Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 36, New Jersey, January 27, 2020

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This New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee statement, dated January 27, 2020, reports favorably a Senate concurrent resolution urging the federal government to make the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) available to state health care professional boards without cost. The statement explains that the NPDB provides information on adverse actions against health care practitioners and that licensing boards pay two dollars per search. It says many boards do not regularly perform record searches and that the fee is a barrier to regular use of the database. The statement adds that the measure was pre-filed for the 2020-2021 session and includes changes required by technical review.

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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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