ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4332
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports
favorably, and with committee amendments, Assembly Bill No. 4332.
As amended, this bill provides that the performance of any
ultrasound on a pregnant woman in a limited service pregnancy
center shall be performed by a health care professional whose scope
of practice includes performing ultrasounds, or by a sonographer
certified by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical
Sonographers or the American Registry of Radiologic
Technologists.
The bill defines “health care professional” as a person licensed
or otherwise authorized pursuant to Title 45 or Title 52 of the
Revised Statutes to practice a health care profession that is
regulated by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs or by
one of the professional licensing boards located thereunder.
“Limited service pregnancy center” is defined as a facility or
entity, including a mobile facility, the primary purpose of which is
to provide services to clients who are or may be pregnant, that is not
a licensed health care facility or is not providing services under the
direction of a licensed health care provider, and fails to provide or
refer clients to health care providers for the full range of
comprehensive reproductive health care services reimbursed by the
NJ FamilyCare program.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) include sonographers who are certified by the American
Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or the American
Registry of Radiologic Technologists as those who may perform an
ultrasound on a pregnant woman in a limited service pregnancy
center; and
(2) define “limited service pregnancy center” to mean a facility or
entity that primarily provides services to pregnant clients, is not a
health care facility licensed by the State or is not providing services
under the direction of a licensed health care provider; and fails to
provide or refer clients to health care providers for the full range of 2
comprehensive reproductive health care services reimbursed under the
NJ FamilyCare program.