A 1830 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Revises provisions of State law concerning licensure of ambulatory care facility.

This bill (A 1830) revises New Jersey's licensing requirements for ambulatory care facilities - outpatient surgical centers and similar facilities providing non-hospital-based care. It sets maximum fees ($4,000 for facility licenses, $2,000 for inspections) for most facilities and requires the state to post inspection reports online, including serious health/safety violations at residential health care facilities within 72 hours. Existing surgical practices must apply for licensure as ambulatory care facilities within one year, while those already operating under prior law are exempt from initial license fees. The changes aim to standardize oversight, improve transparency, and clarify operational requirements for these facilities.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

General Assembly Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026

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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 4 edits · Jan 13, 2026

MODERATE

The bill makes the fee exemption for small surgical practices permanent by removing a sunset provision that would have ended the exemption in State Fiscal Year 2026. It also adds a statement clarifying that the bill removes a restriction requiring surgical facility relocations to be within 20 miles of the original location or in a Health Enterprise Zone. Two co-sponsors were removed from the bill.

FISCAL

The exemption for small surgical practices (one operating room, no more than two physicians) from the ambulatory care facility assessment is now permanent. Previously, the exemption was set to expire after State Fiscal Year 2025, with the practice becoming subject to the assessment starting in FY2026. The sunset language was removed entirely.

SCOPE

A bill statement was added explaining that the act removes a statutory restriction preventing new licenses for ambulatory care facilities proposing relocation to provide surgical services unless the move is within 20 miles of the current location or into a Health Enterprise Zone.

Two co-sponsors (Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy, District 7, and Assemblywoman Marisa Sweeney, District 25) were removed from the bill.

TECHNICAL

Cross-reference corrected from P.L.2025, c.70, s.1 to P.L. 2018, c.283, s.1, and 'et al.' was changed to the correct legal term 'et seq.' throughout.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

upper

Jun 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed by the Assembly (76-0-0)

lower

Jun 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

lower

Jun 1, 2026

Committee

Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors