Designates May 17 of each year as "Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day."
AJR 167 designates May 17 of each year as "Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Awareness Day" in New Jersey. The resolution requests the Governor issue an annual proclamation encouraging public recognition of this day to increase awareness about NEC, a serious intestinal condition affecting premature infants. It aligns with existing World NEC Awareness Day designations and aims to highlight NEC's impact, including its prevalence in premature infants and associated healthcare costs. (Procedural resolution; no new funding or regulations enacted.)
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May 2024
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Introduced May 2, 2024
Last action Mar 24, 2025
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Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
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May 2, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
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