---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project."
description: "Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1475"
citation: "New Jersey S 1475 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holley, Jamel C.", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0894dd85-8dc8-4975-a50b-04a7970d8e03"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6507e4c01d2d4543b399f8924af72a13ff19b841733a26026410aeed1f3c2bfb"
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 1475 (217) — Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.

## 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/S1500/1475_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3304
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-1-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.50. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0894dd85-8dc8-4975-a50b-04a7970d8e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).