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This bill requires hospitals to perform psychological and psychiatric evaluations on certain patients and requires health insurance coverage for such evaluations. Under the bill, an acute care general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) is to perform a psychological and psychiatric evaluation on a patient, who is being treated by the hospital for a drug overdose, prior to releasing the patient from the hospital. This bill requires health insurance carriers (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 provide coverage for such psychological and psychiatric evaluations.

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Benjie Wimberly (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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