republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1661.md

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Bill	Expands eligibility of inmates for medical parole and requires inmate's enrollment in Medicaid under certain circumstances.	Expands eligibility of inmates for medical parole and requires inmate's enrollment in Medicaid under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1661	New Jersey A 1661 (217)	bill	CORRECTIONS PAROLE	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Dancer, Ronald S. Danielsen, Joe Schaer, Gary S. Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	14	5	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/421520ed-1626-4295-925c-ac92a9f70385	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	7b828643d859b1a426c3f255623777232f243910f57c3e6529c0cd8679599ab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1661 (217) — Expands eligibility of inmates for medical parole and requires inmate's enrollment in Medicaid under certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–4 (pass) · legislature
• Reported without recommendation — 3–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–2 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 50–27 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (50-27-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading (without recommendation) committee-passage
• 2016-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (22-0) (Cunningham) amendment-passage
• 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3217 (1R)
• 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (21-9) passage
• 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (48-20-0) passage
• 2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.235. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/421520ed-1626-4295-925c-ac92a9f70385. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).