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S3794
SENATE, No. 3794
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires DOH to prepare resource guide on
preeclampsia and gestational diabetes for distribution to pregnant persons.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning preeclampsia and gestational diabetes and
supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1. �a. �The Department of
Health shall prepare a resource guide which provides information on preeclampsia
and gestational diabetes to all pregnant persons in the State.� The resource
guide shall be distributed to each pregnant person receiving perinatal
treatment and care, by the personnel at a hospital that provides inpatient
maternity services or birthing center licensed in the State pursuant to
P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), as part of the hospital or birthing
facility's patient intake process.
���� b.� The resource guide shall
be in a language the pregnant person understands and shall include, but not be
limited to, information on:
���� (1)� the symptoms and early
warning signs of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes;
���� (2)� the effects of
preeclampsia or gestational diabetes on a pregnant person and the pregnant
person�s baby; and
���� (3)� effective strategies that
will help a pregnant person advocate for, or communicate to a health care
provider any concerns the person has about, the person�s health and the health
of the person�s baby.
���� c.� The department shall
distribute the resource guide, at no charge, to all the hospitals and birthing
facilities in the State.� The department shall update the resource guide as
necessary, and shall make additional copies of the resource guide available to hospitals
and birthing facilities upon request.
���� d.� The department shall make
available on the department's Internet website, both in print and in an easily
printable format, the information contained in the resource guide prepared
pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and shall update this information as
necessary.
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the
Department of Health (DOH) to prepare a resource guide which provides
information on preeclampsia and gestational diabetes to all pregnant persons in
the State.
���� Specifically, the resource guide
is to be distributed to each pregnant person receiving perinatal treatment and
care, by the personnel at a hospital that provides inpatient maternity services
or birthing center licensed in the State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1
et seq.), as part of the hospital or birthing facility's patient intake
process.
���� The resource guide is to be in
a language the pregnant person understands and is to include, but not be
limited to, information on: (1) the symptoms and early warning signs of
preeclampsia and gestational diabetes; (2) the effects of preeclampsia or gestational
diabetes on a pregnant person and the pregnant person�s baby; and (3) effective
strategies that will help a pregnant person advocate for, or communicate to a
health care provider any concerns the person has about, the person�s health and
the health of the person�s baby.
���� Under the provisions of the
bill, the DOH is to: distribute the resource guide, at no charge, to all the
hospitals and birthing facilities in the State; update the guide as necessary;
make additional copies of the guide available to hospitals and birthing
facilities upon request; and make the information contained in the guide available
on its Internet website, both in print and in an easily printable format.