---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies."
description: "Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3523"
citation: "New Jersey A 3523 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Conaway, Herb", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841362f2-93db-4ee5-abac-a9ed209cfb68"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "112341f4d6628e7479ca9e49a85d5b49bd658c7734d69fe70a7946741925f903"
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 3523 (220) — Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.

## 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/A4000/3523_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeFuccio, DeAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2305
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.8. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841362f2-93db-4ee5-abac-a9ed209cfb68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).