Bill Text: NJ A4063 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits carriers from offering dental plans with dental benefit waiting periods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee [A4063 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4063-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits carriers from offering dental plans with dental benefit waiting periods.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning dental benefit waiting periods and supplementing P.L.2014, c.70 (C26:2S-26 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a carrier issuing, executing, or renewing a dental plan in this State shall be prohibited from providing a plan to a covered person with a dental benefit waiting period.
b. For the purposes of this section, "dental benefit waiting period" means a provision within a dental plan that delays the eligibility of a covered person to receive certain covered services under the plan.
2. This act shall take effect on the 30th day next following enactment, and shall apply to dental plans issued, executed, or renewed on or after that date.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits carriers from offering dental plans with a dental benefit waiting period.
Under the bill, a carrier issuing, executing, or renewing a dental plan in this State will be prohibited from providing a plan to a covered person with a dental benefit waiting period.
For the purposes of this bill, "dental benefit waiting period" means a provision within a dental plan that delays the eligibility of a covered person to receive certain covered services under the plan.
