Assemblywoman Greenstein

ASSEMBLY CLEARS PACKAGE OF BILLS TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY

Measures Would Help To Stabilize Financial Health of State's Hospitals

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed two measures that are part of a multi-bill legislative package aimed at stabilizing the long-term financial health of the state's hospital industry to stave-off future hospital closings.

GREENSTEIN/WATSON COLEMAN/LAMPITT BILL
TO PROMOTE SOLAR ENERGY CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE

Measure Would Give New Home Buyers Option for Solar Energy Panels 

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today released a measure Assemblywomen Linda R. Greenstein, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Pamela R. Lampitt sponsored that would promote energy efficiency through the installation of solar energy panels in new homes.

ASSEMBLY PASSES WATSON COLEMAN/ GREENSTEIN BILL CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR APPLIANCES

Measure Would Include More Appliances under Federal ENERGY STAR Standards

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman and Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to create energy efficiency standards for a variety of appliances.

PANEL RELEASES MENTAL HEALTH PARITY BILL;
WOULD REQUIRE EQUAL CARE FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES

Measure Would Ensure Care for Variety of Mental Illness, Including Addiction
        
(TRENTON)  -- The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released legislation Assembly members Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Linda Greenstein and Patrick Diegnan sponsored to require health insurers to provide the same levels of coverage for a broad array of mental illnesses - including alcoholism and drug addiction - as they do for treating other diseases.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS WATSON COLEMAN/ GREENSTEIN BILL CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR APPLIANCES

Measure Would Include More Appliances under Federal ENERGY STAR Standards

(TRENTON) - An Assembly committee today released legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman and Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to create energy efficiency standards for a variety of appliances.

WATSON COLEMAN/PANTER/GREENSTEIN BILL
CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR APPLIANCES ADVANCES

Measure Would Include More Appliances under Federal ENERGY STAR Standards

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today approved legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman, Assemblyman Mike Panter, and Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to create energy efficiency standards for a variety of appliances.

JOHNSON/VAINIERI HUTTLE/GREENSTEIN BILL PROHIBITING POLITICAL DONATIONS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES BECOMES LAW

(TRENTON) -Legislation Assembly members Gordon M. Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, and Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to prohibit public agencies from making political contributions was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

GREENSTEIN/MORIARTY PUBLIC RIGHT-TO-KNOW BILL
ON HOSPITAL INFECTION RATES SIGNED INTO LAW

Action Comes Two Weeks  after New CDC Report Finds Deadly Super-Staph Infections Rising at Dangerous Rates
 
(HAMILTON) - New Jersey today became the 20th state in the country to enact a law providing health-care consumers with unfettered access to reports on infection rates at all New Jersey hospitals.

GREENSTEIN: CONSUMERS CAN SAVE MONEY
WITH ONLINE STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG REGISTRY 

New Price Index Gives Residents Ability to Comparison Shop for Best Values

(PRINCETON) - Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein today joined with Governor Jon S. Corzine, AARP, Attorney General Ann Milgram, Senator Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) and health and consumer advocates to spread the word to New Jersey residents about a new state Web site that gives consumers the ability to comparison shop for the lowest prescription medicine prices.

GREENSTEIN: FEDERAL ACTION NEEDED TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE IN NATIONAL 'DO NOT CALL' LIST

Sponsor of Nation's Toughest Anti-Telemarketing Law Says Five-Year Sunset On Registrations Must be Eliminated

(MONROE TOWNSHIP) - Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, sponsor of the state's 2003 "Do Not Call" law, today called for passage of federal legislation that would prevent registrations on the landmark anti-telemarketing list from expiring in five years.