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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency."
description: "Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2344"
citation: "New Jersey S 2344 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERG MGMT", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID", "PHARMACEUTIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Singer, Robert W.", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43dcb50-ed6f-4385-903f-6c558072c3d6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c35bc5c915f5a0564c7e2cfbd48e9a750311cbed522b8d4d5cb37ad896b5992a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey S 2344 (219) — Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2500/2344_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2500/2344_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **100** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3970 (1R)
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.30. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d43dcb50-ed6f-4385-903f-6c558072c3d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).