---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*"
description: "Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 1458"
citation: "New Jersey A 1458 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singleton, Troy", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd814e15-05e0-41f9-b071-9253fa1c770f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "795c8c0b66600b01f62f6a6db673e8647a383b98389edd64d1498a43a1ee1b40"
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 1458 (217) — Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*

## 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/A1500/1458_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1500/1458_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2449 (2R)
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.153. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd814e15-05e0-41f9-b071-9253fa1c770f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).