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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act\"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments."
description: "Establishes \"New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act\"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5278"
citation: "New Jersey A 5278 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Freiman, Roy", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Simmons, Heather", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "9fc1cf44d3e72b87e3a91d0639cf7c385d6600b1209f82cc2477b55c40b10df3"
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 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](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AFI 6/19/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint AHE 3/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5278_R1.HTM)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27321168-cdc2-49ff-bf25-06a12515cd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).