Sponsored by:
Senator DAWN MARIE ADDIEGO
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
Senator DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Greenstein, T.Kean, Cruz-Perez
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes certain forms of testing for coronavirus disease 2019.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning coronavirus disease 2019 testing.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, regulation, or rule to the contrary, individuals in this State shall be authorized to undergo testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 or antibodies from the coronavirus disease 2019 as may be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, including self-collection of testing specimens, the use of mail-order laboratory testing services, the use of home testing kits, and the use of laboratories that have federal approval but are not otherwise licensed in New Jersey.
b. The results of any testing conducted in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be entered into the Department of Health’s communicable disease reporting and surveillance system and sent to the tested individual and to the health care professional who authorized the test.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire upon the end of both the state of emergency and the public health emergency declared in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
STATEMENT
This bill authorizes individuals in New Jersey to undergo testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 or antibodies from the coronavirus disease 2019 as may be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, including self-collection of testing specimens, the use of mail-order laboratory testing services, the use of home testing kits, and the use of laboratories that have federal approval but are not otherwise licensed in New Jersey. The results of any testing conducted in accordance with the provisions of the bill are to be entered into the Department of Health’s communicable disease reporting and surveillance system and sent to the tested individual and to the health care professional who authorized the test.