Bill Text: NJ A5686 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Revises effective date of P.L.2017, c.283 concerning licensure of one-room surgical practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [A5686 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A5686-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 5686

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 24, 2019

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  NANCY J. PINKIN

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Revises effective date of P.L.2017, c.283, concerning licensure of one-room surgical practices.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning surgical practices and amending P.L.2017, c.283.

 

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

 

     1.    Section 5 of P.L.2017, c.283 is amended to read as follows:

      5.   [Section 1 of this act shall take effect immediately, and sections 2 and 3 of this] This act shall take effect [one year after the date of enactment] on July 1, 2020, except that the Commissioner of Health may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill revises the effective date of P.L.2017, c.283, which requires certain surgical practices to be licensed by the Department of Health as ambulatory care facilities, to provide that the law will take effect July 1, 2020.  As enacted, section 1 of P.L.2017, c.238 took effect January 16, 2018, and sections 2 and 3 of the enactment took effect January 16, 2019.  However, because of staff and resource limitations, it appears the department will require additional time to process and take action on licensure applications, which may be disruptive to the provision of surgical services provided through the affected practices.  Accordingly, it is the sponsor's belief that it is necessary and appropriate to toll the effective date of P.L.2017, c.238 to ensure the provisions of that enactment can be met without disrupting access to quality health care for the citizens of New Jersey.