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NJ A5916

NJ A5916
Requires DOH to disseminate information on seizure first-aid to employers.


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Introduced
06/21/2021
In Committee
06/21/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022

Introduced Session

2020-2021 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill requires the Department of Health (department) to disseminate information on seizure first aid to employers. The bill defines "seizure first aid" to mean non-medical procedures to respond, attend, and provide comfort and safety to a person suffering from a primary generalized tonic-clonic seizure or complex partial seizure. Under the bill, the department is to make available on its Internet website information for employers on rendering seizure first aid to an individual who has suffered a seizure in the workplace. The department is to also disseminate such information to employers in a manner to be determined by the Commissioner of Health. An employer in this State may provide the information disseminated by the department to employees and post the information in a prominent place within the employer's workplace.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Department of Health (DOH) to make available on its website and disseminate to employers information on "seizure first aid," which refers to non-medical procedures to respond to and provide comfort and safety to a person suffering from a tonic-clonic or complex partial seizure in the workplace. Employers in New Jersey may then provide this information to their employees and post it prominently in the workplace.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 06/21/2021)

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