---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes."
description: "Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2993"
citation: "New Jersey A 2993 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51f3f7f-32e5-4fba-8a5c-b22ef8b7c12d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4b28cf8b550c25f4c86fd7c6c75896dec3c38ea023e835f2baa599af4583613a"
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 2993 (217) — Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.

## 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/2016/Bills/A3000/2993_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3000/2993_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (69-4-2) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (32-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1305 (2R)
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-3-3) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.161. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51f3f7f-32e5-4fba-8a5c-b22ef8b7c12d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).