New Jersey A 2225: Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

Bill Text

A2225 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2225 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Schaer, 
Sampson, Assemblywomen Bagolie and Swain

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires health care professionals to perform lead 
screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning lead screening and supplementing 
P.L.1995, c.328 (C.26:2-137.2 et seq.).

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

���� 1.� As used in this act:

���� �Department� means the 
Department of Health

���� �Lead screening� means the 
application of a detection technique to measure a person�s blood lead level and 
determine the extent of the person�s recent exposure to lead.

����� 2.�� a.� 
A licensed health care professional, which shall include a licensed physician, 
licensed physician assistant, certified advanced practice nurse, certified 
nurse midwife, certified professional midwife, and certified midwife, who 
provides prenatal maternity care to a pregnant person shall assess the person 
for possible risk factors for lead exposure and elevated blood lead levels 
based on the most recent guidelines and recommendations of the federal Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Obstetricians 
and Gynecologists.� 

����� b.�� If 
the health care professional cannot perform a required lead screening, the 
health care professional may refer the patient, in writing, to another health 
care professional who is able to perform the lead screening.

����� c.�� If 
the health care professional receives laboratory test results indicating that 
the pregnant person has an elevated blood lead level, the health care 
professional shall notify the patient, in writing, about the test results and 
shall additionally provide the patient with an explanation, in plain language, 
of the significance of lead poisoning.� The health care professional shall also 
take appropriate measures to ensure that any of the patient�s children or other 
members of the patient�s household who are under the age of six are, or have 
been, screened for lead exposure.

����� d.�� The 
health care professional shall not be required to conduct lead screening under 
this act if the patient objects to the testing in writing or if the health care 
professional determines that another health care provider has already conducted 
the lead screening required under this act.

���� e.���� The 
health care professional shall comply with the blood sample collection 
requirements specified in section 4 of P.L.1995, c.328 (C.26:2-137.5).

���� 3.��� A laboratory which 
performs a lead screening test pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of this 
act shall report the test results to the department, the local health 
department in the municipality in which the pregnant person who is the subject 
of the test resides, and the health care professional that submitted the 
specimen, within five business days of obtaining the test result.

���� 4.� a.� A record of all lead 
screenings conducted pursuant to section 2 of this act shall be included in the 
central database maintained by the department in accordance with provisions of 
section 5 of P.L. 1995, c.328 (C.26:2-137.6).

���� b.� The information reported 
to and compiled by the department pursuant to this act shall be confidential, 
except that the department may make such statistical reports available using 
information compiled from the database.� The information included in the 
statistical reports shall exclude the name or other personal identifying 
information of the pregnant person screened in accordance with all other 
federal and State laws regarding the confidentiality of medical information.

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

���� 6. �This act shall take effect 
on the first day of the third month next following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a licensed 
health care professional, which will include a licensed physician, licensed 
physician assistant, certified advanced practice nurse, certified nurse 
midwife, certified professional midwife, and certified midwife, who provides 
prenatal maternity care to a pregnant person, to assess the person for possible 
risk factors for lead exposure and elevated blood lead levels based on the most 
recent guidelines and recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists.

���� If the health care 
professional cannot p