New Jersey S1996 revises laws on electronic medical records and recording minor patients' demographic information.
New Jersey S1996 makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording certain minor patients' demographic information. The bill mandates that general acute care hospitals implement an evidence-based cultural competency training program for staff responsible for collecting patient demographic information. It prohibits hospitals and clinical laboratories from collecting data on sexual orientation or gender identity from minor patients unless the minor or their parent or guardian voluntarily provides the data.
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