Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
This bill requires New Jersey health insurance carriers offering managed care plans to ensure patients have reasonable and timely access to specific physician specialists at in-network hospitals. It mandates new regulations for the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to establish standards covering access to anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, emergency medicine physicians, and their supervised services. These rules will apply directly to insurance companies and aim to improve patient access to critical specialist care within existing network plans.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 10, 2024
Last action Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-0)
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 10, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Lagana
DDemocratic
P
Jon Bramnick
RRepublican
Co
Bob Singer
RRepublican
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