S 912 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*

This bill requires healthcare providers to help pregnant patients create personalized postpartum care plans during prenatal visits. It mandates that plans include specific elements like care team contacts, breastfeeding guidance, mental health support for postpartum depression, and management strategies for physical complications. Hospitals must also provide standardized discharge information covering warning signs of postpartum complications (such as severe bleeding, high blood pressure, and infection) before patients leave after childbirth, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth. The law directly affects pregnant people in New Jersey receiving maternity care, aiming to address preventable maternal health issues and reduce disparities in maternal mortality rates.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
General Assembly Passage
Sep 2024
Signed into Law
Nov 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Signed Nov 18, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024 · General Assembly Sep 26, 2024

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D Democratic25
22 Yea 3
88% Yea
R Republican15
15 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Nov 18, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.89.
executive
Sep 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-1)
lower
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
4 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors