{"id":"NJ-064","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; EO 103","instrument":"Department of Health directive, Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Post-Acute Care Settings","title":"Expedited receipt of hospital discharges by post-acute settings; no denial of admission or readmission based on a COVID-19 diagnosis","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"2020-03-31","end":"Superseded by the April 13, 2020 Emergency Curtailment of Admissions directive (NJ-065) per the Department\u0027s index","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["nursing home and comprehensive rehabilitation hospital administrators, directors of nursing, hospital discharge planners"],"clause":"\u0022During this global health emergency, all post-acute care settings must comply with the expedited receipt of patients/residents discharging from hospitals.\u0022... \u0022No patient/resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the post-acute care setting solely based on a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. Persons under investigation for COVID-19 who have undergone testing in the hospital shall not be discharged until results are available. Post-acute care facilities are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized patient/resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.\u0022","enforcement":"Licensure directive","functions":["IN intake and discharge pipeline reordered","RS admissions compelled","CB hospitals and post-acute counterparties"],"notes":"Hospitals and senior living: the State directed the discharge pipeline in spring 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/3-31-2020%20Hospital%20Discharges%20and%20Admissions%20to%20Post-Acute%20Care%20Settings.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":918357,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-064","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health directive, Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Post-Acute Care Settings (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. NJ-064)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-065","NJ-083","NJ-066","NJ-067","NJ-068","NJ-069","NJ-071","NJ-070","NJ-084","NJ-085"]}