republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-5703.md

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Bill	Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*	Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 5703	New Jersey A 5703 (219)	bill	DRUG ABUSE HEALTH INSUR MEDICAID	enacted	Addiego, Dawn Marie Armato, John Conaway, Herb Lagana, Joseph A. Verrelli, Anthony S.	2	8	4	2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00	2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d2d058ac-a513-49b1-81f4-dc60bbd5122d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	c805efbb6142d2c625ee18f840d6f65ef825ee60bfa1fc0220861542d705ee83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5703 (219) — Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing 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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3800 (1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.157. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2d058ac-a513-49b1-81f4-dc60bbd5122d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).