LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE

[Third Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 5309

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

DATED: DECEMBER 9, 2025

SUMMARY

Synopsis:	Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.
Type of Impact:	Annual State expenditure increase.
Agencies Affected:	Department of Law and Public Safety.

Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact
Annual State Expenditure Increase	Indeterminate

· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates that the bill will increase State expenditures by indeterminate amounts for the Department of Law and Public Safety. 

· The OLS estimates the Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing in the department’s Division of Consumer Affairs may incur expenditure increases from approving and updating continuing medical education to include courses related to menopause and women’s health.  In addition, expenditures may increase for both boards to promote awareness of this new educational requirement and to track participation in these courses.

BILL DESCRIPTION

      This bill permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.

      Under the bill, the State Board of Medical Examiners in the Division of Consumer Affairs is to require that the number of credits of continuing education required for physicians, as a condition of biennial license registration, include up to three optional credits of educational programs or topics concerning menopause. The New Jersey Board of Nursing in the Division of Consumer Affairs is to require that the number of credits of continuing education required for nurses, as a condition of license renewal, include up to three optional credits of educational programs or topics concerning menopause.  Both boards are required to track participation in these courses.

      Under the bill, physicians and nurses who choose to complete the menopause and women’s health education modules are to receive credits toward their required continuing education credits for license renewal.  These credits are to count toward the total continuing education hours required.

      The Division of Consumer Affairs is required to promote awareness of this new educational course requirement by providing notice on its website.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

      None received.

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

      The OLS estimates that the bill will increase State expenditures by indeterminate amounts for the Department of Law and Public Safety.

      Specifically, the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing in the Division of Consumer Affairs require licensed physicians and nurses, respectively, to complete continuing education credits.  This bill proposes that courses related to menopause and women’s health be included in the approved list of courses that physicians and nurses may take for up to three credits toward their total required credits.

      The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing may incur modest expenditure increases from updates to approve the continuing education to include courses related to menopause and women’s health.  The division may incur modest expenditure increases to promote awareness of the courses on the division’s website, depending on the division’s resource allocation policies.

Sections:	Law and Public Safety
Analysts:	Kristin Brunner Santos Lead Fiscal Analyst
Approved:	Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer

This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).