NJ A6136

Allows competent adults diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative dementia to execute a Dementia-Specific Advance Directive (DSAD) specifying healthcare preferences for advanced stages of the disease

DSADs must be signed while the person has decisional capacity, witnessed by two adults (one unrelated to healthcare or estate) or notarized, and may address feeding preferences, hospitalization, resuscitation, artificial nutrition, and life-prolonging measures

Requires the Department of Health to establish a secure electronic registry for storing DSADs with real-time access for licensed healthcare professionals treating registered patients

Mandates all licensed hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, and healthcare professionals to honor valid DSADs and offer "comfort feeding only" options, with immunity from civil and criminal liability for good-faith compliance

Takes effect one year after enactment, with the Department of Health required to develop training programs on dementia-specific advance care planning and publish annual data on DSADs filed, honored, and revoked