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A2733 • 2026

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Katz, Andrea
Last action
2026-05-18
Official status
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (75-2-0)

  2. 2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

  3. 2026-05-07 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2733 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 2733

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ

District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywomen
Brennan and Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires emergency departments to provide certain
information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Children, Families and
Food Security Committee with technical review.

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An Act

concerning emergency departments 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 emergency
department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136
(C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall provide each parent or guardian of a child, who
presents to the emergency department experiencing a mental health crisis, with
information about care management organizations, which information shall
include, but not limited to, contact information for nearby local care
management organizations.

���� b.� As used in this section:

���� �Care management organization�
means a county-based, nonprofit organization that provides face-to-face care
management for youth with complex needs and their families.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
90 days after the date of enactment.