A 2839 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires death certificates to include drug responsible for drug overdose death under certain circumstances.

This bill requires New Jersey death certificates to list the specific drug responsible for a drug overdose death when that information is available. It amends existing death certificate requirements to mandate this detail for overdose cases, ensuring public health officials can track drug-related fatalities more accurately. The change applies only to deaths classified as drug overdoses and does not affect other information on death certificates. This policy update aims to improve data collection for public health responses without altering standard death certification procedures.
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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 Health Committee
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