NJ S4816

Exempts health care facilities providing inpatient maternity services from certificate of need requirements when upgrading their neonatal care designation from "community perinatal center-basic" to "community perinatal center-intermediate"

Requires the Department of Health to issue a certificate of need call within 180 days for "community perinatal center-intensive" designations and for adding intensive bassinets at maternity facilities

Preserves certificate of need requirements for facilities seeking to reduce intermediate or intensive bassinets or decrease their neonatal care designation level

Maintains the Department of Health's licensing authority over bassinets in health care facilities providing inpatient maternity services