---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications."
description: "Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2804"
citation: "New Jersey A 2804 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Speight, Shanique", "Tully, Chris", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd63f51-b636-4893-ba5d-777dd8bdf6ae"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "737bd87320627d645d12312477e5c27274b3bb976d1958b0fbed419682556198"
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 2804 (221) — Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.

## 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/2024/A3000/2804_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHU 3/14/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3000/2804_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SHH 2/3/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3000/2804_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1626 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.235. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd63f51-b636-4893-ba5d-777dd8bdf6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).