So was the requirement to report workers admitted for treatment of COVID-19.
So were the requirements for health care facilities to adopt standards and protocols to lessen exposure risks and submit internal exposure analyses to the Health Department.
The data on positive cases and deaths of health care workers doesn’t have to be posted on the Health Department website, either.
Instead, the Health Department must issue a report “no later than 12 months after the end of both the state of emergency and public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The revisions effectively gutted a bill designed with public transparency in mind so the public could understand COVID’s impact on the front-line workers that they and political leaders have praised through 11 months of the pandemic as essential heroes.
Hospitals, nursing homes will have to track COVID cases, death among its workforce under new N.J. law
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
Gov. Phil Murphy Thursday a bill into law that would require hospitals and other health care institutions to report the number of employees who are infected by and died from the coronavirus. This file photo from April 2020 shows Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center employees watching a salute to medical professionals from first responders. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media
Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The pandemic’s toll on the healthcare workforce the number of nurses, doctors and other professionals sickened by and killed by the coronavirus will be counted and publicly reported, under a law Gov. Phil Murphy signed on Thursday that was sought by a union that has been critical of inconsistent safety precautions on the front lines.
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One of my favorite stories of the past month or so has been the auction to push the button to blow up Trump Plaza.
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N.J. hospitals, nursing homes could soon be required to report COVID-19 cases, fatalities among workers
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
The coronavirus has infected 419,000 people in New Jersey and claimed the lives of at least 16,200, according to state data. Nurses, doctors and other medical professionals are among the tally, but no one is keeping track of just how many.
On Thursday the state Senate and Assembly Thursday passed legislation that would require hospitals, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, hospice centers and home healthcare agencies to report the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities among their employees to the state Department of Health.
Brooks shared his home with a longtime friend and caretaker, the neighbor added. That roommate was Marin, who had been struck by a car while riding a bike earlier in the day.
What happened next, according to a Camden County Police Department Chief Joseph Wysocki, was an outpouring of compassion and concern by Randall and other officers.
“They really prevented another tragedy from occurring,” the chief asserted.
After contacting the city’s fire department, Randall and Detective Megan Hill set up a ladder to reach Brooks’ apartment, according to a police account. Officer Justin Goldman and fire department personnel removed a window air conditioning unit to enter the home.