A New Jersey bill on staffing requirements, through one chamber so far. Last moved June 30, 2026.
Official title Revises law related to licensure of nursing home administrators.
What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Facilities pay for the hours. Residents get them and surveyors measure them.
- Which buildings
- 348 facilities holding 51,022 licensed beds in New Jersey.
- The dollars, or the rule
- Applies to nursing homes with administrator-in-training programs and to applicants for administrator licensure in New Jersey. The bill sets a 1,750-hour administrative intern training requirement, preceptor qualifications, an electronic application portal to be built within six months of the effective date, and caps…
- Effective
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No effective date is stated yet.
- Status
- Passed one chamber, as of June 30, 2026.
Staffing floors bind hardest on buildings already below the state average on hours per resident, which is where distressed sales start.
Latest action, June 30, 2026: Passed by the Assembly (79-0-0)
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Bill text and status: njleg.state.nj.us · retrieved August 3, 2026