A 2733 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.

Bill A 2733 requires emergency departments in New Jersey general hospitals to provide parents or guardians of children experiencing mental health crises with contact information for nearby county-based care management organizations (CMOs). These CMOs are defined as nonprofit groups offering in-person support for youth with complex needs and their families. The bill mandates that hospitals share this specific information during emergency visits, directly affecting parents/guardians, emergency departments, and CMOs. It takes effect 90 days after enactment.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

General Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 5 edits · Jan 13, 2026

MODERATE

This is a transition from a prefilled bill (with committee report and technical review) to an introduced version. No substantive policy changes were made. The changes are procedural and formatting in nature: removal of co-sponsor information, update to the status line, minor punctuation adjustments, and addition of a standard STATEMENT section summarizing the bill.

TECHNICAL

Co-sponsor information (Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywomen Brennan and Haider) was removed from the introduced version.

Status line changed from 'As reported by the Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee with technical review' to 'Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.'

Minor formatting change in Section 1: subsection lettering 'a.' was removed, consolidating the provision under a single section number.

Punctuation change in Section 1b: colon after 'As used in this section' replaced with a comma.

A standard STATEMENT section was added at the end summarizing the bill's requirements and definitions, which is typical for introduced bills.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 18, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

upper

May 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed by the Assembly (75-2-0)

lower

May 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

lower

2 primary · 3 co-sponsors