Prohibits hospital from billing patient for inter-hospital medical transport services under certain circumstances.

This New Jersey bill (S 1976) prohibits hospitals from charging patients for medical transport between hospitals when no alternative transport options (like private vehicles) are clinically appropriate for the patient's condition. It directly affects patients requiring such transport who have no other safe or medically suitable choices. Hospitals may still bill health insurance plans for these services, and the bill does not apply to nonvolunteer ambulance services responding to 911 calls for transport to the nearest appropriate hospital. The law would take effect immediately upon passage.