ASSEMBLY, No. 2583
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Health Committee on November 14, 2022, with amendments.
An Act concerning seizures in the workplace and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Seizure first aid" means non-medical procedures to respond, attend, and provide comfort and safety to a person suffering from a primary generalized tonic-clonic seizure or complex partial seizure.
b. The Department of Health shall 1[make available on its Internet website information] create an informational pamphlet1 for employers on rendering seizure first aid to an individual who has suffered a seizure in the workplace. The Department of 1[Health] Labor and Workforce Development shall make the informational pamphlet available on its Internet website and1 shall additionally disseminate such information to employers in a manner to be determined by the Commissioner of 1[Health] Labor and Workforce Development1.
c. An employer in this State may provide the information disseminated by the department, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, to employees and post the information in a prominent place within the employer’s workplace.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.