---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*"
description: "Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4146"
citation: "New Jersey A 4146 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "MENTAL HEALT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb996ac-7f0a-47a3-b164-295886d16182"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b3c0f55a7f7e00ea493f9a95e351bd38f3bcda13c4fc1626994f2e97787af94a"
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 4146 (217) — Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*

## 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/A4500/4146_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4500/4146_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+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 with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (66-2-1) `passage`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2521 (2R)
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (34-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (36-0) (Vitale)
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-2-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.85. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb996ac-7f0a-47a3-b164-295886d16182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).