Prohibits certain forms of discrimination in DOH policies concerning allocation of critical health care resources.

This bill (A2846) requires New Jersey's Department of Health (DOH) to ensure its policies for allocating scarce medical resources - like hospital beds, ventilators, or medications during shortages - do not discriminate. It prohibits policies that exclude or deprioritize individuals based on disability (e.g., denying care because someone needs more resources due to a disability), consider long-term survivability in treatment decisions, or reallocate personal ventilators from people who rely on them daily. The bill also mandates that hospitals adjust medical scoring systems to prevent bias against patients with unrelated health conditions and bans blanket "do not resuscitate" orders, requiring facilities to honor individual patient preferences through advance directives or POLST forms. It directly affects DOH, hospitals, and nursing homes in New Jersey when developing resource allocation plans during critical shortages.