New Jersey A 2237: Modifies certain definitions related to transient accommodation taxes and fees.

Bill Text

A2237 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2237 

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)

SYNOPSIS

���� Removes requirements for surgical practices to be 
licensed as ambulatory care facilities and requires surgical practices to 
register with DOH.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act addressing surgical practices and amending P.L.1971, 
c.136.

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

���� 1.� Section 12 of P.L.1971, 
c.136 (C.26:2H-12) is amended to read as follows:

���� 12.� a.� No health care 
service or health care facility shall be operated unless it shall: (1) possess 
a valid license or registration issued pursuant to [this act] P.L.1971, 
c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), which license or registration shall 
specify the kind or kinds of health care services the facility is authorized to 
provide; (2) establish and maintain a uniform system of cost accounting 
approved by the commissioner; (3) establish and maintain a uniform system of 
reports and audits meeting the requirements of the commissioner; (4) prepare 
and review annually a long range plan for the provision of health care 
services; and (5) establish and maintain a centralized, coordinated system of 
discharge planning which assures every patient a planned program of continuing 
care and which meets the requirements of the commissioner which requirements 
shall, where feasible, equal or exceed those standards and regulations 
established by the federal government for all federally-funded health care facilities 
but shall not require any person who is not in receipt of State or federal 
assistance to be discharged against his will. 

���� b.� (1)� Application for a 
license for a health care service or health care facility shall be made upon 
forms prescribed by the department.� The department shall charge a single, 
nonrefundable fee for the filing of an application for and issuance of a license 
and a single, nonrefundable fee for any renewal thereof, and a single, 
nonrefundable fee for a biennial inspection of the facility, as it shall from 
time to time fix in rules or regulations; provided, however, that no such 
licensing fee shall exceed $10,000 in the case of a hospital and $4,000 in the 
case of any other health care facility for all services provided by the 
hospital or other health care facility, and no such inspection fee shall exceed 
$5,000 in the case of a hospital and $2,000 in the case of any other health 
care facility for all services provided by the hospital or other health care 
facility.� No inspection fee shall be charged for inspections other than 
biennial inspections.� Any surgical practice required to apply for licensure by 
the department as an ambulatory care facility pursuant to P.L.2017, c.283 shall 
be exempt from the initial and renewal license fees required by this section.� 
The application shall contain the name of the health care facility, the kind or 
kinds of health care service to be provided, the location and physical 
description of the institution, and such other information as the department 
may require. 

���� (2)�� A license shall be 
issued by the department upon its findings that the premises, equipment, 
personnel, including principals and management, finances, rules and bylaws, and 
standards of health care service are fit and adequate and there is reasonable 
assurance the health care facility will be operated in the manner required by 
this act and rules and regulations thereunder.

���� (3)�� The department shall 
post on its Internet website each inspection report prepared following an 
inspection of a residential health care facility, as defined in section 1 of 
P.L.1953, c.212 (C.30:11A-1) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 
et seq.), that is performed pursuant to this subsection, along with any other 
inspection report prepared by or on behalf of the department for such facility.

���� (4)� Application for a 
registration for a surgical practice shall be made upon forms prescribed by the 
department.� The department shall charge a single, nonrefundable fee for the 
filing of a registration that shall not exceed $1,000.� The registration shall 
be valid for five years.� �

���� If an inspection reveals a 
serious health and safety violation at a residential health care facility, the 
department shall post the inspection report, including the name of the facility 
and the owner of the facility, on its website no later than 72 hours following 
the inspection.� If a license of a residential health care facility is 
suspended, the department shall post the suspension on its website no later 
than 72 hours following the suspension.� The department shall update its 
website to reflect the correction of a serious health and safety violation, and 
the lifting o