On January 21, 2020, an Act concerning stroke care, amending and supplementing P.L. 2004, c.136 (C.26:2H-12.8) was enacted into law. The amendments repeal the criteria for comprehensive stroke center (CSC) and primary stroke center (PSC) designation established in P.L. 2004 sections 3 and 4, c.136, and requires stroke certifications for CSC and PSC from a national accreditation body. The legislation added two new categories of stroke facilities: acute stroke ready hospitals (ASRH) and thrombectomy-capable centers (TSC) both require certification and state designation. The new law repealed prior NJ Acute Stroke Registry (NJASR) data collection submission practices for designated and certified stroke center hospitals.
New Jersey hospitals designated and certified as primary, thrombectomy-capable, comprehensive, and acute stroke ready hospitals will be required to submit to their hospital-level stroke consensus measure aggregate data to the DOH on a quarterly basis. The data shall not contain or disclose any confidential or personal identifying information. The data submission schedules are as follows:
| Quarter | Months Included in Data Submission | Due Date |
| First | January - March | May 31 |
| Second | January - June | August 31 |
| Third | January - September | November 30 |
| Fourth | January - December | February 29 |
The staff of the Office of Health Care Quality Assessment is available to assist you with any questions you may have regarding data submission. You may contact them at:
Stroke Data Coordinator
Office of Health Care Quality Assessment
New Jersey Department of Health
55 North Willow Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0360
Phone: (609) 984-7334
Toll Free: 800-418-1397
Fax: (609) 984-7735
