A2668

Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.

Introduced·1/13/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey A2668 mandates screening for high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths occurring 20 or more weeks after gestation.

New Jersey A2668 requires health care professionals to screen for high-risk conditions in pregnancies and newborns at federally qualified health centers or community health centers. If high-risk conditions are identified, patients must be referred to a perinatologist, a specialist in high-risk pregnancies. Additionally, fetal deaths occurring 20 or more weeks after gestation must be reported to a State electronic birth certificate and perinatal database.

Included in complete analysis

  • Overview
  • Core Provisions
  • Implementation
  • Impact
  • Legal Framework
  • Critical Issues

See what it does, who it affects, and the critical issues in plain language. Free, 30 seconds.

Where it stands

Current
Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

0
1
R
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Jan 13

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee