Bill > S3522

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Health (DOH) to prepare a resource guide which provides information on preeclampsia and gestational diabetes to all pregnant persons in the State. Specifically, the resource guide is to be distributed to each pregnant person receiving perinatal treatment and care, by the personnel at a hospital that provides inpatient maternity services or birthing center licensed in the State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), as part of the hospital or birthing facility's patient intake process. The resource guide is to be in a language the pregnant person understands and is to include, but not be limited to, information on: (1) the symptoms and early warning signs of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes; (2) the effects of preeclampsia or gestational diabetes on a pregnant person and the pregnant person's baby; and (3) effective strategies that will help a pregnant person advocate for, or communicate to a health care provider any concerns the person has about, the person's health and the health of the person's baby. Under the provisions of the bill, the DOH is to: distribute the resource guide, at no charge, to all the hospitals and birthing facilities in the State; update the guide as necessary; make additional copies of the guide available to hospitals and birthing facilities upon request; and make the information contained in the guide available on its Internet website, both in print and in an easily printable format.

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Teresa Ruiz (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/30/2023)

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