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Elizabeth Dahms, M.S., RNC
Public Health Consultant 1, Nursing
Reproductive and Perinatal Health Services
New Jersey Department of Health
PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-5616
Fax: 609-292-9288
E-mail: elizabeth.dahms@doh.state.nj.us
Margaret Gray
Coordinator, Primary and Preventive Health Services
Reproductive and Perinatal Health Services
New Jersey Department of Health
PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-5616
Fax: 609-292-3580
E-mail: margaret.gray@doh.state.nj.us
FASD State Task Force
New Jersey Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Other Perinatal Addictions Task Force
Chair: Susan Adubato,Ph.D.
FASD State Web site
New Jersey Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
Web site: www.state.nj.us/humanservices/opmrdd/fasd/ 
FASD State Plan
New Jersey State Plan 
FASD State Resources
Be In the Know New Jersey
Web site: www.beintheknownj.org
The Department of Health and Senior Services
Web site: www.nj.gov/health/fhs/prenatal/perinatal.shtml
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Hotline
Available twenty-four hours/day, 7 days/week, The DHSS provides support to the regional Maternal and Child Health
Consortia (MCHC) for the Perinatal Addictions Prevention Project. These programs are responsible for training physicians
to screen pregnant women for alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, maintaining addiction and health services resource
directories, providing perinatal addictions education to a broad and varied audience and other related initiatives. DHSS
also funds six regional FASD Diagnostic Centers.
Toll-free phone: 800-722-2295
CDC FASD Regional Training Centers (RTCs)
New Jersey/Northeast FASD Education and Research Center
Susan Adubato, Ph.D.
UMDNJ-NJMS
30 Bergen Street
ADMN 1608
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: 973-972-7717
E-mail: adubatsu@umdnj.edu
Legislative Information:
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A1908
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Requirements for Professionals
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2008
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Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for certain
first responders. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental delay.
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Approved 09/09/2008
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SB1015
A841
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Treatment
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2008
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Requires health insurers to cover costs of early intervention services for persons from birth to three years of age whose
primary diagnosis is developmental delay. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental
delay.
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SB1015: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee 01/28/2008
A841: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee 01/08/2008
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HB3837
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Treatment
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2007
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Requires health insurers to cover costs of early intervention services for persons from birth to three years of age whose
primary diagnosis is developmental delay. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental
delay.
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee 01/04/2007
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SB2303
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Treatment
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2006
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Requires health insurers to cover costs of early intervention services for persons from birth to three years of age whose
primary diagnosis is developmental delay. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental
delay.
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee 11/13/2006
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A1629
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Treatment
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2004
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Requires health insurers to cover costs of early intervention services for persons from birth to three years of age whose
primary diagnosis is developmental delay. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental
delay.
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee 01/13/2004
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A.J.R. 88
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Prevention
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2004
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Designates September 9th of each year as "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day."
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Referred to Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee 06/24/2004
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A3452
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Treatment
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2003
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Requires health insurers to cover costs of early intervention services for persons from birth to three years of age whose
primary diagnosis is developmental delay. The state of New Jersey considers fetal alcohol syndrome to be a developmental
delay.
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Banking and Insurance Committee 03/13/2003
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