NJ panel OKs bill to boost state oversight of struggling hospitals

Lawmakers want to increase state oversight of hospitals in the wake of the closure of a Jersey City hospital earlier this year.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 542

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The state health commissioner would have far more power to regulate and significantly fine struggling hospitals in New Jersey under a proposal advancing in the state Assembly in the wake of a Jersey City hospital closure earlier this year.

Democrats who make up the majority of the Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee voted in favor of a bill Monday that would allow the health commissioner to block operations at healthcare facilities …

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