New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S4438: Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act-concerns
Status: In committee, June 8, 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 8, 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
- Vin Gopal (D, 11) · primary sponsor
- Joseph F. Vitale (D, 19) · primary sponsor
- Linda R. Greenstein (D, 14)
- Angela V. McKnight (D, 31)
- Raj Mukherji (D, 32)
- Bob Smith (D, 17)
- Britnee N. Timberlake (D, 34)
- Renee C. Burgess (D, 28)
- Shirley K. Turner (D, 15)
- Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D, 18)
- Vincent J. Polistina (R, 2)
- John F. McKeon (D, 27)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RS REF SSG
Subjects: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - BENEFITS, STATE GOVERNMENT
Common questions
- What is S4438?
- S4438 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act-concerns.
- What does S4438 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 S4438?
- In committee as of June 8, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RS REF SSG (June 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored S4438?
- Vin Gopal (D, 11), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S4438?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S4438
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