Bill > A934

This bill requires the Department of Health to develop maternity care standards for general hospitals licensed to provide maternity care. The standards focus on ensuring the safety of maternity care patients throughout the prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum periods, with the goal of reducing the number of and disparities in adverse maternity care outcomes. The standards must include best practices based on the maternal care priorities identified by the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health or another designated maternal safety and quality improvement initiative informed by national data. Hospitals must comply with the maternity care standards as a condition of licensure, and the Department of Health must adopt rules and regulations to implement the act, which takes effect 365 days after the date of enactment.

Health and Social Services

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A934