"Reasonable Pediatric Questions Act"; eliminates requirement for clinical laboratories to ask certain children questions about gender identity and sexual orientation.

The "Reasonable Pediatric Questions Act" (A6247) removes a requirement for New Jersey clinical laboratories to ask children under 16 about their gender identity or sexual orientation. Currently, state law mandates labs to record this information for all patients, but the bill exempts children 16 and younger from these specific questions. Licensed labs no longer must collect or record gender identity or sexual orientation data for children under 16, though requirements for patients 17 and older remain unchanged. This change directly affects clinical laboratories and pediatric patients under 16 in New Jersey.