 Assemblyman Herb Conaway, M.D.
Chairman
About the Committee
The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee is responsible for the oversight of health care policy. Its focus is legislation that works to prevent disease, promote well-being at all life stages and encourage informed choices that enrich the quality of life for residents and communities.
This page contains information on Committee legislation, hearings, and provides access to Committee hearing testimony. Please use this website as a resource to monitor the actions and activities of the Committee.
About Chairman Conaway
 As the only member of the Legislature with both a medical and legal degree, Assemblyman Conaway brings a unique perspective to his chairmanship. His years of experience at hospitals and in private practice inform the consideration of policies that impact health care quality and access across the state.
Dr. Conaway has been especially active in the field of Health
Information Technology, serving on related committees with the
National Conference of State Legislators, Council of State Governments
and more. He drafted the “New Jersey Health Information Technology
Promotion Act”, which established New Jersey’s first electronic
medical records infrastructure and created a commission to oversee the
development, implementation and oversight of the program.
Below are some of Conaway’s other health initiatives which have been signed into law:
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A-1597 “Grace’s Law”; requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide
coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 years and younger.
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A-4044 “New Jersey Health Information Technology Act”; establishes
New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission and Office for
e-HIT, and provides for a Statewide health information technology
plan.
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A-3833 Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act
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A-2537 Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry
in DHSS; requires pharmacies to compile drug retail price lists.
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A-883 Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and
beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain
nonpublic schools.
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AJR-85 Declares March as "Brain Injury Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
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A-3027 “Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act,” requires
certain health care entities to establish violence prevention programs
to protect health care workers.
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A-3028 "Safe Patient Handling Act"; requires health care facilities
to establish safe patient handling programs.
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A-1624 Establishes Prescription Monitoring Program, which is to
consist of an electronic system for monitoring any controlled
dangerous substance dispensed in New Jersey by a pharmacist in an
outpatient setting.
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A2936 Prohibits minors under 14 from using tanning facilities and
requires written parental consent for minors 14 to 18.
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A-3633/S-2471 Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors.
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A-3465 Requires uniform billing and reporting of infection rates by ambulatory surgical centers and requires DHSS to make reported information public.
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ACR-219 Designates April 2010 as “Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Awareness Month”.
Membership
Assemblyman Herb Conaway, M.D. – Chairman
Assemblywoman Connie Wagner – Vice Chair
Assemblyman Jerry Green
Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein
Assemblywoman Joan Quigley
Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker
Assemblywoman Celeste Riley
Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini
Assemblywoman Amy Handlin
Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz
Assemblyman Vincent Polistina
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