New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5285: Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act-concerns
Status: In committee, June 15, 2026
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
What the bill says
An Act concerning the health benefits provided to all eligible public school employees and their dependents, amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law, and making an appropriation.
From the introduced text, June 15, 2026:
An Act concerning the health benefits provided to all eligible public school employees and their dependents, amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law, and making an appropriation. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Public School Employees Health Benefits Trust Act. 2. (New Section) As used in this act: Beneficiary means any employee or dependent who is eligible for health insurance coverage through the trust pursuant to P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) and receives health insurance coverage through the trust. Board of trustees or board means the board of trustees of the Public School Employees Health Benefits Trust, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill). Dependents means an employees spouse, domestic partner, or partner in a civil union couple, and unmarried children who live in a regular parent-child relationship with the employee until the end of the calendar year in which the children attain the age of 31. The term children shall include stepchildren, legally adopted children and children placed by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families, provided they are reported for …
Sponsors
- Margie Donlon, M.D. (D, 11) · primary sponsor
- Sterley S. Stanley (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Andrea Katz (D, 8) · primary sponsor
- Anthony Angelozzi (D, 8)
- William W. Spearman (D, 5)
- William B. Sampson, IV (D, 31)
- Alexander Schnall (D, 30)
- Robert J. Karabinchak (D, 18)
- Wayne P. DeAngelo (D, 14)
- Marisa Sweeney (D, 25)
- Linda S. Carter (D, 22)
- Carmen Theresa Morales (D, 34)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF ASL
Subjects: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - BENEFITS, STATE GOVERNMENT
Common questions
- What is A5285?
- A5285 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act-concerns.
- What does A5285 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning the health benefits provided to all eligible public school employees and their dependents, amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law, and making an appropriation.
- What is the status of A5285?
- In committee as of June 15, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF ASL (June 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5285?
- Margie Donlon, M.D. (D, 11), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5285?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5285
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