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Statement to Senate Concurrent Resolution - Senate Commerce Committee (New Jersey, 2020)

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A Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate Concurrent Resolution, State of New Jersey, dated January 27, 2020, reporting the concurrent resolution favorably. The statement says the concurrent resolution urges the federal government to make the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) available to state health care professional boards without cost. It says state professional licensing boards may access the information for a fee of two dollars per search and that many boards do not regularly perform record searches. The statement describes the fee as a barrier to regular use of the database.

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“Statement to Senate Concurrent Resolution - Senate Commerce Committee (New Jersey, 2020).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2020-01-27-scm-scr36-s1-ff99ec6aeb/, SHA-256 bfc607e059f031149c15da7776a57973f1894f07d9a690a66a7c5e804fb16e2a.

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       SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                      STATEMENT TO

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 36

   STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                     DATED: JANUARY 27, 2020

     The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate
  Concurrent Resolution No. 845.
     This concurrent resolution urges the federal government to make
  the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) available to state
  health care professional boards without cost.
     The NPDB provides information on adverse actions against
  health care practitioners. The information is not available to the
  public, but state professional licensing boards may access its
  information for a fee of two dollars per search. Record searches
  performed through the NPDB offer critical information to state
  professional licensing boards, which make decisions regarding the
  licensure or continued licensure of certain health care practitioners
  within the state.
     Many boards do not regularly perform record searches to
  determine if applicants for licensure or licensed practitioners have
  faced any adverse actions. Without regular record searches, boards
  may be unaware of adverse actions that may otherwise lead to the
  denial of an application for licensure or the revocation of licensure.
     The NPDB’s two dollar fee for record searches represents a
  barrier to the regular use of the database. By providing state
  professional licensing boards with free access to the database, the
  federal government can help improve patient safety in New Jersey
  and throughout the United States.
      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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