30:4D-43

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST

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LAWS OF:        2001                 CHAPTER:        96

NJSA:               30:4D-43           (“Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act”)

BILL NO:          S6                    (Substituted for A2765/520/2782 (ACS/1R))

SPONSOR(S):   DiFrancesco and Bark

DATE INTRODUCED:     September 14, 2000

COMMITTEE:                ASSEMBLY:     Senior Issues; Appropriations

                                    SENATE:          Health; Budget and Appropriations

AMENDED DURING PASSAGE:             Yes

DATE OF PASSAGE:                ASSEMBLY:     May 10, 2001

                                                SENATE:          May 14, 2001

DATE OF APPROVAL:              May 15, 2001

FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:

            FINAL TEXT OF BILL (Assembly Committee Substitute (1^st reprint) enacted)

                        (Amendments during passage denoted by superscript numbers)

            S6

                        SPONSORS STATEMENT: (Begins on page 5 of original bill)                    Yes

                        COMMITTEE STATEMENT:                               ASSEMBLY:                 Yes      3-22-01 (Senior Issues)

                                                                                                                                                5-3-01 (Appropriations)

                                                                                                SENATE:                      Yes      10-10-00 (Health)

                                                                                                                                                11-9-00 (Budget)

                        FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:                                                    No

                        LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE:                                                        Yes

            A2765

                        SPONSORS STATEMENT: (Begins on page 10 of original bill)                  Yes

                        COMMITTEE STATEMENT:                               ASSEMBLY:                 Yes      3-22-01 (Senior Issues)

                                                                                                                                                5-3-01 (Appropriations)

                                                                                                Identical to Assembly statements for S6

                                                                                                SENATE:                      No

                        FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS:                                                    No

                        LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE:                                                        No

                        FINAL VERSION (Assembly Committee Substitute, 1^st reprint):                 Yes

            SPONSOR’S STATEMENTS ONLY:

                                                A520                 A2782               S138

            VETO MESSAGE:                                                                                             No

            GOVERNOR’S PRESS RELEASES ON SIGNING:                                               Yes      5-14-01

                                                                                                                                                5-15-01

FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:

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            Publications at the State Library (609) 633-2111 or mailto:blupp@njstatelib.org

            REPORTS:                                                                                                        No

            HEARINGS:                                                                                                      No

            NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:                                                                                 Yes

            “Seniors to get prescription aid,” 5-16-2001 Home News and Tribune, pA3

            “N.J. ups ante for seniors medicine,” 5-16-2001 Asbury Park Press, p.A1

            “Wider drug benefits for seniors are now law,” 5-16-2001 The Record, p.A3

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