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Statement to Senate, No. 846 - Senate Commerce Committee (New Jersey, 2020)

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A Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate for Senate Bill No. 846, State of New Jersey, dated January 27, 2020, reporting the bill favorably. The statement says the bill requires the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs to provide certain information about health care professionals on the License Verification System maintained by the division. It says the background information must include, but need not be limited to, professional discipline, malpractice claims, settlements or judgments, loss of hospital privileges, criminal convictions, Medicaid or Medicare exclusions, and actions taken by federal regulators. It also says licensing boards must report relevant information to the director.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                   STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 846

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: JANUARY 27, 2020

   The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No.
846.
   This bill requires the Director of the Division of Consumer
Affairs to provide certain information concerning health care
professionals on the License Verification System maintained by the
division for any health care professional whose license may be
verified through use of that system.
   The bill provides that the background information must include,
but need not be limited to, the following information:
   (1) any professional discipline by a health care professional
board in this State or any other state;
   (2) any malpractice claim, settlement, or judgment against the
professional;
   (3) any loss of hospital privileges;
   (4) any criminal convictions;
   (5) any Medicaid or Medicare exclusions pursuant to
42 U.S.C. s.1320a–7;
   (6) any actions taken against the professional by federal
regulators; and
   (7) any other information as determined by the director pursuant
to regulation.
   The bill also requires the professional licensing boards that
regulate the practice of health care professionals to report to the
director any information relevant to the web-based background
information required to be provided pursuant to the bill.
    This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2020-2021 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.

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