---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions."
description: "Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2878"
citation: "New Jersey S 2878 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Singleton, Troy", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec93194-4aba-4fad-8385-4adc1849d0dc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "48027e826e7c0d8586aa1ae9c974eda41725107c5eb4edcef55c2b9f906b916a"
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 2878 (217) — Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions.

## 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/S3000/2878_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4523
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.107. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec93194-4aba-4fad-8385-4adc1849d0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).