SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2394

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 7, 2020

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2394.

      This bill requires a hospital to permit an individual to accompany a woman during childbirth.  Under the bill, a hospital is to permit a pregnant woman to have at least one individual to accompany the woman during the period of labor and delivery in the room of the hospital where the woman gives birth to her child.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.