Bill Text: NJ A5031 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires hospital emergency departments to ask person of childbearing age about recent pregnancy history.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-21 - Approved P.L.2019, c.498. [A5031 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A5031-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 5031

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 7, 2019

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblywoman  ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman  BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Tucker

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires hospital emergency departments to ask person of childbearing age about recent pregnancy history.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2019, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning hospital emergency departments and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   Each hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) that has an emergency department shall establish standards and protocols to ensure that each ¹[woman] person¹ of childbearing age who presents at the emergency department is asked whether ¹[she] the person¹ had a pregnancy that terminated within the past 42 days, including any pregnancy that ended by live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage, or abortion.  ¹[In the event that a woman indicates she had a pregnancy that terminated within the past 42 days, the hospital shall ensure that any care or treatment provided includes an evaluation of potential complications that may have resulted from the pregnancy or termination of the pregnancy.]¹ If the ¹[woman] person¹ is unresponsive at the time of presentation, the hospital shall make the inquiry as soon as the ¹[woman] person¹ becomes responsive or by making appropriate inquiries of individuals who may have knowledge of the ¹[woman's] person's¹ current or recent pregnancy status.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Health shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.