---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows for credit against contract cost for primary care services managed by health care provider for public employees and their dependents; allows referrals to other providers that have contractual relationship with such health care provider."
description: "Allows for credit against contract cost for primary care services managed by health care provider for public employees and their dependents; allows referrals to other providers that have contractual relationship with such health care provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3969"
citation: "New Jersey S 3969 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "Murphy, Carol A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecbb0b79-0f93-4859-a915-0042e195eed6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3ef1b7cd81334e0192c4bb08ccb2241dd43fb46146529eafc511514a20f86f2f"
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 3969 (220) — Allows for credit against contract cost for primary care services managed by health care provider for public employees and their dependents; allows referrals to other providers that have contractual relationship with such health care provider.

## 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/S4000/3969_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AFI 12/11/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3969_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5658 (1R)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.225. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecbb0b79-0f93-4859-a915-0042e195eed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).