---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million."
description: "Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 2872"
citation: "New Jersey S 2872 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HIGHER ED", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4922e33b-ed6f-48de-bd22-1228a8d67748"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "60b2f55f084552d123b44c26eea9accb4edccb3b4a95be0d83249fb0f23f9f53"
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 2872 (220) — Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3000/2872_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 6/27/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3000/2872_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4399
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-2) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.34. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4922e33b-ed6f-48de-bd22-1228a8d67748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).