Bill > S1293

Introduced Session

This bill amends the "New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act," P.L.2003, c.96 (C.45:9-22.21 et seq.) by requiring the Division of Consumer Affairs (division) to develop and maintain publicly-accessible profiles of all health care professionals licensed by the division. Currently, only physicians, podiatrists and optometrists have such profiles. This bill incorporates, as applicable, all health care professions into the current statute. The bill also expands the information collected for a profile on a health care professional to include: 1) restrictions placed on health care professionals in New Jersey-based or out-of-State facilities; 2) any Medicare or Medicaid exclusions; 3) any actions taken by federal regulators such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the Drug Enforcement Agency; and 4) any other information required pursuant to regulation from the division. The bill allows a professional licensing board to require a health care professional to submit any additional information it deems necessary to complete the profiles on the license renewal form submitted by the professional. The bill also requires the division to post the website it maintains for the License Verification System a notice that the License Verification System contains information intended to covey only the license status of a health care professional and advising the public that more extensive information on New Jersey-licensed health care professionals is available at the website maintained by the division under the requirements of the "New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act." The bill takes effect immediately but stipulates that sections 1 and 2 of the bill are to remain inoperative until two years after enactment.

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Nellie Pou (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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