STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Donlon
SYNOPSIS
Requires health care facilities to reports cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Health care
facility" means a health care facility licensed by the Department of
Health pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136
(C.26:2H-1 et seq.)
b. Consistent with federal and State privacy laws, the Department of Health shall require health care facilities to confidentially report to the department all known and suspected cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a manner to be specified by the department.
c. The department shall record and compile information received pursuant to this section for research purposes only.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires health care facilities to reports cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The bill provides that consistent with federal and State privacy laws, the Department of Health (department) is to require health care facilities to confidentially report to the department all known and suspected cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a manner to be specified by the department. The department is to record and compile information received pursuant to the bill’s provisions for research purposes only.