Bill Text: NJ A4276 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires DOH to use Basic Screening Survey to access oral health in children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A4276 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4276-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA
District 34 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOH to use Basic Screening Survey to assess oral health in children.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning oral health and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. (1) The Department of Health, in conjunction with one or more licensed dentists and related staff, shall collect a sufficient number of random data samples from each county in the State on a biannual basis using the Basic Screening Survey produced by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors in order to formulate a general assessment of the oral health of pre-school and school aged children in this State.
(2) No data shall be collected pursuant to this subsection without the informed, written consent of a child's parent or guardian.
(3) Any data collected pursuant to this subsection shall be collected and used in a manner that is consistent with federal and State privacy laws.
b. The Department of Health shall submit a report biennially to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), which report shall contain any findings and recommendations based on the data collected pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
c. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Health (department) to use the Basic Screening Survey to assess oral health in children.
Under the bill, the Department of Health, in conjunction with one or more licensed dentists and related staff, is to collect a sufficient number of random data samples from each county in the State on a biannual basis using the Basic Screening Survey produced by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors in order to formulate a general assessment of the oral health of pre-school and school aged children in this State. No data is to be collected without the informed, written consent of a child's parent or guardian. Any data that is collected is to be collected and used in a manner that is consistent with federal and State privacy laws.
The bill requires the department to submit a report biennially to the Governor, and to the Legislature, which report is to contain any findings and recommendations based on the data collected pursuant to the bill's provisions.
The Basic Screening Survey is used by states to assess oral health status. Developed by the American Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, this survey can be performed in dental clinics, at health fairs, at other screening opportunities, and through a retrospective chart review. The Basic Screening Survey is not a thorough clinical examination and does not involve making a clinical diagnosis resulting in a treatment plan. The Basic Screening Survey is intended to identify gross dental or oral lesions.
