republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-499.md

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Bill	Provides for improved system for eligibility determination for Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.	Provides for improved system for eligibility determination for Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 499	New Jersey S 499 (218)	bill	CHILDREN HEALTH INSUR MEDICAID	enacted	Downey, Joann Houghtaling, Eric Madden, Fred H. Vitale, Joseph F. Zwicker, Andrew	2	12	7	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/36ce4215-5aca-4798-9599-aac81b8a1a39	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4be6ef51e639e42de73033b42a4f3011883c6a8e30a4ba457229706ba3219949	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 499 (218) — Provides for improved system for eligibility determination for Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.

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 out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (32-0) (Vitale) amendment-passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4569
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.246. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36ce4215-5aca-4798-9599-aac81b8a1a39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).