Bill Text: NJ A545 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to residents.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee [A545 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2026-A545-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 545

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen)

Assemblyman JOHN V. AZZARITI JR., M.D.

District 39 (Bergen)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Flynn

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to residents.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning COVID-19 antiviral treatments in long-term care facilities 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.  Each long-term care facility shall maintain an adequate supply of antiviral treatment for COVID-19 on site for its residents.  The long-term care facility shall provide any resident, who has tested positive for COVID-19 and is symptomatic, antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

     b.  As used in this section, "long-term care facility" means a nursing home or assisted living residence licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, 41 c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to their residents.

     Under this bill, a long-term care facility will maintain an adequate supply of antiviral treatment for COVID-19 on site for its residents.  The long-term care facility will provide any resident, who has tested positive for COVID-19 and is symptomatic, antiviral treatment for COVID-19.  The bill defines "long-term care facility" to mean a nursing home or assisted living residence licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, 41 c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).