, sewer infrastructure
Opinion
You cannot see it, but below New Jersey, a catastrophe is brewing. Underneath our state lay thousands of miles of century-old water and sewer lines whose shelf life is set to expire any day.
The result will be a catastrophic danger to the health of all residents of New Jersey.
New overtime rules could raise pay for 132K N.J. workers
WASHINGTON � New U.S. Labor Department overtime rules to be announced Wednesday would make an additional 131,854 New Jersey salaried employees eligible for extra pay, the White House said.
Drinking water legislation advances from Senate panel
TRENTON — State lawmakers are trying again to pass legislation to force the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to create a water safety standard for an unregulated chemical that has turned up in municipal wells in Moorestown.
NOT A PRETTY PICTURE: NEW JERSEY THIRD MOST-INDEBTED STATE IN THE UNION
NJ’s finishes third from the bottom when it comes to total debt, as well as unfunded pension and unfunded retiree-healthcare costs
N.J. facing possible $1.1B budget gap over 2016, 2017, official says
New Jersey's state budget could face a revenue shortage of $1.1 billion over two fiscal years, the state Legislature's nonpartisan budget office said Tuesday, a dire assessment that came after lackluster income tax collections in the key month of April.