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Gov. Phil Murphy's mandate for health care workers will make it harder to staff programs already struggling to stay open, disability groups said.

NJ law proposed to require group homes address isolation A proposed state law wants to ensure it does. A bill approved in late January by the Assembly Human Services Committee would require that community-based residential programs in New Jersey, as a condition of licensure, implement and adhere to policies that foster personal connection and prevent social isolation of residents. According to the bill's language, these policies at group homes, supervised apartments, and other residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities, would relate to both in-person activities and t...