
Newborn screening is an essential public health function designed to screen, identify and link babies to comprehensive, community based, culturally competent, family centered services.
The State of New Jersey has an electronic grant management system called SAGE (System for Administering Grants Electronically).
Newborn screening is supported by Chapter 24 of the Public Laws of 1988, N.J.S.A. 26:2-110 and N.J.S.A. 26:2-111, New Jersey Administrative Code, Title 8, Department of Health, Chapter 18, and this bill.
Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.
Commissioner
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625
New Jersey is home to over 2,000 licensed hospitals, nursing homes, and medical care facilities. The New Jersey Department of Health works to ensure that citizens receive appropriate levels of care in every regulated facility.
New Jersey's local and county health departments are community-based public health service and a first point of contact for questions about public health services or health conditions.