HPAE's efforts have resulted in the passage of precedent-setting legislation, which protects our patients and our professions. That legislation includes:
- Violence in the Workplace
- Safe Lift
- Paid Family Leave
- Public Disclosure
- Mandatory Overtime
- The 'Baby Bill'
- 'Whistleblower Protection'
- The Health Care Quality Act (For more information on patients rights under NJ laws, click here.)
- 'Needle-Safety' (For more information on needle safety, and/or info on safe needle systems, click here.)
- A2606 (Wagner/Conaway) Requires training for all trustees of general hospitals.
- A2607 (Green/Conaway) Requires each general hospital to annually conduct public meetings for the community it serves.
- A2608 (Conaway/Caputo) Authorizes enhanced DHSS monitoring of hospital financial performance and intervention in management of identified distressed hospitals.
- A2609 (Conaway) Prohibits hospitals from charging certain uninsured persons more than 10% greater than applicable Medicare rate.

HPAE also works through our national organization, AFT, on federal legislation - supporting the real Patient Bill of Rights, and federal Needle-Safety.