New Jersey A 507: Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.

Bill Text

A507 

ASSEMBLY, No. 507 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes civil immunity for damages arising out of 
birth injury or congenital defect for physicians providing prenatal care under 
certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning civil immunity for physicians 
providing prenatal care and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� A physician who provides 
prenatal care to a pregnant woman shall be immune from civil liability for 
damages resulting from the woman giving birth to a child having a birth injury 
or congenital defect, provided that all of the following requirements are met:

���� a.��� the skill and care 
provided in the course of prenatal treatment is that ordinarily required and 
exercised by those in the medical profession;

���� b.��� the woman, of her own 
volition, did not receive prenatal care from the physician during the final 
eight weeks of her pregnancy;

���� c.��� the physician advised 
the woman of the importance and benefits of receiving regular, ongoing prenatal 
care through the end of the pregnancy; and

���� d.��� either: 

���� (1) the signs, symptoms, or 
other indicia of the birth injury or congenital defect were not reasonably 
detectable in the ordinary course of the prenatal care the woman received from 
the physician up to the date of her last prenatal care visit with the physician; 
or 

���� (2)� the physician detected 
signs, symptoms, or other indicia of a potential birth injury or congenital 
defect and, based on the best available information, advised the woman as to: 

���� (a)�� the likelihood that the 
fetus would be born with a birth injury or congenital defect; 

���� (b)� the nature and 
consequences of the potential birth injury or congenital defect; and

���� (c)�� options with regard to 
medically significant prenatal and post-birth intervention, testing, or 
treatment appropriate to the medical condition of both the woman and the fetus 
or child, including the risks and benefits associated with each option, but not 
including experimental treatments not yet accepted by the medical 
establishment. 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately, and shall apply to any birth which occurs on or after the 
effective date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes civil 
immunity for damages arising out of a child being born with a birth injury or 
congenital defect for physicians who provide prenatal care to the mother, 
provided that certain conditions are met.

���� For civil immunity to apply, 
the bill would require that the skill and care provided in the course of 
prenatal treatment is that ordinarily required and exercised by those in the 
medical profession; the woman, of her own volition, did not receive prenatal 
care from the physician during the final eight weeks of her pregnancy; the 
physician advised the woman of the importance and benefits of receiving 
regular, ongoing prenatal care through the end of the pregnancy; and either: 
(1) the signs, symptoms, or other indicia of the birth injury or congenital 
defect were not reasonably detectable in the ordinary course of the prenatal 
care the woman received from the physician up to the date of her last prenatal 
care visit with the physician; or (2) the physician detected signs, symptoms, 
or other indicia of the potential birth injury or congenital defect and, based 
on the best available information, advised the woman as to: 

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the likelihood that the fetus would be born with a birth injury 
or congenital defect; 

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the nature and consequences of the potential birth injury or 
congenital defect; and

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options with regard to medically significant prenatal and 
post-birth intervention, testing, or treatment appropriate to the medical 
condition of both the woman and the fetus or child, including the risks and 
benefits associated with each option, but not including experimental treatments 
not yet accepted by the medical establishment.

���� This bill would take effect 
immediately and would apply to any birth occurring on or after the effective 
date.