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A5041 • 2026

Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.

Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Brennan, Katie
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.

Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5041

ASSEMBLY, No. 5041

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� KATIE BRENNAN

District 32 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires all students enrolled in grades six through
12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning physicals for certain students and
supplementing chapter 40 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The board of
education of a public school district and the governing board or chief school
administrator of a nonpublic school shall require that each student enrolled in
grades six through 12 have a physical examination using the �Preparticipation
Physical Evaluation� form developed pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of
P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.7).� The licensed physician, advanced practice
nurse, or physician assistant who performs the physical examination shall sign
the form�s certification statement attesting to the completion of the
professional development module developed pursuant to subsection a. of section
3 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41d).� The board of education of a public school
district and the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic
school shall retain the original signed statement to attest to the
qualifications of the health care practitioner to perform the physical
examination required pursuant to this subsection.

���� b.��� A student enrolled in grades
six through 12 who participates on a school-sponsored interscholastic or
intramural athletic team or squad shall satisfy the requirements of subsection
a. of this section in accordance with the provisions of the �Scholastic
Student-Athlete Safety Act,� P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.6 et seq.).

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first be applicable to the 2023-2024 school year.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that every
student enrolled in grades six through 12 in a public or nonpublic school
undergo a physical examination using the �Preparticipation Physical Evaluation�
form.� The licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant
who performs the physical examination will sign the form�s certification
statement attesting to the completion of the Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening
professional development module developed pursuant to current law.� The school
will retain the original signed statement to attest to the qualifications of
the health care practitioner to perform the physical examination.

���� Under current law, a student
enrolled in grades six through 12, who is on a school-sponsored interscholastic
or intramural athletic team or squad, is required to have a physical
examination using the �Preparticipation Physical Evaluation� form.� Current law
also specifies that the physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician
assistant who conducts the physical is required to complete a Student-Athlete
Cardiac Screening professional development module to increase the assessment
skills of those health care practitioners.� That training module emphasizes the
ability to recognize and identify symptoms of cardiac disease and cardiac
abnormalities among students.