Requires certain electronic medical programs to include demographic data entry feature; requires laboratories to record certain patients' demographic information; requires certain hospitals and laboratories to implement cultural competency training program.

New Jersey's A1820 requires general acute care hospitals and clinical laboratories to implement cultural competency training for staff collecting patient demographic data. The bill mandates that labs electronically record patients' race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity for in-person testing, using specific predefined categories (e.g., "non-binary" for gender identity). Electronic medical records systems must be configured to require this data before saving other demographic information, with vendors facing $1,000 daily penalties for noncompliance. The law explicitly states patients cannot be compelled to disclose this information and directs data to be compatible with state disease surveillance systems.