---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, regulates surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI."
description: "Clarifies role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, regulates surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2"
citation: "New Jersey S 2 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Prieto, Vincent", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4812966-ae7b-416a-a0a1-7caa5da32c2a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "10f1693a0b3ce39cd15af7ccaafc7a2458078c433005328912bfdeb3a8522def"
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 2 (217) — Clarifies role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, regulates surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI.

## 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/S0500/2_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- ADD TO CALENDAR — **70–2** (pass) · legislature
- EMERGENCY — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–2** (pass) · legislature
- EMERGENCY — **70–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (32-0) (Vitale)
- **2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-1) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Add to Calendar (Muoio) (70-2-0)
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5129
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (70-2-0) (Muoio)
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-2-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.100. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4812966-ae7b-416a-a0a1-7caa5da32c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).