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01 Jul: Vitale Bill To Expand Oversight, Regulation Of One-Room Surgical Practices Approved By Senate

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph F. Vitale which would require one-room surgical practices to conform to the same level of oversight and regulation reserved for larger facilities in order to protect patient safety was approved by the Senate Wednesday by a vote of 30-8.

“Whether you’re admitted in a hospital maintaining hundreds of beds per day, or going to a single-room surgical center, health care consumers in New Jersey should be able to access health care in a safe, sanitary environment,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex. “Especially when you consider that many of the State’s medically-underserved communities and uninsured New Jerseyans depend on single-room facilities to meet their health care access needs, we have to make sure there isn’t a quality gap between the care people receive in different facilities. This bill would make sure that safe patient standards and health care best practices are followed throughout New Jersey’s health care system.”

26 May: Vitale Bill To Expand Oversight, Regulation Of One-Room Surgical Practices Approved In Committee

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph F. Vitale, the vice chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, which would require one-room surgical practices to conform to the same level of oversight and regulation reserved for larger facilities in order to protect patient safety was approved by the Committee today by a vote of 7-1.

“Whether it’s being provided at a hospital maintaining hundreds of beds per day, or at a single-room surgical center, New Jersey residents deserve safe, sanitary health care,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex. “Particularly when you consider that many of these smaller facilities are located in medically-underserved communities, and provide health care to uninsured New Jerseyans, we simply need to do a much better job to make sure that there isn’t a quality gap between the care people receive in different facilities. This bill would ensure that uniform patient safety standards are followed throughout New Jersey’s health care system.”