Bill
S 4846
The bill comprises separate texts: a DoD information-sharing system for denied Service Academy applicants and a New Jersey health workforce grant program, with unclear final text.
Note on source material and scope
- The public record provided for S.4846 appears to contain material from more than one, distinct legislative text (federal and state-level provisions) that were likely conflated. Because of that, this summary separates and summarizes the distinct pieces of text found in the bill file and highlights procedural status and uncertainties. Please verify the official bill text on the Senate clerk’s website or Congress.gov for the authoritative version.
Overview
- Bill number: S 4846
- Title (listed): “Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit a detailed report of proposed savings and investment initiatives within the executive budget” — no substantive text for that title was provided in the materials received.
- Status: Referred to Finance (and also appears to have been referred to Senate Armed Services and later to Senate Health committees in provided actions)
- Introduced: July 30, 2024
- Sponsors (as listed): Sen. Ted Cruz; Patricia Fahy (co-sponsor listed)
Because the supplied file included multiple, different legislative texts, summaries of each distinct text present follow.
1) Provision referring to Department of Defense / Service Academies
- Purpose: Require the Secretary of Defense to create a system allowing certain applicants to Service Academies to elect sharing of their information with senior military colleges.
- Key provisions:
- Deadline: Not later than 180 days after enactment the Secretary must establish the system.
- “Covered individual”: an applicant whose application for appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a Service Academy is denied.
- “Senior military college”: defined by reference to 10 U.S.C. § 2111a (e.g., designated senior military colleges).
- “Service Academy”: defined by reference to 10 U.S.C. § 347.
- Who is affected: Service Academy applicants denied appointment, senior military colleges, and the DoD (administrative implementation).
- Impact: Facilitates transfer of candidate information to senior military colleges to preserve applicant access to alternative service-oriented educational opportunities. Implementation timing: system required within 180 days after enactment.
2) New Jersey “Public‑Private Alliance to Retain Talent and Expand Regional Health Program Act” (state-level text)
- Purpose: Establish a grant program (within the New Jersey Department of Health) to fund “qualified recruitment and retention servicers” that help health‑care professional students secure post‑graduation employment and assistance repaying student loans/tuition; promote workforce retention in regional hospitals.
- Key provisions:
- Eligible applicants: qualified recruitment and retention servicers (must meet multiple contractual and operational criteria, e.g., contracts with at least 10 hospitals and 10 educational institutions, including at least one in-state each).
- Partner hospitals must provide loan repayment/tuition reimbursement and match non‑State funds equal to at least 200% of the grant (University Hospital exempt from this 200% match requirement).
- Individual cap: no more than $10,000 per year and $30,000 aggregate per individual for loan repayment/tuition assistance.
- Recipients must return unencumbered grant funds after 3 years.
- Employment agreements must require a minimum three‑year service commitment at the partner hospital.
- Application timing: in a fiscal year with appropriations, the department opens a ≤30‑day application period within 60 days of appropriation and must make awards within 30 days of close.
- Additional administrative criteria for award evaluation (geographic distribution, degree types, ongoing support plans, etc.).
- Who is affected: educational institutions, hospitals (partner hospitals), health-care professional students/graduates, qualified servicers, and the NJ Dept. of Health.
- Funding/appropriation: program awards subject to legislative appropriations (no specific statewide appropriation amount included in provided text).
- Note: The provided NJ text was truncated; a reporting or sunset date reference (“No later than December 31, 2026...”) appears but is incomplete.
Procedural/timeline notes and discrepancies
- Recorded legislative actions show referrals to multiple committees (Armed Services; Senate Health; Finance) and repeated “Referred to Finance” entries—indicative of mixed or multiple versions being tracked.
- Related/companion bills were listed (HR 9208, HR 8070, A 6077) and prior-session similar bills (S 6292, S 3197), suggesting companion/parallel measures exist at other legislative bodies or prior sessions.
- Because the bill title in the Bill Information (regarding the office for people with developmental disabilities) does not match any of the substantive texts provided, confirm the final/official text before relying on this summary for formal analysis or action.
Recommendation
- Consult the official bill page (Senate clerk or Congress.gov) for S.4846 to identify the correct single authoritative text and any amendments. If you want, I can fetch and summarize the official version once you provide or confirm it.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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