A 2277 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires AOC to release domestic violence central registry records to certain health care practitioners.

This bill requires New Jersey's Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to share domestic violence central registry records - tracking individuals with restraining orders, charges, or violations - with licensed health care practitioners (such as doctors, nurses, and therapists) who have a legal duty to warn and protect potential victims. Currently, these confidential records are only shared with law enforcement, courts, or child protection agencies under specific circumstances. The bill adds health care professionals to the list of authorized recipients when they are legally obligated to warn a patient about domestic violence, expanding access to better support victims. Unauthorized disclosure of these records remains punishable by up to 18 months in prison or a $10,000 fine.
Sub-Topics: Domestic Violence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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