republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2559.md

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Bill	Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*	Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2559	New Jersey S 2559 (219)	bill	HEALTH INSUR MEDICAID	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Conaway, Herb Downey, Joann Gill, Nia H. Gopal, Vin Houghtaling, Eric Karabinchak, Robert J.	3	18	9	2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00	2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f384a935-0c1c-49fb-8027-9ebfbb4f4144	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	ab597cffbe0a9d8db556dc9ed4efa1c6d53ac7d3e9ef5d05eb6d0601ac36d1a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2559 (219) — Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*

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
3. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
• Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) amendment-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4179/4200 (ACS/2R)
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) passage
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2021-12-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (35-0)
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-0) passage
• 2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.310. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f384a935-0c1c-49fb-8027-9ebfbb4f4144. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).