Senate President Sweeney, Assemblyman Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Riley have remained committed to protecting the welfare of residents in New Jersey and have introduced numerous bills in the Legislature to provide access to health care and awareness of health related issues.
- Assemblywoman Riley has sponsored legislation that would restore funding in the FY 2011 State Budget for women’s healthcare, providing women access to reproductive and preventative health services at family planning centers.
- Assemblywoman Riley has passed legislation that protects assisted living residents from eviction for using Medicaid, after reports from the state Office of the Public Advocate indicated that certain facilities were evicting patients after they exhausted their personal finances and were eligible for Medicaid, in favor of private-pay patients.
- Assemblyman Burzichelli introduced legislation to facilitate access by mobility-impaired patients to health care services in general hospitals and physician offices throughout the State by requiring that these facilities be equipped with handicapped-accessible examination tables.
- Senator Sweeney sponsored a bill that would enhance the scope and quality of the emergency medical services system in New Jersey, based on recommendations in a 2007 report detailing major concerns about the future of the current EMS system throughout the State.
- Assemblywoman Riley sponsored a measure that will help consumers determine which services are covered under their health insurance policies by requiring health insurance carriers that provide authorization for medically necessary procedures to also indicate if the procedure is a covered benefit.
- Assemblywoman Riley sponsored legislation, signed into law in 2011, making restorations to the income eligibility levels for New Jersey’s AIDS Drug Distribution Program.
