Bill > A4019

Introduced Session

This bill authorizes individuals in this State to undergo testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 or for antibodies from the coronavirus disease 2019, without prior authorization from a health care professional, as may be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, including, self-collection of testing specimens, the use of mail-order laboratory testing services, the use of home testing kits, and the use of laboratories that have federal approval but are not otherwise licensed in New Jersey. The results of any testing conducted in accordance with the provisions of this bill are to be sent to the tested individual, to the health care professional who authorized the test or antibody titer if the test was authorized by a health care professional, the Department of Health, the county department of health in the county in which the tested individual resides, and the municipality in which the tested individual resides. Consistent with federal and State privacy laws, any information sent to the Department of Health, a county department of health, or a municipality is not to contain any information identifying a tested individual unless the tested individual expressly authorizes the release of such information.

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Holly Schepisi (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 05/04/2020)