STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Mukherji
SYNOPSIS
Requires health insurance carriers to reimburse health care providers for vaccines at rate no less than CDC cost per dose rate.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning reimbursement for health care providers and supplementing P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2S-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A carrier shall reimburse a health care provider that provides a vaccine at a rate that is no less than the vaccine’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cost per dose rate pursuant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine price list. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cost per dose rate shall be the rate in effect on the date the vaccine was provided by the health care provider.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 13th month next following enactment and shall apply to contracts entered into or renewed after that date.