Assemblyman Johnson

PANEL RELEASES MENTAL HEALTH PARITY BILL;
WOULD REQUIRE EQUAL CARE FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES

Measure Would Ensure Care for Variety of Mental Illness, Including Addiction
        
(TRENTON)  -- The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released legislation Assembly members Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Linda Greenstein and Patrick Diegnan sponsored to require health insurers to provide the same levels of coverage for a broad array of mental illnesses - including alcoholism and drug addiction - as they do for treating other diseases.

VAN DREW/JOHNSON/EGAN PLANT CLOSING BILL BECOMES LAW

New Law Will Create Safeguards Against Mass Layoffs

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assemblymen Jeff Van Drew, Gordon M. Johnson, and Joseph Egan sponsored to combat “take-the-money-and-run” plant closings by major corporate employers in New Jersey today was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

JOHNSON/VAINIERI HUTTLE/GREENSTEIN BILL PROHIBITING POLITICAL DONATIONS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES BECOMES LAW

(TRENTON) -Legislation Assembly members Gordon M. Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, and Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to prohibit public agencies from making political contributions was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

WEINBERG, JOHNSON AND HUTTLE ANNOUNCE MAJOR ETHICS REFORM INITIATIVE: CLEAN UP NEW JERSEY

(TEANECK)- The 37th District Real Democrats Clean Elections Team-Senator Loretta Weinberg, Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle announced a major new ethics reform plan called "Clean Up New Jersey".

Weinberg-Johnson-Huttle Officially Qualify as "Clean Elections" Candidates

(TEANECK)--"We've been fighters for clean, open and effective government all our careers and we've got the scars to show for it, now we've earned official recognition as Clean Elections candidates, "Senator Loretta Weinberg announced as she and her running mates, Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, qualified as Clean Elections candidates in the 37th Legislative District.

JOHNSON/STEELE/DIEGNAN/ALBANO BILL OVERHAULING VICTIMS OF CRIME COMPENSATION BOARD ADVANCES

Measure Would Expedite Services for Crime Victims, Save Taxpayer Dollars

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Gordon M. Johnson, Alfred E. Steele, Patrick Diegnan, and Nelson Albano sponsored to abolish the Victims of Crime Compensation Board (VCCB) and replace it with a streamlined executive agency passed today in the General Assembly.