republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5217.md

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Bill	Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.	Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5217	New Jersey A 5217 (221)	bill	HEALTH INSUR	enacted	Bramnick, Jon M. Freiman, Roy Greenwald, Louis D. Scutari, Nicholas P. Stanley, Sterley S.	3	12	6	2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0e550889-6458-4a36-ab7a-7a55b786eaba	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	546aa950a0f2bd41309204f5243cb180145fe90f57d61ad3f4b41804c5cc9958	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5217 (221) — Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SBA 6/9/25 1R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint Senate 6/30/25 2R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
• Azzariti Jr., John V. — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3818 (2R)
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.199. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e550889-6458-4a36-ab7a-7a55b786eaba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).