Legislation sponsored by Senator Robert Singer (R-30) and Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8) which would require the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to convene a planning summit to examine an expected shortage of physicians practicing in the Garden State has been approved by the New Jersey Senate.

“A recently completed report predicts that within the next decade, New Jersey will face a shortage of thousands of physicians practicing in family care and important specialties,” said Singer. “Unless we get to work now to prevent that shortage, many New Jerseyans may soon find themselves without doctors or unable to obtain appointments or treatments when they need them.”

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