New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3745: Treatment of stuttering-requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
What the bill says
An Act concerning insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering and supplementing various parts of the statutory law.
From the amended text, September 17, 2026:
An Act concerning insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering and supplementing various parts of the statutory law. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. A hospital service corporation contract that provides hospital or medical expense benefits and is delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State, or approved for issuance or renewal in this State by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, on or after the effective date of this act, shall provide benefits to any subscriber for medical expenses incurred in the treatment of stuttering, including habilitative speech therapy and rehabilitative speech therapy, as determined to be medically necessary or neurogenic or developmental by the subscribers medical doctor 1 [ADDED: or licensed speech-language pathologist] 1. The benefits shall be provided whether the services are delivered in-person or through telemedicine or telehealth. b. The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other service, drug, device, product, or procedure under the contract. c. The provisions of this section shall apply to all hospital service corporation contracts in which the hospital service corporation has reserved the right to change the premium. d. As used in this section: Habilitative speech therapy means speech therapy that helps a person keep, learn, or improve skills and functioning for …
Sponsors
- Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Andrea Katz (D, 8) · primary sponsor
- Shama A. Haider (D, 37) · primary sponsor
- Ellen J. Park (D, 37)
- William B. Sampson, IV (D, 31)
- Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, 15)
- Robert J. Karabinchak (D, 18)
- Antwan L. McClellan (R, 1)
- Al Abdelaziz (D, 35)
- Sterley S. Stanley (D, 18)
- Mitchelle Drulis (D, 16)
- Cody D. Miller (D, 4)
Latest actions
- : REP/ACA REF AAP
- : INT 1RA REF AFI
Votes
- Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (September 17, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: INSURANCE - HEALTH INSURANCE, HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAID AND MEDICARE
Common questions
- What is A3745?
- A3745 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Treatment of stuttering-requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage.
- What does A3745 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering and supplementing various parts of the statutory law.
- What is the status of A3745?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: REP/ACA REF AAP (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored A3745?
- Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, 27), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A3745?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A3745
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