Bill Text: NJ A656 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A656 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A656-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 656
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Angelini
SYNOPSIS
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on February 8, 2010, with amendments.
An Act concerning hospital boards of trustees 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. The board of trustees of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall adopt a written policy 1[and procedures]1 governing conflicts of interest on the part of board members1[, in accordance with standards to be prescribed by regulation of the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services]1. Each general hospital shall 1[file the] maintain its board's1 written policy1[and procedures]1 governing conflicts of interest 1[with] in its administrative records, which policy shall be available to1 the Department of Health and Senior Services1[, which].
The written policy shall be updated annually.
Each general hospital shall post on its website its most current written policy governing conflicts of interest, and1 shall make1[them] it1 publicly available upon request.
b. The written policy 1[and procedures]1adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include, at a minimum, requirements for:
(1) the disclosure by a board member of any 1[perceived or]1actual conflict of interest on the member's part with respect to any matter pending before the board;
(2) a prohibition on the board member voting on any such matter 1[, or participating in the discussion]1relating to the awarding of 1[a] such1 contract 1[concerning any such matter by the members of the board]1; and
(3) the maintenance by the board of a record of the disclosure by the board member of the 1[perceived or]1 actual conflict of interest.
c. Each hospital board of trustees shall disseminate the written policy to all current board members upon its adoption and to each new board member upon appointment to the board.
d. In the case where a board member has 1[a perceived or] an1 actual conflict of interest in a matter involving the awarding of a contract in an amount greater than1[$2,500] $25,0001, a general hospital shall solicit at least three bids or 1three1 proposals,1[as appropriate] whichever is applicable1, with respect to that contract. 1If it is not practicable to solicit at least three bids or three proposals, the general hospital shall, within five business days of the solicitation, provide the department with an explanatory letter that the department shall keep on file for the hospital.1
1[2. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.]1
1[3.] 2.1 This act shall take effect on the 180th day after enactment1[, but the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of the act]1.
