Bill Text: NJ A5119 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires DOH to update epilepsy website and increase public outreach efforts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [A5119 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5119-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 5119

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JULY 13, 2017

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOH to update epilepsy website and increase public outreach efforts.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act concerning epilepsy and public outreach efforts, and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a. The Department of Health shall compile or develop information about epilepsy, including the diverse manifestations of the disease, the various types of seizures, the frequency with which they typically occur, and treatment options. The department shall make such information available on its dedicated Epilepsy website, and shall maintain and periodically update the website as needed.  

     b. The department shall increase its public outreach efforts through the development, delivery, and dissemination of informational programs and materials, including information on seizure recognition, to first responders, health care professionals, teachers and other school district personnel, parents, and the general public in order to raise awareness of epilepsy in the State.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that the Department of Health (DOH) maintain and periodically update its Epilepsy website, and include on it certain information about epilepsy, to be compiled or developed by DOH, including the diverse manifestations of the disease, the various types of seizures, the frequency with which they typically occur, and treatment options.

     The bill also provides that the DOH increase its public outreach efforts through the development, delivery, and dissemination of informational programs and materials, including information on how to recognize seizures, to first responders, health care professionals, teachers, and other school district personnel, parents, and the general public.

     The purpose of the bill is to raise epilepsy awareness in the State  by ensuring that relevant information is available via the DOH's Epilepsy website, and through appropriately targeted public outreach efforts.

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