Bill Text: NJ S220 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires DHSS to post on website information concerning hospital emergency department staffing and services for pediatric patients.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S220 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S220-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DHSS to post on website information concerning hospital emergency department staffing and services for pediatric patients.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning pediatric emergency medicine and supplementing P.L.1992, c.96 (C.26:2K-48 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall post the following information on its Internet website:
(1) a list of all designated children's hospitals in the State;
(2) a list of all general hospitals in the State that maintain a separate pediatric emergency department and, by hospital, the hours of operation of each pediatric emergency department;
(3) by hospital, a list of pediatric subspecialties, if any, that are available at each general hospital in the State; and
(4) by hospital, the board certification of each emergency department physician who is employed at a general hospital in the State.
b. A hospital shall annually provide the information required in subsection a. of this section to the department in a form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services.
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) post the following information on its Internet website:
(1) a list of all designated children's hospitals in the State;
(2) a list of all general hospitals in the State that maintain a separate pediatric emergency department and, by hospital, the hours of operation of each pediatric emergency department;
(3) by hospital, a list of pediatric subspecialties, if any, that are available at each general hospital in the State; and
(4) by hospital, the board certification of each emergency department physician who is employed at a general hospital in the State.
The bill further requires that hospitals report this information annually to DHSS.
