Bill Text: NJ S1186 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits carriers from offering dental plans with dental benefit waiting periods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [S1186 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S1186-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits carriers from offering dental plans with dental benefit waiting periods.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
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.
