republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2844.md

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Bill	Eliminates certificate of need requirement for inpatient psychiatric hospital beds for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorder dual diagnosis.	Eliminates certificate of need requirement for inpatient psychiatric hospital beds for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorder dual diagnosis.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2844	New Jersey S 2844 (217)	bill	DRUG ABUSE MENTAL HEALT	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Codey, Richard J. Eustace, Tim Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Space, Parker Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	14	2	2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bbf25f6e-fae6-4bab-bac4-a00cac0b0014	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	024d360425dbd6663085fe2b02e3897ae2ed1c4abdee08d19d9f79ee46d27b72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2844 (217) — Eliminates certificate of need requirement for inpatient psychiatric hospital beds for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorder dual diagnosis.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Space, Parker — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4425
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2017-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.94. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbf25f6e-fae6-4bab-bac4-a00cac0b0014. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).