republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-3798.md

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Bill	Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. **	Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. **	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 3798	New Jersey S 3798 (219)	bill	HEALTH INSUR HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Johnson, Gordon M. Lopez, Yvonne Turner, Shirley K. Vitale, Joseph F.	2	9	4	2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00	2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e019cb43-96a5-4a7b-a885-ad910d017d53	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	8938153897e78cc0de1fabc4d3aeecd293fb1c54aa4c2d31ae8370363577e97a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3798 (219) — Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. **

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 — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5805 (1R)
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-3) passage
• 2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.132. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e019cb43-96a5-4a7b-a885-ad910d017d53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).