New Jersey A 2611: Addresses fees charged for tickets for entry to places of entertainment and format in which tickets can be issued to ticket buyer.

Bill Text

A2611 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2611 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Sampson

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOH to establish Regional Hospital System 
Program for Emergency Preparedness and to annually survey preparedness and 
resiliency of State's hospital system in event of public emergency.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning emergency preparedness of the State�s 
hospital system and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a. The Department of 
Health shall establish a Regional Hospital System Program for Emergency 
Preparedness.� Under the program, regional coalitions of hospitals and local 
health departments located in the State shall develop plans and strategies to 
coordinate resources, services, and efforts to maintain the State�s hospital 
system in the event of a public emergency.� The department shall be authorized 
to modify or expand a similar collaborative program in operation upon the 
effective date of this act to fulfill the provisions of this section.��� 

���� b.��� In order to effectuate 
this program, the department shall:

���� (1)�� assign each hospital licensed 
in the State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and each local 
health department located within the State to a regional coalition, defined by 
geographic boundaries, and appoint one hospital in each coalition as the 
regional coordinator for the group; 

���� (2)�� establish criteria that 
the department will utilize to assess each regional coalition�s emergency 
preparedness plan, as submitted pursuant to subsection c. of this section.� 
This criteria, at a minimum, shall assess each coalition�s preparedness to 
address response coordination, medical readiness, medical surge capacity, 
equipment and staffing shortages, and continuity of health care services in the 
event of a public emergency;

���� (3)�� review and approve all 
emergency preparedness plans submitted pursuant to subsection c. of this 
section;� 

���� (4)�� coordinate with and 
support any regional coalition in order to resolve or revise an emergency 
preparedness plan that does not receive the department�s approval; 

���� (5)�� develop and implement 
systems for data and information sharing between and within regional coalitions 
both during and outside of a public emergency; and

���� (6)�� create a system under 
which department, hospital, or local health department leaders can be 
redeployed throughout the State to meet the needs of a public emergency.

���� c.���� Within 12 months of the 
department establishing the criteria required pursuant to paragraph (2) of 
subsection b. of this section, each regional coalition, under the leadership of 
the regional coordinator, shall submit an emergency preparedness plan to the 
department.� Plans created under this subsection shall be reviewed annually by 
the coalition and resubmitted to the department.

���� 2.��� a.� Upon the submission 
of an emergency preparedness plan by each regional coalition in the State, 
pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of this act, and annually thereafter, 
the Department of Health, in collaboration with the regional coalitions, healthcare 
sector stakeholders, and all relevant State agencies and entities as needed, 
shall survey the preparedness and resiliency of the State�s hospital system in 
the event of a public emergency.� The survey, at a minimum, shall include a 
review of any emergency response plan in place at a hospital licensed in the 
State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), as well as any emergency 
preparedness plan submitted to the department pursuant to subsection c. of 
section 1 of this act.� 

���� b.��� The department shall 
establish a grant program that provides funding and technical assistance to 
hospitals identified in the survey that are deficient in emergency 
preparedness, as determined by the department.

���� 3.��� As used in this act, 
"public emergency" means an environmental, public health, or public 
safety emergency that is occurring in New Jersey or in one or more counties, 
regions, or other parts of the State, and which is officially recognized and 
declared as an emergency by the Governor of New Jersey or by the President of 
the United States.

���� 4.��� The 
Department of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," 
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations 
necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

���� 5.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the 
Department of Health (department) to establish a Regional Hospital System 
Program for Emergency Preparedness and to annually survey the p