Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 760 — State of New Jersey (February 10, 2022)

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The Senate Commerce Committee of the State of New Jersey, in a statement dated February 10, 2022, reports favorably Senate Bill No. 760, which would amend the "New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act." The Division of Consumer Affairs would develop and maintain publicly accessible profiles of all health care professionals it licenses; the statement says only physicians, podiatrists and optometrists currently have profiles. Profiles would add facility restrictions, any Medicare or Medicaid exclusions, and actions by federal regulators such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The License Verification System website would carry a disclaimer pointing to the fuller background information.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
760

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY
10, 2022

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 760.

This bill would amend the “New Jersey Health Care
Consumer Information Act,” P.L.2003, c.96 (C.45:9-22.21 et seq.) by
requiring the Division of Consumer Affairs to develop and maintain
publicly-accessible profiles of all health care professionals licensed by the
division. Currently, only physicians, podiatrists, and optometrists have such
profiles. The bill would incorporate, as applicable, these health care
professions into the current statute.

The bill would also
expand the information collected for a profile on a health care professional to
include: 1) restrictions placed on health care professionals in New
Jersey-based or out-of-State facilities; 2) any Medicare or Medicaid
exclusions; 3) any actions taken by federal regulators such as the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration or Drug Enforcement Agency; and 4) any other
information required pursuant to regulation from the Division of Consumer
Affairs.

The bill would also
require the division to post on the website it maintains for the License
Verification System a disclaimer that the verification system only contains
information on the license status of health care professionals and that
extensive background information on New Jersey-licensed health care
professionals is available at the website maintained by the division under the
requirements of the “New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act,”
P.L.2003, c.96 (C.45:9-22.21 et seq.).

Lastly, the bill would
establish an effective date of the first day of the thirteenth month next
following enactment.

This
bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2022-2023 session pending technical
review. As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical
review, which has been performed.

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