New Jersey S516 mandates hospitals to ask patients aged 18 and older about substance use disorder and create protocols for treatment or referral.
New Jersey S516 requires general acute care hospitals to ask patients aged 18 and older about substance use disorder or recovery status. Hospitals must establish protocols for providing treatment or referring patients to treatment, which must be available to the public upon request. The Commissioner of Health will adopt necessary rules and regulations to implement this act.
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