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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act.\""
+description: "\"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 2039"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2039 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONSUMER PRO", "HEALTH INSUR", "REGULATORY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d8e40d-6aa7-4b09-a499-94c53e88e6a4"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "c1377d4eaece366e6108f3da21702be9dccd84bd5e9aa292cd3b367c34eb05ed"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 2039 (218) — "Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2039_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2039_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–3** (pass) · lower
+- TABLE MOTION — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **48–21** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Green, Jerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (48-21-3) `passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S485 (1R)
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To SS (Cardinale)
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (21-14) (Ruiz)
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (21-13) `passage`
+- **2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.32. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11d8e40d-6aa7-4b09-a499-94c53e88e6a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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