New Jersey A5223 establishes a voluntary pilot program allowing licensed psychiatric facilities to temporarily use adult acute psychiatric beds as.
New Jersey A5223 creates a voluntary pilot program for licensed inpatient psychiatric facilities to temporarily use existing adult acute psychiatric beds as adult closed acute psychiatric beds. This flexibility does not require a change in the facility’s licensed bed capacity, approval from the Department of Health, or a change to the facility’s licensure status. The pilot program will run for 24 months, during which participating facilities must submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health detailing the patient type, duration, and number of instances of bed conversion.
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