Tell NJ Legislators and DOH you oppose code changes removing freedoms from New Jersey families

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has proposed significant amendments to N.J.A.C. 8:57 which would dramatically expand state authority over personal health data, limit transparency under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), and increase bureaucratic control over families—all without legislative oversight.

The proposed changes would:

• Expand surveillance and data collection of NJ residents
• Allow private schools to discriminate against students whose religious beliefs prevent vaccination
• Weaken parental rights
• Infringe on religious protections
• Permanently shield records from public access
• Provide sweeping power, with limited oversight, to the DOH Commissioner

We need to act quickly to oppose these changes to the NJDOH code. We must urge our lawmakers to call for official hearings into these sweeping changes before any of them go into effect. The deadline for comments is November 14, so time is of the essence if we’re to prevent these moves against religious liberty and parental rights.

Take the following three steps:

1. Use the simple form below to contact your representatives in the New Jersey legislature to inform them of the proposed changes and urge their opposition.
2. Submit Comments to NJDOH:
• Select a sample template. There are 10 letters each describing specific issues matched with its corresponding hyperlink for that issue (the specific hyperlink must be used or the NJDOH will not count the comment). Fill out as many as you like or all 10. Feel free to draw from the sample content.
• Click on hyperlink to access the NJDOH comment form.
• Complete form (feel free to personalize the content provided).
3. Forward this campaign to friends and family members in New Jersey and ask them to take the same actions.

If enacted, these changes create a framework of one-way surveillance, reduced government accountability, and the undermining of public trust in health policy. Contact your state reps and leave a comment for the New Jersey DOH today, urging all to oppose this threat to the freedoms of the families in our state!