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S4055 • 2026

Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.

Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.

Education
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Burzichelli, John J.
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.

Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

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

Official Summary Text

Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4055

SENATE, No. 4055

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 23, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast
cancer.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
requiring an approved nursing school curriculum to
include education on inflammatory breast cancer
and supplementing
chapter 11 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes
.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this section,
"inflammatory breast cancer" means a type of invasive breast cancer
that blocks lymph vessels in the skin.

���� b.���
The
curriculum in each educational program of professional nursing in this State
shall include education on inflammatory breast cancer, which shall be developed
in consultation with experts on the study, diagnosis, and treatment of
inflammatory breast cancer.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the 12th month next following enactment, except that
the commissioner and the Board of Nursing may take any anticipatory
administrative action in advance thereof as may be necessary for the
implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

���� The bill requires that every
professional nursing curriculum include education on inflammatory breast cancer
(IBC).� IBC is a rare form of breast cancer, with symptoms and treatment
different than more common breast cancers.� IBC's symptoms include breast
inflammation caused by cancer cells blocking lymph vessels in the skin, pitting
and thickening of the skin, and localized pain and itch.

���� IBC often does not cause a
breast lump and might not show up on a mammogram, which makes it harder to
diagnose.� It tends to occur in women under the age of 40, develop more
frequently in Black women, appear in overweight women, and grow and spread more
quickly than more common types of breast cancer.

���� As with any form of cancer,
early diagnosis and treatment provide the best opportunities for successful
outcomes.� Expanding nursing curriculum to include education on IBC will
improve the probability of early detection and allow for early stage treatment
options that will improve survival rates.