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S 4462

Authorizes Medicaid coverage for the complex care assistant program

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joe Addabbo and 13 co-sponsors

Waives state license and renewal fees for professionals and small retailers in impacted highway zones during the relief period to offset income loss.

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Bill Summary · S 4462

Bill Summary — S 4462 (Introduced version)

Status: Reported and committed to Finance
Introduced: May 19, 2025
Primary sponsor: Sen. Shelley Mayer (cosponsors: Mario Mattera, Gustavo Rivera, Brad Hoylman‑Sigal, Joseph A. Griffo, Dan Stec, Patricia Fahy, Jake Ashby, Patricia Canzoneri‑Fitzpatrick)

Note: The legislative text provided concerns fee‑waivers for professionals and small businesses affected by public highway construction projects.

Purpose / Intent

To provide short‑term financial relief — in the form of waived State license, registration, or renewal fees — to licensed professionals and small retail businesses that suffer significant income loss because they operate within areas impacted by public highway projects (e.g., prolonged closures, construction detours). The statement cites recent disruption from sinkholes and repairs on Interstate 80 as an underlying example.

Key provisions

  • Waives professional license renewal fees that come due during the “relief period” (the time between project commencement and completion) for professionals practicing within an “impacted construction zone.”
  • Waives State business licensure or registration renewal fees that come due during the relief period for small business owners operating retail establishments within an impacted construction zone.
  • Applications for waivers submitted to:
    • Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs (for professionals), or
    • Director of the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (for small business owners).
  • Directors may require documentation showing: operation within the impacted zone and that the applicant suffered a significant income reduction due to the project.
  • Upon approval, the director issues a written determination indicating the waiver applies.
  • The Commissioner of Transportation must notify the relevant director when a public highway project commences or concludes, and within 30 days of the bill’s effective date must report all ongoing projects.

Definitions (selected)

  • Impacted construction zone: area immediately surrounding a public highway project that impedes normal traffic flow or restricts access to nearby businesses.
  • Public highway project: construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of federal, State, county, or municipal highways, roads, or streets (including disaster repairs).
  • Small business owner: business entity with no more than 50 full‑time employees, principal place of business in NJ, independently owned, subject to State business registration fees, and current on State payments.
  • Retail business establishment: fixed permanent location where goods are exhibited or services offered (appointment or walk‑in).

Administration & timeline

  • Directors set application form/manner and may require verification documentation.
  • Commissioner of Transportation provides project start/end notices to directors.
  • Effective immediately upon enactment.

Who is affected / potential impact

  • Licensed professionals with renewal fees due during active highway projects who can demonstrate practice within an impacted zone and income loss.
  • Small retail businesses (≤50 FTE) operating in impacted zones and current on State obligations.
  • Fiscal impact: the bill would reduce State revenue from certain license/registration renewals for qualifying applicants during active projects; administrative workload increases for the Division of Consumer Affairs, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, and Department of Transportation to process applications and provide notices.

Legislative status & related measures

  • Actions: Referred to Health (Feb 5, 2025); printed/amended (Feb–Apr 2025); reported and committed to Finance (May 13, 2025).
  • Companion/related bills: A 5651, A 464; prior‑session bills S 8599, A 9034.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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