N.J. Stat. § 52:17B-4.23: Model policies developed to ensure personal freedom in sensitive locations.

4. a. The Attorney General, in consultation with appropriate government entities and stakeholders, shall develop model policies to ensure personal freedom in sensitive locations. These locations shall include health care facilities, public schools, domestic violence shelters, emergency shelters, family shelters, youth shelters, food pantries, funeral homes, harm reduction sites, disaster and emergency response sites, offices of social services, correctional facilities, and courthouses to ensure these institutions remain safe and accessible to all State residents. To the fullest extent possible and consistent with State and federal law, these institutions shall adhere to the model policies developed by the Attorney General or policies that provide greater protections.

b. The Attorney General shall publish these model policies on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety no later than 180 days next following the enactment of this act.

c. The Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Community Affairs, Commissioner of Health, Commissioner of Human Services, Commissioner of Education, Commissioner of Corrections, and Administrative Director of the Courts shall adopt the model policies established pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or policies that provide greater protections, no later than 180 days after the model policies are issued.

(1) The Commissioner of Education shall require public schools, and shall request private schools, to adhere to model policies adopted pursuant to this section, or policies that provide greater protections. The commissioner also shall publish the adopted policies on the Internet website of the Department of Education.

(2) The Commissioner of Health shall require health care facilities to implement policies that provide protections similar to the model policies established pursuant to this section. The commissioner also shall publish the model policies established pursuant to this section on the Internet website of the Department of Health.

(3) The Commissioners of Community Affairs, Children and Families, and Human Services shall require offices of social services to adhere to model policies adopted pursuant to this section, or policies that provide greater protections. The commissioners also shall publish the adopted policies on the Internet websites of the Departments of Community Affairs, Children and Families, and Human Services.

(4) The Commissioner of Corrections shall require correctional facilities to adhere to model policies adopted pursuant to this section, or policies that provide greater protections. The commissioner also shall publish the adopted policies on the Internet website of the Department of Corrections.

(5) The Administrative Director of the Courts shall require courthouses to adhere to model policies adopted pursuant to this section, or policies that provide greater protections. The administrative director also shall publish the adopted policies on the Internet website of the Administrative Office of the Courts.

L.2025, c.401, s.4.