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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide 24/7 interpreter services for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure CommitteeSponsor: Azzariti Jr., John V., M.D.
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What This Bill Would Do
New Jersey hospitals and nursing homes must make electronic and video interpreter services available to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting 180 days after enactment.
Patients who are deaf or hard of hearing gain guaranteed 24/7 access to approved electronic and AI-assisted communication tools during medical care across all state-licensed hospitals and nursing facilities.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Deaf and hard of hearing patients
Patients gain guaranteed 24/7 access to electronic and artificial intelligence-assisted interpreter services during hospital and nursing home stays.
Hospitals and nursing homes
Facilities must implement and maintain 24/7 electronic and AI-assisted interpreter services approved by the Commissioner of Health.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee
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