Murphy Signs Mental Health Legislation

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal made two big moves on Thursday that could change health care and the incarceration of prisoners in New Jersey.
Murphy signed legislation that will provide a boost for the insurance coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for New Jersey residents.
Under the new law, the state will now require health insurers to provide coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions as provided for any other sickness.

Grewal, meanwhile, announced that the Attorney General's Office is launching two statewide initiatives to promote public safety and strengthen the public's confidence in the criminal justice system: a statewide Conviction Review Unit (CRU) and a statewide Cold Case Network (CCN)

The CRU, which will be partially funded with a U.S. Department of Justice grant, is the first statewide conviction review unit in the nation to be based in an Attorney General's Office. The new unit will review claims of actual innocence, investigate those deemed meritorious, and present its findings to the Attorney General for decision and appropriate action.
The CCN will involve a statewide network of regional cold case task forces, which will pool personnel, expertise, technology and resources to solve cold cases.

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