S4342 • 2026

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

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Corrado, Kristin M.
Last action: 2026-05-28
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 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.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens 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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S4342

SENATE, No. 4342

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

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

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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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.� 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.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each emergency
department of a general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136
(C.26:2H-1 et seq.) to 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 will
include, but not limited to, contact information for nearby local care
management organizations.

���� The bill defines a �care
management organization� to mean a county-based, nonprofit organization that
provides face-to-face care management for youth with complex needs and their
families.