Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
This bill establishes legal protections for patients and healthcare providers accessing or providing reproductive and gender-affirming health care services in New Jersey. It creates a new crime for interfering with these services (including physical obstruction, intimidation, or damaging property), with penalties ranging from a disorderly persons offense to a fourth-degree crime. The bill also prevents New Jersey from extraditing people for legally protected health care activities, prohibits licensing boards from penalizing providers for services that are legal in New Jersey but illegal in other states, and protects patient privacy related to these services. It specifically ensures that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus has no independent legal rights under New Jersey law.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jun 25, 2024
Last action Jun 25, 2024
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Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
4 primary · 34 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
P
Ellen Park
DDemocratic
P
Garnet Hall
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara McCann Stamato
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Moen
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Spearman
DDemocratic
Co
Carmen Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Cleopatra Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Bailey
DDemocratic
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