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NJ A1688

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Reginald Atkins

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows aggrieved persons, health care professionals, and their employers to sue anyone who engages in "abusive litigation" designed to deter, prevent, sanction, or punish legally protected health care activities or reproductive health care services in New Jersey

  • Defines "abusive litigation" to include filing lawsuits in other jurisdictions based on reproductive health care that occurred in New Jersey, or attempting to enforce out-of-state judgments against providers who delivered services while physically located in New Jersey

  • Protects health care professionals who provide reproductive services (including medical advice, counseling, or prescribing) to patients located outside New Jersey, as long as the provider was physically in New Jersey

  • Permits civil actions seeking injunctive relief, monetary damages, or other appropriate relief, with a three-year statute of limitations from when the cause of action accrues

  • Targets plaintiffs, prosecutors, attorneys, and law firms who attempt to enforce laws from other states that conflict with New Jersey's reproductive health care protections established under P.L.2021, c.375 and P.L.2022, c.50-51

Legislative Description

Permits suit for abusive litigation for interference with legally protected health care activity or reproductive health care services under certain circumstances.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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