---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care."
description: "Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2008"
citation: "New Jersey A 2008 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "HEALTH INSUR", "MENTAL HEALT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Conaway, Herb", "Gopal, Vin", "Madden, Fred H.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec119a7a-1a4f-47de-9070-fdc57d1f97bd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "651f7d0592ffc5b9035e933995e6319f97611970f686557d29b4519f29476962"
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 2008 (220) — Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.

## 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/2022/A2500/2008_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S352
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.33. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec119a7a-1a4f-47de-9070-fdc57d1f97bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).