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Lawmakers press health commissioner on University Hospital capital funding, resident pay and trauma grants
Summary
During the Assembly Budget Committee hearing, members urged the Department of Health to explain cuts to capital funding for University Hospital, asked about delayed trauma‑center capital disbursements, and raised concerns about resident pay and working conditions at the hospital.
Assembly members at Wednesday’s Assembly Budget Committee hearing pressed the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and other department officials for details about state support for University Hospital in Newark, the state’s principal safety‑net hospital.
Assembly members said the hospital faces critical capital and staffing pressures and sought explanations for changes in the proposed FY26 state budget. “We have grandmothers in the hall who are having to … use bedpans in the hall next to,” Assemblywoman Munoz said, describing the hospital’s crowded emergency department and arguing that capital investment is urgently needed.
What lawmakers asked: Committee members raised several, specific concerns: - Capital funding for a master facility plan: Lawmakers said last year the state gave $45 million to begin a long‑term expansion plan for University Hospital…
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