Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ
District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)
Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA
District 34 (Essex)
Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing a mental health crisis.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning emergency departments and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The emergency department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall provide each parent or guardian of a child, who presents to the emergency department experiencing a mental health crisis, with information about care management organizations, which information shall include, but not limited to, contact information for nearby local care management organizations.
b. As used in this section,
Care management organization means a county-based, nonprofit organization that provides face-to-face care management for youth with complex needs and their families.
2. This act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each emergency department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) to provide each parent or guardian of a child, who presents to the emergency department experiencing a mental health crisis, with information about care management organizations, which information will include, but not limited to, contact information for nearby local care management organizations.
The bill defines a care management organization to mean a county-based, nonprofit organization that provides face-to-face care management for youth with complex needs and their families.