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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency."
+description: "Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 3843"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3843 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DISEASE", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Bramnick, Jon M.", "Chaparro, Annette", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "McKeon, John F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf525e2-243b-4d36-9bdc-820390c2eb25"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "803e3a055e4e4298c29a0b1424592c9c9a48f4f0756939071de67dbddc816010"
+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 3843 (219) — Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3843_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (64-0-1) `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2283
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.7. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf525e2-243b-4d36-9bdc-820390c2eb25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+