---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*"
description: "Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1164"
citation: "New Jersey S 1164 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a60eab1b-219f-46bd-8329-20fdf7e8bb82"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7703caf656afeb61ab506cd438eb815c9f93908884fe572a61f9e648ea933b04"
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 S 1164 (217) — Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*

## 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/S1500/1164_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S1500/1164_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1835 (1R)
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-3-1) `passage`
- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.20. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a60eab1b-219f-46bd-8329-20fdf7e8bb82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).