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NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5i (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5i - New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care.

26:2H-5i New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care.  1. The Commissioner of Health shall gather and compile information necessary to develop a New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care, as provided for in this act. The report card, which shall be updated annually and made available on the website of the Department of Health, shall be designed to inform members of the public about maternity care provided in each general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), so that a member of the public is able to make an informed comparison. L.2018, c.82, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5j (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5j - Information included on report card.

26:2H-5j Information included on report card.  2. For each hospital, the report card shall include: a. the number of vaginal deliveries performed; b. the number of cesarean deliveries performed; and c. the rate of complications experienced by a patient receiving maternity care: (1) for a vaginal delivery, which shall include the rate of maternal hemorrhage, laceration, infection, or other complication as prescribed by the Commissioner of Health; and (2) for a cesarean delivery, which shall include the rate of maternal hemorrhage, infection, operative complication, or other complication as prescribed by the Commissioner of Health. L.2018, c.82, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5k (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5k - Revision, addition of complications.

26:2H-5k Revision, addition of complications.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of this act to the contrary, the commissioner shall revise or add complications or other factors to be included in the report card based on maternal quality indicators as may be recommended by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. L.2018, c.82, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5l (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5l - Contract for provision of home health care.

26:2H-5l Contract for provision of home health care.  1. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes or any regulation promulgated thereunder to the contrary, a county or municipal government that is the licensed operator of a home health agency may contract with a non-governmental entity that is licensed as a home health care agency to provide direct services, administration, and financial services on behalf of the governmental home health care agency, provided that the governmental body that is the licensed operator retains ultimate control over key governance responsibilities. Any such contractual arrangement shall be subject to approval by the Department of Health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any applicable law or regulation concerning public bidding, licensure of non-governmental home health care agencies, or reimbursement for publicly funded health care programs. L.2019, c.173, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5m (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5m - Rules, regulations.

26:2H-5m Rules, regulations.  2. The Commissioner of Health shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt any rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.173, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5o (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5o - Definitions relative to palliative, hospice care.

26:2H-5o Definitions relative to palliative, hospice care.  1. As used in this act: "Appropriate" means consistent with applicable legal, health, and professional standards, the patient's clinical and other circumstances, and the patient's reasonably known wishes and beliefs. "Hospice care" means a coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that is operated by a public agency or private organization, or subdivision of either of these entities, and that provides care and services to hospice patients and to hospice patients' families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary team, under interdisciplinary plans of care in order to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and other special needs that are experienced during the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement. A hospice care program includes: nursing care by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse; physical, occupational, or speech or language therapy; medical social services by a certified or licensed social worker under the direction of a physician; services of a certified home health aide; medical supplies, including drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances related to terminal diagnosis; physician's services; short-term inpatient care, including both palliative and respite care and procedures; spiritual and other counseling for hospice patients and hospice patients' families; services of volunteers under the direction of the provider of the hospice care program; and bereavement services for hospice patients' families. "Medical care" means services provided, requested, or supervised by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse. "Palliative care" means patient-centered and family-centered medical care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering caused by serious illness. Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and facilitating patient autonomy, access to information, and choice. Palliative care includes, but is not limited to: comprehensive pain and symptom management and discussion of treatment options appropriate to the patient, including hospice care, when appropriate. "Serious illness" means any medical illness or physical injury or condition that substantially impacts quality of life for more than a short period of time. Serious illness includes, but is not limited to: cancer; heart, renal, or liver failure; lung disease; and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. L.2019, c.227, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5p (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5p - "Palliative Care and Hospice Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program."

26:2H-5p "Palliative Care and Hospice Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program."  2. a. There is established the "Palliative Care and Hospice Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program" in the Department of Health. b. The purpose of the program is to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care and hospice care initiatives in the State by ensuring that comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care and hospice care are available to the public, to health care providers, and to health care facilities. c. The Palliative Care and Hospice Care Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.227 (C.26:2H-5r) shall, in collaboration with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, develop and implement the program established under this section, including developing and implementing any initiatives regarding palliative care and hospice care services and education that the council determines would further the purposes of this section. L.2019, c.227, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5q (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5q - Provision of information to certain patients, residents and family members.

26:2H-5q Provision of information to certain patients, residents and family members.  3. a. Every hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation facility, and other facility which is identified by the Commissioner of Health to be appropriate and which is licensed in this State shall provide information about appropriate palliative care and hospice care services to patients and residents with a serious illness or, in the event the patient or resident lacks capacity to make health care decisions, to a family member or other person legally authorized to make health care decisions for the patient or resident. b. If a hospital, nursing home, or facility fails to comply with the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the Commissioner of Health may require the hospital, nursing home, or facility to provide a plan of action to bring the hospital, nursing home, or facility into compliance. c. In implementing the provisions of this section, the department shall: (1) consult with the Palliative Care and Hospice Care Advisory Council established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.227 (C.26:2H-5r); and (2) take into account factors that may impact the ability of a hospital, nursing home, or facility to comply with the requirements of subsection a. of this section. These factors may include, but are not limited to: the size of the hospital, nursing home, or facility; access and proximity to palliative care and hospice care services, including the availability of palliative care and hospice care board-certified practitioners and related workforce staff; and geographic factors. L.2019, c.227, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5s (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5s - Provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department.

26:2H-5s Provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department.  1. The emergency department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall develop and implement a plan to integrate the provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department for whom palliative care is appropriate. The plan shall include: (1) the adoption of a standardized screening tool , as recommended by the Department of Health, for use by health care professionals in the emergency department to facilitate the identification of patients who present to the emergency department for acute symptom management, pain relief, or otherwise, who would benefit from palliative care services; (2) the provision of patient-centered information , as developed by the Department of Health, concerning the benefits of palliative care, the conditions, diagnoses, and disease stage for which palliative care is generally appropriate, and referrals to providers of outpatient palliative care services, when appropriate; and (3) consideration of the unique needs of patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities or behavioral health issues who present to the emergency department and for whom palliative care may be indicated.  L.2019, c.421, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.1 - Collection of information on costs and revenues; report to legislature

26:2H-5.1. Collection of information on costs and revenues; report to legislature  The Commissioner of the Department of Health shall, on a continuous basis, collect information concerning all costs and revenues of residential health care facilities licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 136 (C. 26:2H-1 et seq.) so as to provide a means for the Legislature to determine whether it is advisable for the commissioner to set variable rates for payment to such facilities and whether payments for Supplemental Security Income under P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.) for eligible residents of such facilities should be supplemented in accordance with any such rates. One year following the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall submit a report to the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee and Standing Reference Committees on Institutions, Health and Welfare containing the information required herein to be collected. To collect information concerning the costs and resources of residential health care facilities, the commissioner is authorized to conduct such field visits and audits as may be necessary, and the owners of such facilities shall submit such reports, audits and accountings of cost as the commissioner may require by regulation; provided, however, that such reports, audits and accountings shall be the minimum necessary to implement the provisions of this section. L.1979, c. 496, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.1c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.1c - Ambulatory care facility to use common billing form.

26:2H-5.1c Ambulatory care facility to use common billing form.  1. An ambulatory care facility licensed to provide surgical services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall use a common billing form, designated by the Commissioner of Health, for each patient when billing for health care services. The information provided on the billing form shall, to the extent applicable, be the same as that required of hospitals.  L.2009, c.263, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.161.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.1d (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.1d - Identification numbers of physicians publicly available.

26:2H-5.1d Identification numbers of physicians publicly available.  2. The commissioner shall make publicly available the identification number for the physician or physicians, as applicable, that appear on hospital billing forms and billing forms of ambulatory care facilities licensed to provide surgical services, to the extent that doing so is consistent with the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-191. L.2009, c.263, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.1e (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.1e - Quarterly report from ambulatory care facility; required information.

26:2H-5.1e Quarterly report from ambulatory care facility; required information.  3. a. An ambulatory care facility licensed to provide surgical services pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall be required to report quarterly to the Department of Health, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner: (1) process quality indicators of infection control as selected by the commissioner in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee within the department; and  (2) beginning 30 days after the adoption of regulations pursuant to this act, data on infection rates for the major site categories that define facility-associated infection locations, multiple infections, and device-related and non-device related infections, as selected by the commissioner in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee within the department.  b. The information reported pursuant to this section shall be transmitted in such a manner as to not include identifying information about patients. c. The commissioner shall promptly advise an ambulatory care facility in the event that the commissioner determines, based on information reported by the facility, that a change in facility practices or policy is necessary to improve performance in the prevention of facility-associated infection and quality of care provided at the facility. d. The commissioner shall make available to members of the public, on the official Internet website of the department, the information reported pursuant to this section, in such a format as the commissioner deems appropriate to enable comparison among ambulatory care facilities with respect to the information. e. In order to effectuate the purposes of this section, the commissioner, in consultation with the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee in the department, shall, by regulation: establish standard methods for identifying and reporting facility-associated infections; identify the major site categories for which infections shall be reported, taking into account the categories most likely to improve the delivery and outcome of health care in the State; and specify the methodology for presenting the data to the public, including procedures to adjust for differences in case mix and severity of infections among facilities. L.2009, c.263, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.162.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.1f (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.1f - Rules, regulations.

26:2H-5.1f Rules, regulations.  4. The Commissioner of Health, 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. L.2009, c.263, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.163.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.7 - State Health Planning Board established.

26:2H-5.7 State Health Planning Board established.  33. There is established in the Department of Health a State Health Planning Board. The members of the board shall include: the Commissioners of Health, Children and Families, and Human Services, or their designees, who shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members; the chairmen of the Health Care Administration Board and the Public Health Council, or their designees, who shall serve as ex officio members; and nine public members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, five of whom are consumers of health care services who are neither providers of health care services or persons with a fiduciary interest in a health care service. Of the additional public members first appointed pursuant to P.L.1998, c.43, two shall serve for a term of two years and two shall serve for a term of three years. Following the expiration of the original terms, the public members shall serve for a term of four years and are eligible for reappointment. Public members serving on the board on the effective date of P.L.1998, c.43 shall continue to serve for the term of their appointment. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, for the unexpired term. Public members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed. The public members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds available to the board.  a. A member or employee of the State Health Planning Board shall not, by reason of his performance of any duty, function, or activity required of, or authorized to be undertaken by the board, be held civilly or criminally liable if that person acted within the scope of his duty, function, or activity as a member or employee of the board, without gross negligence or malice toward any person affected thereby.  b. A member of the State Health Planning Board shall not vote on any matter before the board concerning an individual or entity with which the member has, or within the last 12 months has had, any substantial ownership, employment, medical staff, fiduciary, contractual, creditor, or consultative relationship. A member who has or has had such a relationship with an individual or entity involved in any matter before the board shall make a written disclosure of the relationship before any action is taken by the board with respect to the matter and shall make the relationship public in any meeting in which action on the matter is to be taken.  L.1991, c.187, s.33; amended 1998, c.43, s.4; 2006, c.47, s.108; 2012, c.17, s.164.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.8 - Review of application for certificate of need.

26:2H-5.8 Review of application for certificate of need.  34. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1998, c.43). b. The State Health Planning Board shall review applications for certificates of need and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Health.  c. In the case of an application for a certificate of need to transfer ownership of an existing general acute care hospital or to close or eliminate a health care facility or service that is subject to review by the State Health Planning Board, the State Health Planning Board shall hold at least one public hearing in the service area of the health care facility or service; except that, in the event the Attorney General or the Department of Health is required by State law to hold a public hearing on the transfer of ownership of the hospital, the State Health Planning Board shall not be required to hold a public hearing on the application for a certificate of need to transfer ownership of the hospital. The public hearing shall be held no later than 30 days after an application is deemed complete by the Commissioner of Health. Public notice of the hearing shall be provided at least two weeks in advance of the date of the hearing. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection to the contrary, in the event that the commissioner determines that a proposed closure or elimination of a health care facility or service should be considered on an expedited basis in order to preserve the quality of health care provided to the community, the commissioner may reduce the period of time required for public notice of the hearing. L.1991, c.187, s.34; amended 1992, c.31, s.1; 1999, c.43, s.5; 2012, c.17, s.165.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.10 - Findings, declarations relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.

26:2H-5.10 Findings, declarations relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The use of conventional needles results in increased risk of HIV infection and hepatitis B and C to health care workers; b. Each year, from 150 to 200 health care workers die and many suffer chronic and debilitating diseases due to needle stick injuries; c. Equipment exists to prevent most injuries that result from needle stick injuries but overall concern with cutting health care costs has impeded the widespread use of advanced, safer technology; and d. Newer, safer needle technology should be adopted in health care facilities. L.1999,c.311,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2H-5.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2H-5.11 - Definitions relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.

26:2H-5.11 Definitions relative to use of needles, sharp devices in health care facilities.  2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Department" means the Department of Health. "Needle stick injury" means the parenteral introduction into the body of a health care worker of blood or other potentially infectious material by a needle or other sharp device during the worker's performance of health care duties in a health care facility. L.1999, c.311, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.166.