Bill Text: NJ S273 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires reporting of opioid deaths.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S273 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-S273-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires reporting of opioid deaths.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning opioid deaths 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. A coroner, medical examiner, or health care professional who examines an individual whose death was caused by opioid use shall report the death and the type of opioid that was the cause of death, if that information is ascertainable, to the Department of Health, in a manner determined by the Commissioner of Health.
As used in this section:
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Health care professional" means an individual licensed by this State, pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.
b. The Commissioner of Health shall publish on the department's Internet website the number of deaths caused by opioids and the type of opioid that was the cause of death, if that information is ascertainable, according to reports received by the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
2. The Commissioner of Health shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules or regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a coroner, medical examiner, or health care professional who examines an individual whose death was caused by opioid use to report the death and the type of opioid that was the cause of death, if that information is ascertainable, to the Department of Health (DOH) in a manner determined by the Commissioner of Health.
The DOH will be required to publish, on its Internet website, the number of deaths caused by opioids and the type of opioid that was the cause of death, if that information is ascertainable, according to reports received by the DOH pursuant to the bill.
