Christie conditionally vetoes bill to create committee to oversee Bergen Regional Medical Center
Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill Wednesday that would establish a committee to oversee the state's largest hospital, Bergen Regional Medical Center.
The bill would create an 11-member committee with representatives from various industries to oversee the hospital. Christie wrote in his veto that he objected to what he called "problematic reforms" that were included in the bill.
The bill has a provision that says workers employed for services by a "private entity that has entered into a public-private partnership agreement with a county hospital authority" won't be paid less than the "prevailing wage rate," as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.
Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), a sponsor of the bill, had said that the language was not a "major portion of the bill."
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