New Jersey S4408 creates a voluntary pilot program allowing certain psychiatric facilities to temporarily use adult acute beds as adult closed acute.
New Jersey S4408 establishes a voluntary pilot program for a period of 24 months, 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 altering the facility's licensed bed capacity, requiring approval from the Department of Health, or necessitating a change in licensure status.
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