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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto."
description: "Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3"
citation: "New Jersey S 3 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "HEALTH", "PHARMACEUTIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Bramnick, Jon M.", "Conaway, Herb", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "McKeon, John F.", "Mukherji, Raj", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Prieto, Vincent", "Rible, David P.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06f8b7f-d540-4bb3-a50c-7977bd99288a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a972060405368051c9e3db998c60a0eba2a0c39caa2ad57ffb727a5a15ca00de"
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 3 (217) — Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto.
## 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/2016/Bills/S0500/3_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/3_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **70** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
- Rible, David P. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3 (1R)
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (64-1-5) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.28. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a06f8b7f-d540-4bb3-a50c-7977bd99288a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).