26:18-20 New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority, established.

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4. a. The New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority is created and established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury.

b. The authority shall:

(1)establish and oversee the New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center, which shall serve as a central hub to coordinate among national, State, and local agencies, as well as private organizations, to:

(a)provide perinatal, infant care, related health services, and other services as outlined in P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-17 et al.) to the residents of the City of Trenton and others who are in need of such services;

(b)promote equitable maternal and infant health care services;

(c)implement strategies related to health care and social service delivery, perinatal workforce development, community engagement, data collection, research, and analysis; and

(d)serve as an incubator of new enterprises, therapeutics, and technological innovations leading to better health outcomes and reduced mortality and morbidity rates for women and children; and

(2)be responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of programs and services to improve the State's maternal and infant health outcomes, address racial disparities in maternal and infant mortality rates, ensure infant and perinatal care is provided on an equitable basis, and eliminate disparities in access to care, including, but not limited to, health care and social service delivery, research and innovation, perinatal workforce development, education and public awareness, and other initiatives as may be undertaken by the authority.

c. The authority shall become the agency primarily responsible for coordinating efforts and strategies to reduce maternal mortality, morbidity, and racial and ethnic disparities in the State at such time as the members of the board are appointed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-21) and the board first organizes. At that time, and except as otherwise provided by this act, all powers, duties, and responsibilities authorized pursuant to P.L.2019, c.75 (C.26:18-1 et al.) shall be transferred from the NJMCQC to the authority.

Thereafter, the NJMCQC shall be reorganized within the authority and shall operate under the supervision and oversight of the board as provided in section 5 of P.L.2023, c.109 (C.26:18-21). The provisions of this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.), and the transfer of oversight over the NJMCQC shall include transfer of all files, books, papers, records, equipment, and other property or resources held by the NJMCQC, including, but not limited to, any State funds that have been appropriated to the Department of Health for the exclusive use of the NJMCQC, which shall be deposited in accounts as may be permitted or required by law.

L.2023, c.109, s.4.