6Trenton, NJ – A New Jersey federal judge has issued a split ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Sinai Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare , a skilled nursing facility, against the New Jersey Department of Health and its commissioner, Kaitlan Baston , over regulations impacting the care of federal inmates.

The case stems from Sinai’s 2024 agreement with NaphCare, Inc. , a federal contractor that administers medical services for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) . Under the deal, Sinai agreed to provide post-acute and rehabilitative care for inmates transferred from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. At the time, inmate patients made up less than three percent of Sinai’s overall population of roughly 390 residents.

Sinai argues that New Jersey’s requirements for skill

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