2A:53A-30
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST
Compiled by the NJ State Law Library
LAWS OF: 2001 CHAPTER: 187
NJSA: 2A:53A-30 (“Health Care Accountability Act”)
BILL NO: S1333/722 (SCS) (Substituted for A3136/2055 (ACS))
SPONSOR(S): Connors and Singer
DATE INTRODUCED: May 22, 2000
COMMITTEE: ASSEMBLY: Health
SENATE: Health
AMENDED DURING PASSAGE: Yes
DATE OF PASSAGE: ASSEMBLY: June 28, 200l
SENATE: June 28, 2001
DATE OF APPROVAL: July 30, 2001
FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:
FINAL TEXT OF BILL: (Senate Committee Substitute (1st reprint) enacted)
(Amendments during passage denoted by superscript numbers)
SCS for S1333/722
SPONSORS STATEMENT (S1333): (Begins on page 7 of original bill) Yes
SPONSORS STATEMENT (S722): (Begins on page 5 of original bill) Yes
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: ASSEMBLY: Yes
FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS: No
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No
ACS for A3136/2055
SPONSORS STATEMENT (A3136): (Begins on page 7 of original bill) Yes
SPONSORS STATEMENT (A2055): (Begins on page 5 of original bill) Yes
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: ASSEMBLY: Yes
Identical to Assembly Committee Statement for S1333/722
SENATE: No
FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS: No
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No
A724
SPONSORS STATEMENT: (Begins on page 7 of original bill) Yes
Bill and sponsor’s statement identical to S1333
COMMITTEE STATEMENT: ASSEMBLY: No
SENATE: No
FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS: No
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No
VETO MESSAGE: No
GOVERNOR’S PRESS RELEASE ON SIGNING: Yes
FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:
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REPORTS: No
HEARINGS: No
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: Yes
“Patients get right to sue if HMO delays or denies care”, The Record, 7-31-2001, p.3
“Suing HMOs gets OK”, The Times, 7-31-2001, p.1
“N.J. enacts patients’ rights law”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 7-31-2001
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