New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A2018: Integrated care facility-require publication of guide for licensure
Status: Passed one chamber, September 28, 2026
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.
What the bill says
An Act concerning integrated care and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
An Act concerning integrated care and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. As used in this act: Integrated health care means the systematic coordination of general and behavioral healthcare. This care may address mental illnesses, substance use disorders, health behaviors including their contributions to chronic medical illnesses, life stressors and crises, stress-related physical symptoms, and ineffective patterns of health care utilization. "Primary care" means the practice of family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general obstetrics, or gynecology. b. The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall publish on the Internet websites of each department a guide for the following health care facilities under the jurisdiction of either department, including, but not limited to, federally qualified health centers, ambulatory care facilities, behavioral health care facilities, community mental health programs, and substance use disorder treatment facilities. The guide shall: (1) detail the regulatory and statutory requirements and steps which are necessary for the health care facility to meet and take to be licensed to provide integrated health care; (2) detail the regulatory and statutory requirements and steps which are necessary for a health care facility that practices primary care to meet and take to be licensed to provide behavioral health …
Sponsors
- Shama A. Haider (D, 37) · primary sponsor
- Louis D. Greenwald (D, 6) · primary sponsor
- Shanique Speight (D, 29)
Latest actions
- : R/S REF SHH
- : PA (73-0-0)
- : REP 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF AHN
Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Integrated care facility-require publication of guide for licensure (September 24, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee: Reported favorably (March 16, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH - FACILITIES
Common questions
- What is A2018?
- A2018 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Integrated care facility-require publication of guide for licensure.
- What does A2018 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning integrated care and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A2018?
- Passed one chamber as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: R/S REF SHH (September 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored A2018?
- Shama A. Haider (D, 37), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A2018?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A2018
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