Newjerseymonitor.com

New program intended to curb rising health care costs in New Jersey

WebPremiums in 2016 equaled almost a third of median household income, and a May 2020 survey of more than 900 New Jersey adults found 77% worried about …

Actived: 4 days ago

URL: https://newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-program-intended-to-curb-rising-health-care-costs-in-new-jersey/

Panel OKs bill expanding minors' access to mental health services

WebA Senate panel approved legislation Thursday that would lower the age of consent for minors to seek outpatient mental and behavioral health care from 16 to 14 …

Category:  Health Go Health

Bill would allow more minors to access mental health services …

WebSenate lawmakers will weigh whether to allow minors as young as 14 to consent to certain out-patient mental or behavioral health treatments without first …

Category:  Health Go Health

Governor, first lady unveil plans to tackle youth mental health

WebGov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy unveiled plans Thursday to tackle youth mental health and infant and maternal mortality nationwide at the National …

Category:  Health Go Health

Governor Murphy signs law expanding involuntary commitment …

WebGov. Phil Murphy signed a new law that will double the time hospitals can hold people in psychiatric crisis against their will, despite advocates’ concerns that the …

Category:  Health Go Health

Bill proposes lowering age for children to seek mental health …

WebGov + Legislature; Health; Bill proposes lowering age for children to seek mental health services without parental consent Five states allow teens as young as 13 …

Category:  Health Go Health

New way for states to cover pricey gene therapies will start with

WebThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last year approved two breakthrough gene therapies for sickle cell disease patients. Now a new federal program …

Category:  Food Go Health

Bill advances that would keep people with mental illness out of …

WebLegislators advanced a bill Thursday that would divert nonviolent criminal offenders from the court system into community-based mental health treatment.. …

Category:  Health Go Health

Governor Murphy signs bill creating maternal health authority

WebBy: Nikita Biryukov - July 17, 2023 3:34 pm. Gov. Phil Murphy signing a bill to create the New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority in Trenton on July 17, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Civil rights concerns grow over baby blood tests, as state mulls

WebA state judge has ordered New Jersey health officials to release records about police use of DNA samples, known as blood spots, collected in the state’s …

Category:  Health Go Health

Insurers often shortchange mental health care coverage, despite a

WebBut despite the federal law, many insurers continue to charge higher copayments for mental health care, limit the frequency of mental health treatment, or …

Category:  Health Go Health

Budget experts warn lawmakers about stagnating revenue, higher …

WebThe Office of Legislative Services presented lawmakers Monday with a picture of state revenue that largely aligns with the cautiously optimistic one proffered by …

Category:  Health Go Health

Governor Murphy announces pick for new state health commissioner

WebGov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday he will nominate Dr. Kaitlan Baston to succeed state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli when Persichilli retires from the post …

Category:  Health Go Health

Talks to resume this weekend for 1,700 New Brunswick nurses …

WebUnion leaders for 1,700 striking nurses will return to the bargaining table on Sunday — 73 days after their walkout started — in hopes of hammering out a new …

Category:  Health Go Health

To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at

WebLawmakers in more states are heeding that call. Since 2019, at least five states (California, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey) have enacted laws …

Category:  Health Go Health

EPA warns of increased cancer risk in two N.J. towns from air …

WebTwo New Jersey communities — Franklin in Sussex County and Linden — are among 23 towns nationally that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has …

Category:  Health Go Health

Civil rights group sues New Jersey to stop secret storage, use of …

WebErica and Jeremiah Jedynak of Boonton have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against New Jersey health officials alleging constitutional violations for the …

Category:  Health Go Health

Legislation would ensure continued New Jersey research dominance

WebThe New Jersey Legislature is on the cusp of approving landmark reforms that should immediately pump $90 million more into scientific research and training at …

Category:  Health Go Health

Rep. Donald Payne Jr., hospitalized after heart attack, has died at 65

WebCongressman Donald M. Payne Jr. has died, nearly three weeks after he had a heart attack that left him hospitalized in a coma at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. …

Category:  Medical Go Health

As ICE detention centers shutter, immigrant

WebUndocumented immigrants held at the jail bring in as much as $120 per person per day. That amounted to roughly $17 million in 2018, but this year the county is …

Category:  Health Go Health

N.J. Supreme Court sets new rules to balance defendants' and …

WebThe New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday set new rules on disclosing sex assault victims’ addresses for judges trying to balance the competing interests of …

Category:  Health Go Health

New Jersey faces tough questioning from judge overseeing …

WebAttorneys arguing in support of a New Jersey law banning immigration detention contracts faced aggressive questioning on Monday by the judge overseeing a …

Category:  Health Go Health