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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes \"New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act\"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments."
+description: "Establishes \"New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act\"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 5278"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5278 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Freiman, Roy", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Simmons, Heather", "Swain, Lisa"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "9fc1cf44d3e72b87e3a91d0639cf7c385d6600b1209f82cc2477b55c40b10df3"
+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 5278 (221) — Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AFI 6/19/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AHE 3/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kane, Melinda — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4148 (1R)
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.200. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+