Bill Text: NJ AJR181 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [AJR181 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-AJR181-Introduced.html
No. 181
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED DECEMBER 10, 2018
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman NANCY F. MUNOZ
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Joint Resolution establishing the New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is established the New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission. The commission shall be responsible for examining Pharmacogenomics, which is the study of the relationship between a person's specific genetic makeup and the effectiveness or toxicity of medications used to treat any health-care related issue. The commission's examination shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) costs related to Pharmacogenomic testing currently and in the future;
(2) how implementing Pharmacogenomics may benefit prescribers, patients, and the State;
(3) various applications for Pharmacogenomics outside of medicine, such as the opioid crisis and others;
(4) the relationship between Pharmacogenomics applications in Personalized Medicine;
(5) the results of previous studies on prescribing medicines and treatments based on Pharmacogenomic science;
(6) methods of educating patients and prescribers on prescribing medicine and treatment based on genetic makeup;
(7) the relationship of Pharmacogenomics in the reduction of the number of deaths, disabilities, and hospitalization from Adverse Drug Events; and
(8) the expected costs and benefits from implementing Pharmacogenomics in the short-term and long-term.
b. The commission shall consist of ten members, to be appointed by the Governor as follows: a representative from the Department of Health; a representative from the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury; a representative from Rutgers Medical School; a representative from Rutgers School of Pharmacy; a representative from Fairleigh Dickinson School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; a representative from the New Jersey Hospital Association; a representative from the Medical of Society New Jersey; a representative from the New Jersey Pharmacists Association; a representative from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and a professor of genetics.
c. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled as provided for the original appointments.
d. The commission shall organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson from among the members. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the commission.
e. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the commission within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the commission for its purposes.
f. The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes.
g. The Department of Health shall provide staff support to the commission.
h. (1) No later than six months after organization, the commission shall hold at least two public hearings, one each in northern New Jersey and southern New Jersey.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, "northern New Jersey" means Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties; and "southern New Jersey" means Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties.
i. No later than six months after organization, the commission shall submit to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a report of its findings and recommendations for legislative, executive, or any other action as may be appropriate. The commission shall expire upon submission of its report.
2. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This joint resolution establishes the New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission (commission). Under the resolution, the commission is to be responsible for examining Pharmacogenomics, which is the study of the relationship between a person's specific genetic makeup and the effectiveness or toxicity of medications used to treat any health-care related issue. The commission's examination is to include, but is not to be limited to: (1) costs related to Pharmacogenomic testing currently and in the future; (2) how implementing Pharmacogenomics may benefit prescribers, patients, and the State; (3) various applications for Pharmacogenomics outside of medicine, such as the opioid crisis and others; (4) the relationship between Pharmacogenomics applications in Personalized Medicine; (5) the results of previous studies on prescribing medicines and treatments based on Pharmacogenomic science; (6) methods of educating patients and prescribers on prescribing medicine and treatment based on genetic makeup; (7) the relationship of Pharmacogenomics in the reduction of the number of deaths, disabilities, and hospitalization from Adverse Drug Events; and (8) the expected costs and benefits from implementing Pharmacogenomics in the short-term and long-term.
The commission is to consist of ten members, to be appointed by the Governor as follows: a representative from the Department of Health; a representative from the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury; a representative from Rutgers Medical School; a representative from Rutgers School of Pharmacy; a representative from Fairleigh Dickinson School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; a representative from the New Jersey Hospital Association; a representative from the Medical of Society New Jersey; a representative from the New Jersey Pharmacists Association; a representative from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and a professor of genetics.
The bill provides that the commission is to hold at least two public hearings, one each in northern New Jersey and southern New Jersey, and no later than six months after organization.
