Requires hospital to install and operate electronic monitoring device at request of incapacitated patient or patient's legal representative.

This New Jersey bill requires hospitals to install and operate electronic monitoring devices (like cameras or video phones) in a patient's room upon request by an incapacitated patient or their legal representative. It directly affects hospitalized patients who cannot communicate verbally due to unconsciousness, immobility, or lack of capacity, and their representatives. Key provisions include hospitals covering all costs for the device, storing recorded video footage for 60 days after discharge, informing patients about this right during admission, and obtaining written consent from roommates before installation. The bill also prohibits hospitals from denying admission or discharge based on such requests and makes tampering with the device a criminal offense.