---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency."
description: "Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3843"
citation: "New Jersey A 3843 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Bramnick, Jon M.", "Chaparro, Annette", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "McKeon, John F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf525e2-243b-4d36-9bdc-820390c2eb25"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "803e3a055e4e4298c29a0b1424592c9c9a48f4f0756939071de67dbddc816010"
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 3843 (219) — Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3843_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (64-0-1) `passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2283
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.7. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf525e2-243b-4d36-9bdc-820390c2eb25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).