New Jersey A 2576: Provides exceptions to garnish exemption against benefits from State-administered pension systems for certain financial claims under State law.

Bill Text

A2576 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2576 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

Assemblyman� KENYATTA STEWART

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Tucker and Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning subsidized adoption and amending 
P.L.1973, c.81.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.1973, 
c.81 (C.30:4C-46) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� The Division of [Youth and 
Family Services] 
Child Protection and Permanency shall make payments to adoptive parents 
on behalf of a child placed for adoption by the division whenever:

���� a.���� The child because of 
physical or mental condition, race, age, or membership in a sibling group, or 
for any other reason falls into the category of a child hard to place for 
adoption;

���� b.��� The adoptive family is 
capable of providing the permanent family relationships needed by the child; 
and

���� c.���� Except in situations 
involving adoption by a child's resource family parent, there has been a 
reasonable effort to place the child in an adoptive setting without providing a 
subsidy.

���� Payments shall be made on 
behalf of a child placed for adoption by the division except that whenever a 
child who would otherwise be eligible for subsidy payment is in the care of an 
approved New Jersey adoption agency pursuant to P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et 
seq.) a child shall, upon application by the agency and satisfaction of the 
regular requirements of the adoption subsidy program, be approved for 
participation in the adoption subsidy program.� In any case the division may 
approve payment in subsidization of adoption for a child without legal transfer 
of care or custody of the child to the division.� The division shall adopt 
regulations for administration of this program with respect to these children, 
except that all children are evaluated for eligibility in the same manner as 
children already under the care, custody, or guardianship of the 
division.

���� d.��� The division shall 
establish policies and procedures to allow for the disbursement of subsidy 
payments by direct deposit into an adoptive parent's bank account.� Such 
disbursement shall be made upon written request of the adoptive parent.

(cf: P.L.2004, c.130, s.82)

2. 
This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that the 
Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and 
Families establish policies and procedures to allow for the disbursement of 
adoption subsidy payments by direct deposit into an adoptive parent's bank 
account upon written request of the adoptive parent.� Currently, adoption 
subsidy payments are made by paper check and mailed by the Department of 
Treasury to the adoptive parent's current mailing address.