New Jersey A5223 creates a voluntary pilot program allowing certain psychiatric facilities to temporarily use acute psychiatric beds as closed acute.
New Jersey A5223 establishes a voluntary pilot program allowing general hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and special psychiatric hospitals to temporarily use adult acute psychiatric beds as adult closed acute psychiatric beds. This flexibility is intended to meet patient care needs without requiring changes to the facility's licensed bed capacity, approval from the Department of Health, or modifications to the facility's licensure status.
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