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UPDATES ON CURRENT NJ BILLS
A3648 (Quijano/Vainieri-Huttle/Jasey) S477 (Vitale, Scutari) |
CIVIL STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE Primary partner NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
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MATERNAL HEALTH PACKAGE |
A1662 (Pintor Marin/ Jimenez/Sumter) S1784 (Weinberg/Gill) |
Provides Medicaid coverage for doula care.
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
A4930 (Sumter/Swain) S3373 (Greenstein/Cruz-Perez) |
Establishes training protocols and treatment guidelines for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Passed Assembly |
A4931 (Conaway/Quijano/ Vainieri-Huttle) S3363 (Pou/Greenstein/Kean) |
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.*
2nd reading in Assembly |
A4932 (Mosquera/Taliaferro/ Benson) S3365 (Pou/Cryan) |
Establishes perinatal episode of care pilot program in Medicaid.
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
A-4933 (Timberlake/Lampitt/ Vainieri Huttle) S3377 (Ruiz,Greenstein) |
“Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
2nd reading in Assembly |
A4934 (Reynolds-Jackson/ Jones) S3374 (Greenstein/Singer) |
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy.
2nd reading in Assembly |
A4935 (McKnight/Mukherji/ Vainieri-Huttle) S3378 (Ruiz/Greenstein) |
Prohibits health benefits coverage for certain non-medically indicated early elective deliveries under Medicaid program, SHBP, and SEHBP.
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
A4936 (Carter/Chaparro/ Vainieri Huttle) S3375 (Ruiz/Greenstein) |
Establishes maternal health care pilot program to evaluate shared decision-making tool developed by DOH and used by hospitals providing maternity services, and by birthing centers.
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
A4937 (Jasey/Johnson/Verrelli) S3364 (Pou, Cryan, Kean) |
Requires DOH to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.
Passed Assembly |
A4938 (Tucker/Pinkin/Vainieri Huttle) S3376 (Ruiz/Greenstein/Gopal) |
Requires DOH to establish "My Life, My Plan" program to support women of childbearing age in developing reproductive life plan.
Passed Assembly |
A4939 (Lopez/Wimberly/ Lampitt) S3372 (Cruz-Perez, Greenstein)
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Requires DOH to develop interconception care resources to enhance postpartum care for women
2nd reading in Assembly |
A4940 (Downey/Holley/Lopez) S3371 (Cruz-Perez, Greenstein) |
Directs DOH to develop standardized perinatal health curriculum for community health workers
2nd reading in Assembly |
A4941 (Vainieri Huttle/Spearman/Jimenez) S3370 (Cruz-Perez, Greenstein) |
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public health campaign.
Passed Assembly |
AR-219 (Speight/Murphy/ Timberlake) SR121 (Ruiz/Weinberg) |
(pending referral) Encourages DOH to develop set of standards for respectful care at birth and to conduct public outreach initiative.
Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions Filed w/Sec. of State |
AR-226 (McKnight/Vainieri-Huttle/Downey) SR126 (Rice/Singer) |
(pending referral) Urges CDC to adopt uniform data system to collect information on maternal mortality.
Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions Filed w/Sec. of State |
A4993 (Lampitt/Pintor Marin/Mosquera) S3406 (Kean, Vitale) |
Codifies current requirements regarding completion of Perinatal Risk Assessment form by certain Medicaid health care providers.
Passed both houses 3/25/2019 |
A5021 (Quijano/Bramnick/ Reynolds Jackson) S3405 (Kean, Vitale) |
Requires Medicaid coverage for group prenatal care services under certain circumstances.
Passed Assembly |
A5029 (Sumter/Reynolds-Jackson/Johnson) S3522 (Rice, Kean) |
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial and ethnic disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
Passed Assembly |
A5031 (Speight/McKnight/ Timberlake) S3455 (Ruiz) |
Requires hospital emergency departments to ask women of childbearing age about recent pregnancy history.
Passed Assembly |
A3868 (Mosquera) S3868 (Ruiz) |
MENSTRUAL EQUALITY Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee |
A1428 (McKnight/Chaparro, Annette/Chiaravalloti/ S2653 (Ruiz/Cunningham) |
HUMAN TRAFFICKING Primary partner NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking 2nd Reading in Assembly to Concur with Senate Amendments |
A-1738 (Quijano/Mukherji/ S1340 (Cryan/Cruz-Perez/Ruiz) |
DRIVER’S LICENSES FOR UNDOCUMENTED Coalition partner Let’s Drive NJ
Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee – Stalled pending Assembly Elections |