Requires DCF to strengthen Statewide pediatric psychiatry and behavioral health care services for children and families.
What changed between versions
New subsection 1(a)(3) requires the NJPPC to provide medical education via case-based learning collaboratives, in partnership with the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, to address gaps in professional knowledge and skills relating to psychotropic medication management, side effect monitoring, co-occurring conditions, and care for youth with more complex presentations of psychiatric conditions.
The original text required NJPPC members to complete a requisite number of continuing education credits. The reprint replaces this with a requirement that the NJPPC itself provides medical education, shifting the obligation from individual practitioners to the collaborative as an organization.
Effective date language corrected from 'the first day of the six month next following enactment' to 'the first day of the sixth month next following enactment,' clarifying that the bill takes effect on the first day of the sixth month after enactment.
Subsections (b), (c), and (d) were restructured from continuations of a list into independent subsections with capitalized opening words, improving clarity of the bill's structure. The Statement section was removed, consistent with standard committee report formatting.
