republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4744.md

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Bill	Requires DHS to ensure medication assisted treatment benefits under Medicaid program are provided without the imposition of prior authorization requirements.	Requires DHS to ensure medication assisted treatment benefits under Medicaid program are provided without the imposition of prior authorization requirements.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4744	New Jersey A 4744 (218)	bill	MEDICAID	enacted	Armato, John Cryan, Joseph P. Greenwald, Louis D. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	10	5	2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00	2019-07-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b8088eb7-de74-48aa-8eba-71e0bb67d612	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	0d94e0f22d0116553c419b78819a2777f3f3f38c0dd7a7961cbbcb0ecc4cbbaa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4744 (218) — Requires DHS to ensure medication assisted treatment benefits under Medicaid program are provided without the imposition of prior authorization requirements.

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

• MOTION TAB MOTION — 50–26 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Aa (Bramnick)
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-26-0)
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3314 (3R)
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2019-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.163. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8088eb7-de74-48aa-8eba-71e0bb67d612. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).