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A186 • 2026

Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.

Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.

Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.
  • Topic: Military and Veterans' Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.
Topic:
Military and Veterans' Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A186

ASSEMBLY, No. 186

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires clinic connected with dental school at
public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled
veterans.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
concerning dental care for veterans and supplementing
chapter 3 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� A clinic that is part of
the extramural network of dental clinics established by the Rutgers School of
Dental Medicine, or by any other dental school of a public institution of
higher education, shall give priority to any 100 percent disabled veteran
seeking oral health services, when scheduling appointments at the dental
clinic.� As used in this section, �100 percent disabled veteran� means any
citizen and resident of this State honorably discharged or released under
honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces
of the United States who is adjudicated by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, or its successor, as being permanently 100 percent disabled.�

���� In giving priority to a 100
percent disabled veteran, a dental clinic shall ensure that an oral health
treatment appointment for the veteran is scheduled in a timely manner and that
the time between the scheduling of the appointment and the occurrence of the
appointment does not exceed 30 days.�

���� 2.� The Department of Military
and Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall
adopt pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this act.�

���� 3.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a clinic
that is part of the extramural network of dental clinics established by the Rutgers
School of Dental Medicine, or by any other dental school of a public
institution of higher education, to give priority to 100 percent disabled
veterans in scheduling appointments at the dental clinic.�

���� In giving priority to a 100
percent disabled veteran, a dental clinic is required to ensure that an oral
health treatment appointment for the veteran is scheduled in a timely manner
and that the time between the scheduling of the medical appointment and the
occurrence of the appointment does not exceed 30 days.