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A 5715

Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jodi Giglio

The bill would require the state to create or contract a system that tracks continuing education credits for license renewals and automatically determines compliance.

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Bill Summary · A 5715

Summary — A5715 (reprint ARP 11/24/25 1R)

Status: Reported favorably (with committee amendments) by the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee (11/24/2025). Referred earlier to Health. Companion: S4387. Primary sponsor listed as Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio; reprint lists Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley (D-18).

Purpose

Require the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs to create (or contract for) an automated tracking system that records continuing education (CE) credits/hours for licensees in professions or occupations that require CE for license renewal, and to use that system to determine CE compliance in time for license renewal.

Key provisions

  • Division of Consumer Affairs must develop an automated system for boards, committees, or entities within the Division that regulate professions/occupations with mandatory continuing education.
  • The system will:
    • Track CE credits or hours completed by each licensee.
    • Determine whether each licensee is in compliance with the CE requirement in time for license renewal.
    • Operate “notwithstanding any hardship experienced by a licensee that has been determined by the requisite board, committee, or other entity” (i.e., the system’s compliance determination is required even where a hardship determination exists).
  • The Division may enter into a contract with a third‑party vendor to develop the system (committee amendment).
  • Effective date: the first day of the 13th month following enactment. The act applies to renewal applications received on or after that effective date. The Director of the Division may take anticipatory administrative actions needed to implement the law (committee amendment changed effective date).

Who would be affected

  • Licensed professionals and occupations regulated by the Division of Consumer Affairs that have CE requirements for license renewal (for example, various health professions, technical or trade licenses overseen by the Division’s boards/committees).
  • Boards, committees, and other regulatory entities within the Division that administer licensing and CE compliance.
  • Potential vendors or contractors if the Division elects to procure an outside vendor to build the system.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Administrative: Should streamline and standardize CE tracking and reduce manual verification burden on boards and licensees.
  • Compliance: May make CE noncompliance easier to detect and enforce at renewal time.
  • Exceptions/hardships: The bill states the system must determine compliance “notwithstanding any hardship” as determined by boards — implementation will need operational rules for how hardship exceptions are recorded and reconciled with automated determinations.
  • Costs and procurement: Development and maintenance costs (and privacy/security provisions) depend on whether the Division builds the system in‑house or contracts with a vendor.
  • Timing: Agencies may begin preparatory actions before the statutory effective date as authorized.

Legislative/Procedural notes

  • Reported with amendments by Assembly Regulated Professions Committee on 11/24/2025.
  • As amended, identical to companion S4387.
  • Related prior‑session bills: A6533 and A2415.

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

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