---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases financial resources provided through Medicaid program for certain hospitals; Establishes County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program."
description: "Increases financial resources provided through Medicaid program for certain hospitals; Establishes County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2758"
citation: "New Jersey S 2758 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "HEALTH FAC", "MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-11-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfba6feb-eef9-4ec8-8c85-14ab38ab6c70"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "41d8d340ee74040bdc5ec81b1f70b0e59ec42acded58fa03b96e2db6dbca1e9e"
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 2758 (218) — Increases financial resources provided through Medicaid program for certain hospitals; Establishes County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program.

## 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/2018/Bills/S3000/2758_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2758_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–5** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **45–26** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT GR — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **45–28** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **28–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (21-16) `passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4212
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-26-3) `passage`
- **2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (23-15)
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-12) `passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-28-1) `passage`
- **2018-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.136. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfba6feb-eef9-4ec8-8c85-14ab38ab6c70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).