AN ACT concerning bone marrow donation 1 and designated as
 Jaden’s Law, and supplementing Titles 26 and 45 of the Revised
 Statutes.

 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
 of New Jersey:

 1. a. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall
 prepare an online brochure for display on the Internet website of the
Department of Health and Senior Services, based upon information
 derived from the National Marrow Donor Program, or NMDP,
 which may be downloaded by physicians for the purposes of section
 2 of P.L. , c. (C. )(pending before the Legislature as this act),
 and shall be designed to inform patients of the option to become a
 bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell, or PBSC, donor by
 registering with the NMDP and to answer common questions about
 bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell, or PBSC, donation.
 b. The brochure shall describe:
(1) the health benefits to the community from making a bone
 marrow or PBSC donation through the NMDP;
 (2) how to register with the NMDP;
 (3) the procedures for making a bone marrow or PBSC donation
 through the NMDP, including notice that there is no charge to the
 donor or the donor’s family for making the donation;
 (4) the circumstances and procedures by which a patient may
 receive a transfusion of the patient’s previously donated blood; and
(5) any other aspects of bone marrow or PBSC donation that the
 commissioner deems appropriate for the purposes of this act.

 2. a. A physician, as early as practicable in the physician’s
 therapeutic relationship with a patient and unless the physician
 reasonably believes that bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell,
or PBSC, donation would threaten the health of the patient, shall
 provide a copy of the brochure prepared by the Commissioner of
 Health and Senior Services pursuant to section 1 of
 P.L. , c. (C. )(pending before the Legislature as this act) to
 every patient:
 (1) who is known by the physician to be at least 18 years of age
 but no older than 60 years of age; and
 (2) who the physician anticipates will be admitted to a hospital
 for an elective orthopedic procedure or treatment or otherwise
believes is an appropriate candidate for bone marrow or PBSC
 donation; or for whom the physician otherwise believes bone
marrow or PBSC donation is appropriate to the patient’s medical
 circumstances or is desired by the patient.
 The physician shall offer to discuss the information contained in
 the brochure with the patient.
 b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not be 1 affiliated with a
 religious denomination that adheres to the tenet that bone marrow
 or PBSC transfer is contrary to the moral principles which the
denomination considers to be an essential part of its beliefs and
 practices.

 3. This act shall take effect on the 90th day following
enactment.


 STATEMENT

 This bill, which is designated as Jaden’s Law, is designed to
promote awareness among patients of their option to become bone
 marrow and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donors.
The bill provides specifically as follows:
 • The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services is to prepare an
 online brochure for display on the Internet website of the
 Department of Health and Senior Services, based upon
 information derived from the National Marrow Donor Program,
 or NMDP, which may be downloaded by physicians for the
 purposes of this bill, and is to be designed to inform patients of
 the option to become a bone marrow or peripheral blood stem
 cell, or PBSC, donor by registering with the NMDP and to answer
 common questions about bone marrow and peripheral blood stem
cell, or PBSC, donation.
 The brochure is to describe:
-- the health benefits to the community from making a bone
 marrow or PBSC donation through the NMDP;
-- how to register with the NMDP;
 -- the procedures for making a bone marrow or PBSC donation
 through the NMDP, including notice that there is no charge to the
 donor or the donor’s family for making the donation;
-- the circumstances and procedures by which a patient may
receive a transfusion of the patient’s previously donated blood; and
-- any other aspects of bone marrow or PBSC donation that the
 commissioner deems appropriate for the purposes of the bill.
 • A physician, as early as practicable in the physician’s therapeutic
relationship with a patient and unless the physician reasonably
 believes that bone marrow or PBSC donation would threaten the
health of the patient, is directed to provide a copy of the brochure
prepared by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services
 pursuant to this bill to every patient:
-- who is known by the physician to be at least 18 years of age
 but no older than 60 years of age; and
 -- who the physician anticipates will be admitted to a hospital
 for an elective orthopedic procedure or treatment or otherwise
 believes is an appropriate candidate for bone marrow or PBSC
believes bone marrow or PBSC donation is appropriate to the patient’s medical
circumstances or is desired by the patient.
The physician is further directed to offer to discuss the
 information contained in the brochure with the patient.
 The provisions of this bill are not to be construed to apply to a
 physician who is directly affiliated with a religious denomination
 that adheres to the tenet that bone marrow or PBSC transfer is
 contrary to the moral principles which the denomination
 considers to be an essential part of its beliefs and practices.

 The bill takes effect on the 90th day following enactment.

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