Bill > S526

Introduced Session

This bill requires health benefits plans issued pursuant to the New Jersey Individual Health Coverage and Small Employer Health Benefits Programs, the State Health Benefits Program, and the School Employees' Health Benefits Program, to provide coverage for insulin for the treatment of diabetes. The bill also requires health insurers (health, hospital and medical service corporations, commercial individual and group health insurers; health maintenance organizations, health benefits plans issued pursuant to the New Jersey Individual Health Coverage and Small Employer Health Benefits Programs, the State Health Benefits Program, and the School Employees' Health Benefits Program) to limit the copayment that may be required for an insulin prescription to $100 per 30 day supply of insulin.

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Nellie Pou (D)*,  Stephen Sweeney (D)*,  Joe Vitale (D)*,  Vin Gopal (D),  Joe Lagana (D),  Fred Madden (D),  Teresa Ruiz (D),  Shirley Turner (D), 

Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee (on 03/17/2021)

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