{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-12.111","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-12.111","heading":"Definitions.","body":"1.\tAs used in this act:\n“Community access location” shall mean a facility that includes the following components and provides the following services to all patients without regard to their ability to pay:  forty-eight medical surgical/observation beds with at least twelve acuity adaptable beds capable of providing intensive care; a full-service emergency department that complies with 42 U.S.C. 1395dd; inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services; surgical services with general anesthesia that can support more than twenty-four hours of recovery in a surgery center/surgical outpatient department with up to six operating rooms; outpatient clinics; and comprehensive diagnostic imaging services.\n“Hospital” shall mean a general acute care hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).\n“Underserved community” means a municipality with a population greater than 30,000 residents in calendar year 2024, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which has only one hospital within the municipality, and which: is within a Medically Underserved Area or includes a Medically Underserved Population, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration in the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 2025; has an Index of Medical Underservice Score, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration, that is less than, or equal to, 62.0 in 2025; and has been identified as a medically underserved municipality by the Commissioner of Health based on the New Jersey Medically Underserved Index.\nL.2025, c.402, s.1.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"5ee2de738aa5716f45ab28780e392acd7ee0374ba3c8d3de357d2b6f9917266c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-12.110","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-12.112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}