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Ex. NJ-064 Order Primary source read

Department of Health directive, Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Post-Acute Care Settings

Expedited receipt of hospital discharges by post-acute settings; no denial of admission or readmission based on a COVID-19 diagnosis

Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health · New Jersey (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; EO 103
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31
End
Superseded by the April 13, 2020 Emergency Curtailment of Admissions directive (NJ-065) per the Department's index (read as 2020-04-13)
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • nursing home and comprehensive rehabilitation hospital administrators, directors of nursing, hospital discharge planners
Functions reached
  • IN intake and discharge pipeline reordered
  • RS admissions compelled
  • CB hospitals and post-acute counterparties
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"During this global health emergency, all post-acute care settings must comply with the expedited receipt of patients/residents discharging from hospitals."... "No patient/resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the post-acute care setting solely based on a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. Persons under investigation for COVID-19 who have undergone testing in the hospital shall not be discharged until results are available. Post-acute care facilities are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized patient/resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission."

Enforcement

Licensure directive

Notes

Hospitals and senior living: the State directed the discharge pipeline in spring 2020.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov/health.

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