Bill Text: NJ A930 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits disclosure of personal information pertaining to certain health care workers who are victims of assault; establishes civil penalty for each violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-02 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A930 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A930-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 930

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Atkins and Assemblywoman Park

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits disclosure of personal information pertaining to certain health care workers who are victims of assault; establishes civil penalty for each violation.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on June 2, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning confidentiality of victim's personal information and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.         As used in this act, "public record" shall have the same meaning as P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.).

     b.    The name¹[,] and¹ address¹[, and identity]¹ of a health care worker who is a victim of an alleged ¹simple¹ assault or aggravated assault ¹pursuant to N.J.S.2C:12-1, or sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault pursuant to N.J.S.2C:14-2¹ while engaged in the duties of providing direct patient care or practicing the health care profession shall ¹be kept confidential and¹ not appear on ¹[the] a report, statement, court document,¹ indictment, ¹or¹ complaint ¹[, or any other public record]¹ if the actor is a patient or resident at ¹[the] a¹ health care facility and the victim is:

     (1)   a health care worker employed by a licensed health care facility to provide direct patient care;

     (2)   a health care professional licensed or otherwise authorized pursuant to Title 26 or Title 45 of the Revised Statutes to practice a health care profession; or

     (3)   a direct care worker at a State or county psychiatric hospital or State developmental center or veterans' memorial home.

     The ¹[information] name and address of the victim¹ shall be omitted or redacted ¹[, or initials or a fictitious name shall appear instead] from the report, statement, court document, indictment, or complaint¹ .

     c.     Any report, statement, ¹[photograph,]¹ court document, indictment, ¹or¹ complaint ¹[or any other public record]¹ which states the name ¹[,] or¹ address ¹[ and identity]¹ of a victim shall be confidential and unavailable to the public.  Unless authorized pursuant to a court order, any person who purposefully discloses, releases¹,¹ or otherwise makes available to the public any document listed in subsection a. of this section which contains the name ¹[,] or¹ address ¹[, and identity]¹ of a victim shall be ¹[guilty of a disorderly persons offense] subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each document¹ . 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment¹.