New Jersey A 1391: Restores the death penalty for certain murders.

Bill Text

A1391 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1391 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK

District 37 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman Sampson

SYNOPSIS

���� Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant 
Licensure Compact.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act entering New Jersey into the Interstate Physician 
Assistant Licensure Compact and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The State of New Jersey enacts and enters into the PA licensure 
compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact in the form 
substantially as follows: 

���� Section 1.� Purpose

����� In order to strengthen access 
to Medical Services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of 
Medical Services, the Participating States of the PA Licensure Compact have 
allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements 
the existing authority of State Licensing Boards to license and discipline PAs 
and seeks to enhance the portability of a License to practice as a PA while 
safeguarding the safety of patients. This Compact allows Medical Services to be 
provided by PAs, via the mutual recognition of the Licensee�s Qualifying 
License by other Compact Participating States. This Compact also adopts the 
prevailing standard for PA licensure and affirms that the practice and delivery 
of Medical Services by the PA occurs where the patient is located at the time 
of the patient encounter, and therefore requires the PA to be under the 
jurisdiction of the State Licensing Board where the patient is located. State 
Licensing Boards that participate in this Compact retain the jurisdiction to 
impose Adverse Action against a Compact Privilege in that State issued to a PA 
through the procedures of this Compact. The PA Licensure Compact will alleviate 
burdens for military families by allowing active duty military personnel and 
their spouses to obtain a Compact Privilege based on having an unrestricted 
License in good standing from a Participating State.

���� Section 2. Definitions

���� In this Compact:

���� a.���� �Adverse Action� means 
any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a State�s 
laws which is imposed by a Licensing Board or other authority against a PA 
License or License application or Compact Privilege such as License denial, censure, 
revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the Licensee, or restriction 
on the Licensee�s practice.

���� b.��� �Compact Privilege� 
means the authorization granted by a Remote State to allow a Licensee from 
another Participating State to practice as a PA to provide Medical Services and 
other licensed activity to a patient located in the Remote State under the Remote 
State�s laws and regulations.

���� c.���� �Conviction� means a 
finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a felony or misdemeanor 
offense through adjudication or entry of a plea of guilt or no contest to the 
charge by the offender

���� d.��� �Criminal Background 
Check� means the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-based 
information for a License applicant for the purpose of obtaining that 
applicant�s criminal history record information, as defined in 28 C.F.R. � 
20.3(d), from the State�s criminal history record repository as defined in 28 
C.F.R. � 20.3(f).

���� e.���� �Data System� means the 
repository of information about Licensees, including but not limited to License 
status and Adverse Actions, which is created and administered under the terms 
of this Compact.

���� f.���� �Executive Committee� 
means a group of directors and ex-officio individuals elected or appointed 
pursuant to Section 7.f.(2)

���� g.��� �Impaired Practitioner� 
means a PA whose practice is adversely affected by health-related condition(s) 
that impact their ability to practice.

���� h.��� �Investigative 
Information� means information, records, or documents received or generated by 
a Licensing Board pursuant to an investigation.

���� i.���� �Jurisprudence 
Requirement� means the assessment of an individual�s knowledge of the laws and 
Rules governing the practice of a PA in a State.

���� j.���� �License� means current 
authorization by a State, other than authorization pursuant to a Compact 
Privilege, for a PA to provide Medical Services, which would be unlawful 
without current authorization.

���� k.��� �Licensee� means an 
individual who holds a License from a State to provide Medical Services as a 
PA.

���� l.���� �Licensing Board� means 
any State entity authorized to license and otherwise regulate PAs.

���� m.�� �Medical Services� means 
health care services provided for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure or 
relief of a health condition