New Jersey § 26:2h-132

§ 26:2h-132.

a. The Commissioner of Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to foster

community-wide discussions and to promote early conversations about advance care planning

and patient preferences to improve decision-making in relation to end-of-life care. b. The commissioner, in establishing the public awareness campaign, shall develop

outreach efforts and provide information and educational materials to the general

public on various end-of-life care topics including, but not limited to: (1) how to effectively conduct advance care planning conversations with family members,

friends, caregivers, healthcare providers, and other individuals involved in a patient's

care, regarding personal goals, preferences, and the type of care desired during the

final stages of the patient's life; (2) how community leaders and members can appropriately, and in an ethnically, culturally,

and linguistically sensitive way, facilitate community-wide discussions regarding

advance care planning and end-of-life care; (3) definitions, procedures, and other information related to advance directives,

established pursuant to P.L.1991, c. 201 ( C.26:2H-53 et seq. ); (4) the differences between the two types of advance directives, namely proxy directives

and instructive directives; (5) the importance of having an advance directive, or advance directives, and the

differences between advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

(POLST) forms; (6) definitions, procedures, and other information related to POLST forms, established

pursuant to P.L.2011, c. 145 ( C.26:2H-129 et seq. ); (7) standardized and approved definitions of, and differences between, palliative

care, hospice care, comfort care, and other end-of-life-care terms; and (8) any other topics or matters related to advance care planning and end-of-life care

as the commissioner may deem necessary. c. Information provided under the public awareness campaign shall be disseminated

using ethnically, culturally, and linguistically appropriate means, in a manner that

demonstrates respect for individual dignity and sensitivity for ethnic, cultural,

and linguistic differences. Where feasible and appropriate, the information shall be made available in a variety

of languages. d. As necessary, the commissioner shall partner with, and expand upon, community-based

initiatives and training programs that educate the general public on advance care

planning and end-of-life care.