Bill > S267

Introduced Session

This bill, the "Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act," provides a New Jersey resident with the right to purchase a health insurance policy legally sold in any other state in the United States. A foreign health insurer means an insurer licensed to sell individual health benefits plans in any other state. The bill provides that, notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a resident shall have the right to purchase a health insurance policy legally sold in any other state in the United States. The bill further specifies that an employer shall have the right to reimburse its employees for the costs of health insurance coverage purchased pursuant to the bill. The bill also stipulates that the purchase of health insurance coverage pursuant to the bill shall satisfy any legal obligation for an individual to maintain health insurance coverage imposed by any entity having the right to require that coverage be maintained.

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Gerald Cardinale (R)*,  Nellie Pou (D)*,  Dawn Addiego (D),  Robert Andrews (D),  Christopher Bateman (R),  Jim Beach (D),  Anthony Bucco (R),  Christopher Connors (R),  Sandra Cunningham (D),  Michael Doherty (R),  Jim Holzapfel (R),  Tom Kean (R),  Declan O'Scanlon (R),  Steven Oroho (R),  Joe Pennacchio (R),  Ronald Rice (D),  Bob Singer (R),  Brian Stack (D),  Samuel Thompson (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 01/09/2018)