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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*"
+description: "Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 5703"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5703 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Armato, John", "Conaway, Herb", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d058ac-a513-49b1-81f4-dc60bbd5122d"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "c805efbb6142d2c625ee18f840d6f65ef825ee60bfa1fc0220861542d705ee83"
+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 5703 (219) — Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*
+
+## 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/A9999/5703_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5703_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3800 (1R)
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.157. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d058ac-a513-49b1-81f4-dc60bbd5122d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+