June 14, 2019

Overview:

Back in session following the Memorial Day recess, the House is pushing forward with appropriations measures for fiscal year 2020, which begins on October 1. There still is no agreement, however, among the House, the Senate, and the White House on raising caps on discretionary spending that were imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 

Meanwhile, draft legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act is circulating in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), bills have been introduced to expand and make a wide range of improvements in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and the Senate Finance Committee leadership continues moving forward on legislation to continue the income tax medical expense deduction's 7.5% adjusted gross income threshold.

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RHIIP Listserv Posting #426

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VITALE BILL TO REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT OF 

OUTBREAK RESPONSE PLAN CLEARS COMMITTEE

     TRENTON - Legislation sponsored by the Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee Chair Senator Joseph Vitale, which would require long term care facilities to develop an outbreak response plan, cleared the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committee Monday, June 17th.

     "The circumstances that spawned this legislation are heartbreaking," said Senator Vitale (D-Middlesex). "When 11 children passed away at Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation last year, New Jersey was stunned. The only responsible way to react to a tragedy like this, however, is take action that will prevent it from happening again. Mandating an outbreak response plan in case of emergency is smart policy and even smarter practice."

     The bill, S3900, would require long-term care facilities to develop outbreak response plans within 180 days of the effective date of the bill. Long-term care facilities that provide care to ventilator-dependent residents would be required to submit their plans to the Department of Health.

     The plans would be developed in consultation with the facilities' infection control committees, as applicable, and would be facility-specific. The outbreak response plans would be required to follow national standards and would include protocols for isolating infected and at risk residents until the cessation of the outbreak, policies regarding the notification of residents, families, visitors, and staff in the event of an outbreak, and information regarding the availability of laboratory testing.

     The bill is in response to an Adenovirus 7 outbreak at Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (Wanaque) in the fall of 2018. Eleven children passed away and dozens more were infected.

     The bill was released from committee by a vote of 8-0.