{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-132.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-132.1","heading":"End-of-life care public awareness campaign.","body":"1. a. The Commissioner of Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to foster community-wide discussions and to promote early conversations about advance care planning and patient preferences to improve decision-making in relation to end-of-life care.\nb.\tThe commissioner, in establishing the public awareness campaign, shall develop outreach efforts and provide information and educational materials to the general public on various end-of-life care topics including, but not limited to:\n(1)\thow to effectively conduct advance care planning conversations with family members, friends, caregivers, healthcare providers, and other individuals involved in a patient's care, regarding personal goals, preferences, and the type of care desired during the final stages of the patient's life ;\n(2)\thow community leaders and members can appropriately, and in an ethnically, culturally, and linguistically sensitive way, facilitate community-wide discussions regarding advance care planning and end-of-life care;\n(3)\tdefinitions, procedures, and other information related to advance directives, established pursuant to P.L.1991, c.201 (C.26:2H-53 et seq.);\n(4)\tthe differences between the two types of advance directives, namely proxy directives and instructive directives;\n(5)\tthe importance of having an advance directive, or advance directives, and the differences between advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms;\n(6)\tdefinitions, procedures, and other information related to POLST forms, established pursuant to P.L.2011, c.145 (C.26:2H-129 et seq.);\n(7)\tstandardized and approved definitions of, and differences between, palliative care, hospice care, comfort care, and other end-of-life-care terms; and\n(8)\tany other topics or matters related to advance care planning and end-of-life care as the commissioner may deem necessary.\nc.\tInformation provided under the public awareness campaign shall be disseminated using ethnically, culturally, and linguistically appropriate means, in a manner that demonstrates respect for individual dignity and sensitivity for ethnic, cultural, and linguistic differences. Where feasible and appropriate, the information shall be made available in a variety of languages.\nd.\tAs necessary, the commissioner shall partner with, and expand upon, community-based initiatives and training programs that educate the general public on advance care planning and end-of-life care.\nL.2019, c.315, 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":"34ad1d2ffb723c097c4f6c44d8517d0fa1e791ae9d236ae5fa1b6bc20e777b05","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-132","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-132.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}