New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A1321: Pandemic influenzas-require DOH revise emergency response plan
Status: Introduced, October 15, 2026
Requires DOH to revise emergency response plan for pandemic influenzas.
What the bill says
An Act concerning pandemic influenzas and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
From the amended text, October 15, 2026:
An Act concerning pandemic influenzas and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. The Department of Health, in consultation with the State Office of Emergency Management, shall revise the departments Pandemic Influenza Plan, or its successor plan, to: (1) expand the scope of the emergencies anticipated by the plan to cover long-running and large-scale pandemic influenzas; (2) address each capability as outlined in the most recent United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities: National Standards for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health, or such successor guidance as may be promulgated by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (3) outline the specific roles, succession plans, decision rights, and operational responsibilities of each State agency during a public health emergency involving a pandemic influenza; (4) outline the departments approach to coordinating each element of a pandemic influenza emergency response with local health departments in New Jersey; (5) establish or identify crisis standards of care to guide the healthcare response to pandemic influenzas in the State; and (6) incorporate strategies to address any health equity gaps related to pandemic influenzas, including any gaps that were identified during the COVID-19 pandemic. b. In revising the plan …
Sponsors
- Cody D. Miller (D, 4) · primary sponsor
- Shanique Speight (D, 29) · primary sponsor
- Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, 15)
- Dan Hutchison (D, 4)
Latest actions
- : REP/ACA 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF AHN
Votes
- Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 15, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC SAFETY - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, HEALTH - DISEASE
Common questions
- What is A1321?
- A1321 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Pandemic influenzas-require DOH revise emergency response plan.
- What does A1321 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning pandemic influenzas and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A1321?
- Introduced as of October 15, 2026. Latest action: REP/ACA 2RA (October 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored A1321?
- Cody D. Miller (D, 4), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A1321?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A1321
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