New Jersey S 1276: Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation project

Bill Text

S1276 

SENATE, No. 1276 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators McKnight and O'Scanlon

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances 
of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act establishing the Alternative Responses to Reduce 
Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program and 
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and Title 2A of the New Jersey 
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Alternative 
Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation Together Program, 
known as the ARRIVE Together Program, is established in the Department of Law 
and Public Safety.� The purpose of the program shall be to provide a 
coordinated response to individuals who are experiencing a mental health or 
substance use crisis and engaging with law enforcement.

���� b.��� The Attorney General 
shall develop guidelines for a mental health services provider or a mental 
health services agency to contract with a law enforcement agency to respond to 
a request for assistance involving a person alleged, reported, or suspected to 
be experiencing a mental health crisis or substance use crisis. �The guidelines 
shall provide that mental health services are available on an as-needed basis 
for up to 24 hours per day and up to seven days per week.� 

���� c.��� A law enforcement agency 
eligible to participate in the ARRIVE Together Program shall include the 
Division of State Police, a department or force established pursuant to 
N.J.S.40A:14-106 or N.J.S.40A:14-118, or any other law enforcement agency the 
Attorney General deems appropriate.� 

���� d.��� (1)� A law enforcement 
agency that chooses to participate in the ARRIVE Together Program shall 
designate at least one individual as the crisis response support coordinator to 
develop and implement the agency�s procedures to comply with guidance issued by 
the Attorney General.

���� (2)� Each county prosecutor 
shall designate a county crisis response support coordinator to develop and 
implement procedures for the county to comply with guidance issued by the 
Attorney General.� The county crisis support coordinator also shall coordinate 
with the Attorney General, or a designee, to provide documentation or 
information as required by the Attorney General.

���� 2.��� a.� As used in this 
section, �personal identifying information� means information pertaining to the 
assessment, diagnosis, treatment or health status of an individual, including 
but not limited to an individual�s name or identity; whether the individual is 
the subject of an emergency call or other report; whether the individual is 
alleged or suspected to be experiencing a mental health crisis or substance use 
crisis or other emergency, incident, or distress; and whether the individual is 
receiving an assessment for crisis intervention, a mental health screening, or 
other support services through the ARRIVE Together Program.

���� b.��� Personal identifying 
information obtained as the result of an ARRIVE Together Program response is 
confidential and shall not be disclosed, except upon express consent of the 
individual, as determined necessary by the Attorney General to implement the 
provisions of P.L.��� , c.�� (C.�������� ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill), or as otherwise required by court order or law.

���� c.��� Notwithstanding any law 
or Attorney General Directive to the contrary, information and records created 
by a law enforcement agency solely as the result of the ARRIVE Together Program 
or maintained by the Department of Law and Public Safety for the ARRIVE 
Together Program shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed to 
the public or considered a government record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 
(C.47:1A-1 et seq.).

���� 3.��� A licensed mental health 
services provider or mental health services agency contracted to provide crisis 
response services to the Division of State Police or a police department or 
force pursuant to P.L.2022, c.36, P.L.�� , c.�� (C.������ )(pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), or a substantially similar program, shall not be 
liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions undertaken in 
good faith in rendering care at the scene of a crisis or emergency to any 
victim thereof, or in transporting any such victim to a hospital or other 
facility where treatment or care is to be rendered, or for any follow up care 
provided; except that nothing in this section shall exonerate a licensed mental 
health provider for gross negligence.

���� 4.��� The Attorney