republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5278.md

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Bill	Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.	Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5278	New Jersey A 5278 (221)	bill	HEALTH INSUR	enacted	Burzichelli, John J. Freiman, Roy McKnight, Angela V. Simmons, Heather Swain, Lisa	3	11	6	2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	9fc1cf44d3e72b87e3a91d0639cf7c385d6600b1209f82cc2477b55c40b10df3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5278 (221) — Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint AFI 6/19/25 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint AHE 3/20/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
• Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
• Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
• Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
• Kane, Melinda — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
• Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Health Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (79-0-0) passage
• 2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S4148 (1R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.200. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).